I genuinely like Jessica Chastain as an actress and as a celebrity. There’s a difference between the two – as an actress, Chastain is one of the best around, having garnered two Oscar nominations and four Golden Globe nominations in just five years’ time. As a celebrity, Chastain knows how to play the game – she’s on social media, she’s politically active and outspoken, but she’s low-key about it and she never makes wildly controversial statements. She generally doesn’t diss other actors either. But Chastain made an exception yesterday. She was being interviewed by the BBC and she was asked about that Johnny Depp story, where (as part of his ongoing lawsuit against his former managers) we learned that Depp employs someone full-time to feed him his lines on set. This was Chastain’s reaction:
Jessica Chastain's reaction to this Johnny Depp question was everything 🙄😂 pic.twitter.com/x2n5v4PUpl
— BBC News Ents Team (@BBCNewsEnts) May 10, 2017
Chastain’s eyeroll is heavenly. It’s one of the most theatrical eyerolls I’ve ever seen. And then to dig the knife in deeper, she throws this out: “I guess my technique is working hard.” While I imagine most actors feel this way about Depp’s decline too, very few of them would actually mock him publicly. Chastain’s ballsy. Guess we know at least one actress who won’t be auditioning for Pirates of the Caribbean 6: Captain Jack Has Lawyer’s Bills To Pay.
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Was wondering if this going to be covered because the shade was so good in this interview. I love her but even more after this interview ha
Her reaction was amazing.
I love this broad.
Shade is subtle, and this was an overt (and fabulous) insult.
The thing is, she was asked about the lines being fed, by a reporter who was “quoting” gossip. Whether it’s true, is debatable, but now it’s being repeated as truth. His ex-managers, involved in a lawsuit, have been busy cutting him down on a weekly basis. Things that basically have nothing to do with what the lawsuit is about. Johnny has spoken before about listening to music sometimes, on ear buds. As for being fed lines, I doubt, mainly because he always does takes several times, different ways. When he filmed with Kevin Smith, last year, Keven made note about how fast he learned lines. He said he gave him a page of script changes at the last minute, one day, and was amazed when he looked at it for a minute and had it down. I know it’s the thing, around here, to hate on Johnny, and you love Jessica for her disdain, but before she gets so snarky and high-handed, she might be better off if she didn’t automatically respond to gossip, at truth.
I Think it’s the thing to do everywhere – hate on Depp. Mainly because he’s an abusive scumbag.
GLORIOUS! I don’t think I could get my eyes to go back that far. I want to see that movie very much and I like her approach to the character.
She makes my eyerolls look weak. Well done, Jessica. Well done.
Side note: I cannot believe how big of a crush I used to have on Depp. I was even #teamscarfy. Now, he disgusts me so much that I scroll past the pictures of him as I quietly throw up a little in my throat.
Epic eyeroll . love her very talented
Yaaas it was so glorious. And I love her too. They’re making one of my favorite new books, The Nightingale (anyone?) into a movie, and I hope she plays Vianne.
First Anderson Cooper’s epic eyeroll and now hers – love them.
Depp should retire to some tropical island and drink rum all day….
OOhhhh Captain Chastain!! Whoop Whoop!! 🙌🏼
That’s ADMIRAL Chastain to you!
I think I have a new crush! You go, Jessica! Seriously Johnny Depp is so overrated and gets celebrated for doing the bare minimum and being a mess.
AHAH.
Anyway, I think she is much better in motion. I mean, she is gorgeous and everything, but I find her less attractive in still photos.
i can understand her. They ask so much of female actors and they have to tread so carefully, so I do not blame her to find it utterly insulting that JD does not even bother to do part of his job.
And gets paid a shitload of money.
probably more than she will ever make. despite her being more talented, professional and a better human being. this world
Love, love Jessica, yes, both as actress and low key celeb.
That was truly glorious!
I just adore Jessica Chastain: she’s smart, feminist, gorgeous, a great actress, picks interesting roles. And that eyeroll was magnificent! LOL
She was fantastic in Miss Sloane btw. I don’t get why she didn’t get an Oscar nom at least.
Yes! I just saw Miss Sloane a month ago and wasn’t sure what to expect, as the reviews were mixed, but she was phenomenal! One of the best performances I saw last year (I also really enjoyed the film, though the twist at the end fell flat).
She’s one of my favorite actresses working today. Hell, I even liked her in the Huntsman movie. She plays smart women.
I’m officially in love with her.
He brought it on himself.
Queen.
And that is epic shade ladies and gentlemen.
Spectacular. Adore her. I imagine her like a modern day Bette Davis: a little tricky possibly, but fucking fabulous.
I love her! She is perfect 🙂
Clap clap!
