Jessica Chastain has come into the cinema earth like a house on fire in 2011, storming screens with five different — and critically acclaimed — films. However while it may seem like she’s just appeared on the scene, the truth is that Chastain is a well-practiced and studied actress, a Juilliard graduate with a very dedicated approach to preparing for her roles.In a fresh interview with Interview Magazine — conducted by her “Capture Shelter” co-star Michael Shannon — Chastain clarifies how she prepped for her role as a 1950s housewife in “The Tree of Lifetime.” Casting her as a sort of grace incarnate, director Terrence Malick suggested she go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and capture in a hardly any paintings.”There was one picture in particular: Raphael’s Madonna. I would go into the Metropolitan Museum of Art and just sit for hours looking at the portraits of the Madonna, since I found that there’s a completely different energy when you gaze at a painting of the Madonna and you gaze at a painting of any other woman, much from that age period,” Chastain said. “There’s something in her eyes and in her hands. There’s never a administer stare. Usually her eyes are kind of downcast, and her fingers seem like they’re reaching up towards the heavens, much if they’re at her heart. I found that was very helpful.”Glance at More…
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