This year's Oscar queen, a little different from the past, the hot candidates have been changing, and it seems that no one has the trend of "riding the dust".
The five finalists are inseparable: when Spencer was first released, Little K received a lot of high reviews, but his stamina was slightly insufficient; Olivia Colman nominated many outpost awards for "Daughter in the Shadows", which was the most blameless in terms of strength; Nicole Kidman won the Golden Globe with "Ricciardo", Penélope Cruz won the best actress of the Film Critics Association and the Venice Film Festival with "Parallel Mother"... The remaining one has also greatly improved its competitiveness because of the recent succession of Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics' Choice Awards for Best Actress.
Jessica Chastain in Cannes
Jessica Chastain's image in Tammy Fey's Eyes
Don't doubt that the above two pictures are indeed the same person, and the elegant and atmospheric "model sister" Jessica Chastain who is familiar with on the red carpet has undergone a "plastic surgery" transformation for "Tammy Fei's Eyes", whether it is appearance, accent, behavior, it is subversive. Some say her performance is even reminiscent of Gary Oldman's performance in Darkest Hour— you can only see the character from the actor and you can't find your original self.
Jessica Chastain from the protagonist's teenage years
She acted until she was in her fifties
Celebrity biographies, large time spans, singing performances, and female themes are all elements of Oscar preference, so after nine years, Chastain finally received an Oscar nomination for the third time, and this time, it seems to be the closest she is to the award.
Chastain's Tammy Faye and her husband Jim Bakker are the richest and most popular TV evangelists in the American television industry, like "Ken and Barbie", which has been popular for many years; but after the extreme expansion, the "collapse" is also very violent, embezzlement, sex scandals, which is far from the missionary image they have established.
Tammy has a strong Scandinavian accent, she is energetic and eager to express herself, she fights for herself to appear on camera, and wants to constantly show her singing voice and self to the audience. When she was young, she also had a happy time with her husband, but with the continuous rise of fame and financial resources, on the contrary, she was more and more alienated by her husband, and even his husband and others laughed at her rich makeup behind her back.
Nowadays, when people talk about Tammy, they always say "the woman who sang and the mascara flowed down her tears", making fun of her appearance more than discussing what she had done, which was sad. Wrapped in seemingly colorful colors, the tragic color contained in the character of Tammy makes people have to be moved. That's why Chastain chose to make the film, wanting to show tammy's true face, "in this white male-dominated Protestant world, she's an isolated rock star." ”
Photo of a real person posted at the end of the film (right)
Comparison with the movie characters
It took seven and a half hours to set tammy's outfit, and before each shoot, Chastain spent two and a half hours putting prostheses on his face and doing his hair (dozens of wigs). All of this has to create a sense of exaggeration that doesn't feel like a comic book character. While wearing makeup, Chastain would listen to Tammy's recordings and imitate her speech.
In the film, when the stylist asks Tammy if she needs to remove her makeup, she says that the lip line, eyeliner, and eyebrows are permanently tattooed, they can't be removed, and she will never take off her eyelashes. ”
Being wrapped in latex, wigs, pregnancy pads, and pins every day is not only something that requires effort, but also physical strength. But for Chastain, this is not a difficult thing to achieve - as the most "volume" Hollywood actress in terms of diligence, her seriousness, hard work, and dedication can not be denied.
Chastain's best friend at juilliard's school, jess Weixler, who was also an actor, once revealed that Chastain was the kind of good student who was extremely strict with himself, only went to the bar twice, never stayed up late, and even got up on Saturday to make up for classes. From learning to acting, he has always been down-to-earth.
Even walking the red carpet, you can see the quality of Chastain - she prefers the classical style, whether it is walking the red carpet of the Oscars, Cannes or Met Gala, whether she is wearing Prada, Givenchy, Armani, etc., she can accurately find the most suitable classical style, and finally appear in a delicate and charming image, rarely making mistakes.
The 2013 Oscar red carpet,
Chastain wears Armani Privé
Met Gala in 2016,
Chastain wears Prada
Red carpet in Cannes 2017,
One of the judges, Chastain, wears Alexander McQueen
Also in Cannes 2017,
Chastain wore Givenchy
Festival de Cannes 2021,
Chastain wore Valentino
There's no doubt about her performance — as Chinese fans nickname her, "Sister Labor," was quickly recognized for releasing six films in 2011, including Oscar-winning and Cannes-wide works like "Help" and "Tree of Life," and several unpublished works in which she starred or produced.
Chastain's delicacy in "Help" is reminiscent of Monroe
For many actors, in order to ensure quality, there are very few roles that can be put into it each year, but Chastain never uses quantity to limit his performance, she said that because it took her a long time to audition for films that made her feel excited, she was reluctant to stop, "I have been busy making up for the opportunities I missed." ”
In 2021, Chastain also has a word-of-mouth drama "Married Life", starring her and Oscar Isaac, and both of them have left a lot of beautiful moments inside and outside the play
Watching Alien as a child, when the heroine played by Sigourney Weaver appeared on the screen, Chastain said that for the first time, she realized that actresses can not only play a fixed type of role, "a woman can be an active, multi-dimensional personality, she can not only show all this, but also become a hero." 」 So she later starred in The Martian, in which she played the role of commander.
In 2016, she starred in "Ms. Sloane", a strong, cold and exquisite politician image was vividly portrayed by Chastain, although nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, but the Oscar did not favor her, which is regrettable.
But it was also the year that he set up his own production company, Freeckle Films, to provide jobs for women in the industry, to dig up works that can show women's selves, and since 2017, he has personally served as a producer to develop films and series.
Hard work always pays off, although not necessarily proportionally, the little girl who once had to eat and sleep without dinner because of her family's poverty has now become an actress who is only one step away from the Oscars, a filmmaker who creates female value in the industry, Jessica Chastain is still tirelessly active in front of the screen and behind the scenes, and her pure and powerful power will still inspire everyone in front of the screen.
Edit: Hezi
Fine Arts: Roland