And btw “Miss Sloan” looks AMAZING!!
The double eye roll along with the response was a master class in shade!
+1 How do I learn my lines? HARD WORK *mic drop*
That’s a full solar eclipse worth of shade, and it was GLORIOUS.
Probably more so because it’s coming from someone who has never had a rep as anything but lovely and professional. Unlike him.
Goddess
EPIC
I had no idea she was so cool.will be following her now
Slay!!!!
Yeeeesss!!! I think I have a crush oh her.
I adore her. Love the eyeroll, yes totally.
🙌🏻
One of my favorites. Smart, talented, and beautiful.
If only you were all enthusiastic when one of her movies come out.
Good point. Our family loves her in TAKE SHELTER, THE MARTIAN, MAMA, INTERSTELLAR, THE HELP, ZERO DARK THIRTY, CRIMSON PEAK [my husband who used to teach Gothic Lit. has seen it four times] We even sat through LAWLESS, which was awful, except for Jessica and Mia.
What roles are your favorites?
This is what I want to see more of – actors talking about memorizing all those lines! Seems very hard to me, sometimes the dialogue is so extended, can’t imagine how much time they spend learning it, nobody talks about that
I love Jessica Chastain, so talented, so lovely in looks and personality. And I love that she’s not Hollywood skinny or a diva. And I love her even more now that she openly acknowledged that Jonny Depp is an asshole.
I’m starting to like her too. This clip basically seals the deal. As an actress she has much growing to do and I don’t think she’s had the right part yet but like Kaiser said, one can admire her as a celebrity and I guess in that way I do. She has an enjoyable Instagram btw
Miss Sloane is a very good film with a *great* lead performance from Chastain!! I hope everyone on this thread sees it. Chastain plays every note of a complex character just right. I honestly can’t think of another actress in the right age range today who could have done the character justice.
I realize that the movie didn’t exactly smash the box office but I was genuinely surprised she didn’t get a Oscar nom for it. I guess no uglifying, no biopic, no tour de force scenes were too subtle for the academy.
Agreed. Chastain deserved a nomination 120%. It was a master class in delivering a subtle, nuanced, extraordinarily deep character performance on film. I hope acting classes teach Miss Sloane for the next 20 years.
When will domestic abuse stop being reported as normal reciprocal fights?
It is fascinating how they down play domestic violence and abuse to cover white male Hollywood idiots, on this last article about JD and his mess in THR multiple sources talked about “phisycal fights” with amber heard but the focus was how he is a drunk lazy and barely mention the abuse.
Love her. She’s my favourite actress and her sass is just fantastic. She’s amazing in everything and I loved her in crimson peak. I really want to see zookeepers wife.
Can’t believe Johnny gets paid ridiculous amounts of money for repeating lines fed through a earpiece. Tall about lazy. I will definitely not be watching pirates.
For my family and students in my ghost story classes, CRIMSON PEAK is truly underrated. I have seen a number of posters here say they hated it. But for my husband, daughter, daughter’s girlfriend and me, it was a Gothic dream come to life. Of course, all of us have either taught or taken classes in Gothic Lit., so we were the ideal audience.
I agree with you Arya. My fav actress too and she was convincingly hate-able and scary in CP.
HONK for Jessica Chastain! This is glorious.
And it must be insulting for all the disciplined and hard-working actors out there to see Depp rake in millions while acting like a toddler in a poopy diaper.
She’s so beautiful. Not sure that eye roll was actually shade at Johnny Depp or the question itself.
I agree whole-heartedly, as I definitely did not see what everyone else saw. hey were asking her about her performance, and how she prepares. I thought that the Johnny Depp comment was just a throw away line and she just naturally eye-rolled and kept explaining what HER process was to get into the character. Her eye-roll and answer really had nothing to do with him and more to do with how she felt about her acting preparation. I feel that this is much ado about nothing.
On a completely shallow note, the blouse/pants/sunglasses combo is one of the best outfits I’ve seen her wear.
This is awesome. I would be annoyed at that question.
Did I miss something – why is she being asked about Johnny Depp? Is he in the movie she’s promoting?
I think the question was about preparation for roles.
I love her as an actress for every role she plays, but now i love her even more. The eyeroll was an instant CLASSIC and pretty much represent the massive reaction to everything Johnny Depp is in the news lately “eyeroll”
Such a gorgeous, genuine woman. She balances professionalism (i.e., need to promote films and PR) with reality and genuine opinions. Loved her since ZDT. She’s gonna get an Oscar soon.
This was such a great movie. I watched it cause it was the sort of movie my partner enjoys and I was pleasantly surprised. She plays a real ballbreaker in it. Incredibly well done.