Tag: George & Tammy
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People Told ‘Memory’ Director Michel Franco Jessica Chastain ‘Would Be a Nightmare’ After Her Oscar Win: ‘She’s the Opposite’
In her latest film “Memory,” Jessica Chastain is out of the prosthetics and wigs and off the awards circuit (for now) required by playing two Tammys — Wynette and Faye Bakker — for Showtime’s “George & Tammy” and her Oscar-winning “Eyes of Tammy Faye.”To play Sylvia, a recovering alcoholic grappling with childhood trauma for Michel…
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How the Writers and Actors Strikes Will Impact the Fall Film Festivals
Ordinarily, Jessica Chastain would be launching her Phase 2 Emmy campaign for her first Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Limited Series in “George & Tammy” (Showtime), in which she stars as country singer Tammy Wynette. I spoke to her on the phone just before the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee released a formal announcement of…
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Jessica Chastain Was ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Original ‘George & Tammy’ Scripted Seduction Scene
Jessica Chastain wasn’t going to play anyone’s pawn onscreen.The Oscar winner transformed into “Stand By Your Man” crooner Tammy Wynette for Showtime series “George & Tammy” opposite Michael Shannon as George Jones. Chastain, who also produces the series through her Freckle Films banner, revealed that she objected to dialogue in the first episode of the…