2023-09-28 08:11:07
Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain dazzled at Zinemaldia and confesses that “nowhere do they welcome you like at the San Sebastián Film Festival.” In an interview with ‘DV’ with the director of the film ‘Memory’ in which he stars, Michael Franco, he states that after a role as tough as the one he has starred in, “it is not easy to return to normal because everything you experience goes into of your body”.
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–This is a role that years ago they would advise against a Hollywood actress due to its themes related to alcohol or abuse. Is there now greater autonomy to bet on certain projects?
Jessica Chastain: –It has a lot to do with the director. The possibility of working with Franco was a great option. He made the proposal to me after winning the Oscar and there was nowhere else I wanted to be except this production. Sometimes those bigger films pay you more but you don’t feel as creative, because you’re waiting for them to call you, for set times… With Franco it’s like doing theater, every part of you is needed for the project and that It is a beautiful thing. We have made more than one film and we are going to have a long journey together.
–Will you present any other films together?
–I never talk about what’s coming because things can change. I prefer to stay with what we have already done.
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–How has the transformation been from a character as extroverted as that of ‘The Eyes Of Tammy Faye’ to one with as much internal charge as that of ‘Memory’?
Jessica Chastain: –I like what happens inside and outside the character. There are things that the protagonist does not want to be known and other issues that he intends to show to the entire world. In Tammy Faye she wanted to be the center of attention and in this case she wanted to disappear.
Michael Franco: –The film is about broken people. But not only the protagonists, but the entire society. I am much more interested in those characters than those who pretend to be perfect characters. The difficulty is doing it for real and making it completely authentic. In our case, many of the actors participating are not professionals, in the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting they are the same users and Chastain had to be as real as those who were there. That’s the wonder of exploring broken people and not making a cliché.
–It is a job where the protagonists suffer a lot. After such a hard role, can I return to normal life?
Jessica Chastain: –It’s not easy. The reality is that in a role that has substance like this, everything you experience goes inside your body and it seems that what you play has happened to you. Papers and personal experiences come together. I would say it’s something prettier than a scar. It makes you contact people through invisible threads that connect me to the characters I have played.
–What have you learned as an actress and as a person when interacting with non-professional actors?
Jessica Chastain: –Many were as if they were real life. When no one is a professional actor, you don’t want to look like one, to blend in with what’s happening around you. You wonder what to do. That’s why you build moments and conversations with them, a beautiful thing. You don’t have to focus on lights or hundreds of people.
–At the Venice festival you talked about the film’s difficulties in building an identity. How do you build yours in his personal and work life?
Jessica Chastain: –I try to think that my identity is fluid. That is to say, I am a person who will not always be this way and there will be times when I am right and when I am not. I have to allow myself to grow, learn and be open. Of course I have certain limits, but I give myself the freedom to change. It is a choice that I make in my personal life but also with my work.
–Chastain won The Silver Shell in 2021 and Franco has participated in the Festival jury in previous years. How have you experienced your return to Donostia?
Jessica Chastain: –I love being here. This time we have stayed more days and we have visited the Guggenheim, Balenciaga museum… it has been incredible. We have also taken the opportunity to take many walks around the city and walk near La Concha. In addition, it has given me time to see other films, I have been to the cinema quite a few times. I love the public in San Sebastián, when I arrived I was overwhelmed by all the people waiting for me. There is no other place where they give you that welcome. It is a beautiful festival.
–He arrived in Donostia with a t-shirt protesting the actors’ strike. Do you think that this fight is going to open the way in other sectors?
–There are people who don’t want to talk about the strike or the rights of actors, but I think it has to be done. Some find it difficult to raise their voices because we are very fortunate to work in this sector, we started out very young and we have that privilege. Furthermore, there is the feeling that if you express your opinion you will be called back. We are interested in those people (laughs). An agreement will be reached and the strike will end when they sit down to negotiate, because 5 billion dollars have already been lost.
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