Why Jessica Chastain Was Afraid She’d Be ‘Gobbled Up’ by Hollywood (Video)

TIFF ’21: “I want to have a career, and I’m not here as a delicacy for your enjoyment, a little bonbon. I’m the meal,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” actress says

Jessica Chastain had acquired the rights to her latest film “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” back in 2012 when she was just emerging as an actress. She’s just now bringing her scripted adaptation of the 2000 documentary of the same name to the Toronto Film Festival after years of working to get it made. In that time Chastain says she’s found the right to be taken seriously.

“I was afraid of just getting gobbled up,” she told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at Toronto. “There was so much attention immediately on me about what was I wearing or who was I dating.

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