{"id":10776,"date":"2022-02-04T11:44:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T10:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1578731"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:17:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T11:17:11","slug":"jessica-chastain-codependent-with-andrew-garfield-on-tammy-faye","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/jessica-chastain-codependent-with-andrew-garfield-on-tammy-faye\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Chastain \u201ccodependent\u201d with Andrew Garfield on Tammy Faye"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 04 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Words like \u2018unrecognisable\u2019 get thrown around too much when it comes to describing actors who don prosthetics for their roles.<\/p>\n

However, Hollywood A-lister Jessica Chastain truly has immersed herself into the role of legendary televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker for her new film The Eyes of Tammy Faye.<\/p>\n

Portraying the course of Bakker\u2019s life, marriage to her husband Jim (played by Andrew Garfield), her talent for singing and preaching, and her bubbly but strong demeanour, there\u2019s little surprise that Chastain has ended up in awards conversations.<\/p>\n

However, this was truly a passion project for Chastain, who produced the film after obtaining the rights to portray Bakker\u2019s life on-screen back in 2012.<\/p>\n

So, what made the acclaimed actress want to bring Tammy Faye to the silver screen?<\/p>\n

Speaking with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Chastain explained why The Eyes of Tammy Faye was such a passion project, talks about her strong working relationship with co-star Andrew Garfield, and praises the beautiful work of the film\u2019s hair and make-up team.<\/p>

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Jessica Chastain on the red carpet for The Eyes of Tammy Faye<\/span><\/figcaption> Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto\/Getty Images for Searchlight Pictures<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Discussing why she wanted to immerse herself in the role of Tammy Faye, Chastain explained: \u201cWell, you know, I\u2019d just done Zero Dark Thirty and I was on the press tour for it. And it couldn\u2019t have been a more different character than Maya. Maya is like an eye for an eye. She\u2019s all about revenge. And Tammy Faye is love through anything, and you forgive. And then you love without judgement, so it was like a healing balm in some sense.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also just\u2026 she made me laugh. And so the idea of studying her for seven years, I had so much time with her. She loved camp, she was goofy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I had plenty to study. I mean, I had to learn how to sing, I had to learn a new accent. There was so much with who Tammy was that I got to explore and challenge myself with that. And in addition to all the acting challenge, the emotional challenge, I wanted to celebrate her and let me examine her relationship in terms in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chastain continued: \u201cIn terms of the Steve Peters interview, I wanted to acknowledge her for that and maybe shift the focus of the conversation away from \u2018Oh, wasn\u2019t she garish about her mascara?\u2019 and ridiculousness of her costumes, which actually I don\u2019t agree with.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she was fabulous. And move away from that to like, what she actually did and how, what a loving, courageous human being she was.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes Of Tammy Faye<\/span><\/figcaption> Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The Oscar-nominated actress also addressed what she considered so inspiring about the historical figure and televangelist.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn some sense, it\u2019s like she had no ego, which is a hard thing to understand and play,\u201d explained Chastain.<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cI\u2019m such a sensitive person that many times I kind of just want to stay in my house. I don\u2019t like to go to big events. I don\u2019t like, you know\u2026 I\u2019m quite shy. And she\u2019s someone who I think was the same way, but she really forced herself out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah, I know, you\u2019re gonna make fun of me. I know, you\u2019re gonna laugh at me. But that\u2019s OK. Because I\u2019m gonna make you laugh back and I\u2019m gonna make you love me. And we\u2019re gonna, you know, have this connection.\u2019 And that I think was such a beautiful thing to play and experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

On working alongside Spider-Man and Tick, Tick\u2026 Boom! star Andrew Garfield on the film, Chastain described the intense bond that the pair struck up playing Tammy and her husband, Jim Bakker.<\/p>\n

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Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker and Andrew Garfield as Jim Bakker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

\u201cAndrew and I were very codependent on this production\u2026 which makes sense because Jim and Tammy were quite codependent with each other,\u201d revealed Chastain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to church every Sunday to start our week, we went to actual Heritage USA, which is, you know, where it all started with Jim and Tammy. We would sit in the make-up trailer for hours, getting into our characters, watching the videos, listening to the voices talking about what we were about to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what my performance would have been without Andrew because it\u2019s so closely related to what he did. And yes, it was an incredible work experience because he is as obsessed with the work as I am and it\u2019s wonderful\u2026 when there\u2019s that, you know, synchronicity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker and Cherry Jones as Rachel Grover<\/span><\/figcaption> Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

There has been much commentary and strong reactions to the stark physical transformation that Chastain underwent through make-up and prosthetics to play Tammy Faye.<\/p>\n

Debate has also emerged on social media and among critics about whether actors should physically transform so extensively through make-up and prosthetics to become a character, or whether performers more closely resembling the character should get the role.<\/p>\n

When asked for her thoughts on this, Chastain noted that such a stance is \u201cinteresting\u201d but thinks \u201cthe sad thing is by making it we devalue the incredible artistry of the hair, make-up and prosthetics team\u201d.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful what they do and to say like, \u2018Oh, you should be performing without that\u2019, it\u2019s like saying, \u2018OK, well then we should be performing without a costume designer\u2019, right? Like, I should just bring my own clothes? Like, why not allow people to help create the look of a character?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jessica Chastain having her make-up done on set<\/span><\/figcaption> Photo by Daniel C. McFadden. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

In the instance of The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Chastain noted: \u201cAlso, when playing someone like Tammy, I mean, she was four foot 11 \u2013 tiny! She was this tiny little like squeak of a girl when she was in college, where we start, and where we end \u2013 because we\u2019re [seeing] so much of her life \u2013 is so incredibly different. So she has so many shapes throughout her life and throughout our film, how do you cast one person, that looks like all\u2026? It\u2019s impossible because she changed so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noting that an alternative would be to film over longer spells of time and to literally change your body type, Chastain expressed that this is not the \u201creality of how we work\u201d and \u201cundervalues the artistry of the hair and make-up team and the brilliance of what they do\u201d.<\/p>\n

And what a job they have done too.<\/p>\n

The Eyes of Tammy Faye is out in UK cinemas today. Find something to watch tonight with our\u00a0<\/b>TV Guide<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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