[20] The pilot was directed by P.J. Hogan, but the series was never picked up for broadcast. Chastain met with astronauts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Johnson Space Center, and modeled her role on Tracy Caldwell Dyson, with whom she spent time in Houston. In a 2019 interview with the . [143] Critics dismissed the film as generic and unremarkable, and it failed commercially. All Times Eastern. [30][31] Also in 2009, she played the part of Desdemona in The Public Theatre production of Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, co-starring John Ortiz as the title character and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Iago. 'The same person': After being mistaken for Bryce during the promotional tour for Jurassic World, Jessica shared a photo of the actresses chatting, with the caption: 'True story'. [63] Her television roles include the miniseries Scenes from a Marriage (2021) and George & Tammy (2022). PBS programming varies regionally. [63] Chastain was reluctant to take the role, fearing the anxiety she had faced during her early stage performances. [24][25] Writing for Variety, the critic Steven Oxman criticized her portrayal in the play: "Chastain is so ill-at-ease with Salome, not quite certain whether she's a capable seductress or a whiny, wealthy brat; she doesn't flesh out either choice". [72] During the film's opening weekend in North America, Chastain became the first performer in fifteen years to have leading roles in the top two films (Mama and Zero Dark Thirty) at the box office. And we went to the mirror and we looked at each other and we were like, 'Yeah, we look exactly alike,'"she explained. Even Ron Howard Mistook Jessica Chastain For His Daughter It has been a running gag for years in Hollywood that Bryce Dallas Howard bears a striking resemblance to her fellow redheaded The Help co . A serious case of mistaken identity! [27][28] She won a Best Actress award at the Seattle International Film Festival. [79] It tells the tragic tale of a sexually repressed Anglo-Irish aristocrat who wishes to sleep with her father's valet (Colin Farrell). and I was "Yes, I'm being recognised! [198], Despite significant media attention, Chastain remains guarded about her personal life, and chooses not to attend red carpet events with a partner. [21], In 2004, Chastain took on the role of Anya, a virtuous young woman, in a Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard in Massachusetts, starring with Michelle Williams. [169], Chastain is a vocal advocate for equal pay in the workplace, and turns down offers of work whose salaries she finds unfair. Jessica Chastain constantly gets confused with her The Help costar Bryce Dallas Howard, and sometimes Jessica just runs with it.Subscribe NOW to The Tonight . This was the beginning of Jessica's estrangement from her biological father. And he was left shaken . prompting Howard to even sing a song she entitled "I Am Not Jessica Chastain" via social media. Howard was once rumored to be the father of famous actress Jessica Chastain. [149] Chastain executive produced the Showtime biographical miniseries George & Tammy, in which she played the country singer Tammy Wynette opposite Michael Shannon's George Jones. Chastain has said shes even mistaken a photo of Howard for her. According to Howard, even her father, The Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard once thought the Zero Dark Thirty star was his . The caption reads, "Thank . [104] Also in 2016, Chastain launched the production company Freckle Films, headed by a team of female executives. [80] She was drawn to Ullmann's feminist take on the subject. She went on to portray Tammy Faye Bakker in the biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Tammy Wynette in the miniseries George & Tammy (2022). She acquired the rights to Faye's life in 2012, and produced the film under her company Freckle Films. [64] The Heiress emerged as a sleeper hit at the box office. [144][145] Chastain then took on a brief role as Maryanne Trump in James Gray's period film Armageddon Time. Speaking in an interview withAssociated Press, Jessica said: 'I was at this Apple Store and Ron Howardwas there, and I remember walking by and being like, "Oh, that's Ron Howard". Set in New York City in 1981, the year in which the city had the highest crime rate, the film tells the story of a heating-oil company owner (Oscar Isaac) and his ruthless wife (Chastain). [2][7] She says her stepfather was the first person to make her feel secure. "I . [183][202] She is an investor in Beyond Meat, a meat substitutes company. Bryce Dallas Howard or Jessica Chastain? . "Another time I was at the Apple store and Ron Howard was there,"she shares. [131] The role also required her to sing, which she has said made her nervous. [185] She believes in extensive preparations for a role: "[I] fill myself up with as much history of the character as I can. But it's gotten to the level wherever their likeness is starting off to confuse people closest to them. Those claims . I was at the Apple store and Ron Howard was there, and I was like walking by and I was like, 'Oh . [53] Two of Chastain's films in 2012 premiered at the 65th Cannes Film Festival the animated comedy Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and the crime drama Lawless. [62] She instead made her Broadway debut in a revival of the 1947 play The Heiress, playing the role of Catherine Sloper, a nave young girl who transforms into a powerful woman. Another time I was at this Apple store and Ron Howard was there, and I remember walking by and being like, Oh, thats Ron Howard. And then my friend who was with me said he turned to someone and said, I think I just saw Bryce. We look so much alike! Chastain recalled. Bryce Dallas Howard said in a new interview that she learned her dad had once mistaken Chastain for her at an Apple store. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Is Jessica Chastain Ron Howard's daughter? Last night at the ninth DGA Honors Gala, the Directors Guild of America celebrated Tyler Perry, Senator Chuck Schumer, and Ron Howard. [97], After playing a series of intense roles, Chastain actively looked for a light-hearted part. "I was, like, walking by, I was like, 'Oh, that . [42] The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival to a polarized reception from the audience, though it was praised by critics and won the Palme d'Or. [109][110] Woman Walks Ahead tells the story of the 19th-century activist Catherine Weldon, who served as an adviser to the Sioux chieftain Sitting Bull prior to the Wounded Knee Massacre. . The similarities even fooled someone in Dallas Howard's own family, as her father, famed director . She's a unique face among the blondes and brunettes of the Hollywood elite. 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Bryce, is that you? A Warner Bros. [148] Kate Erbland of IndieWire found hers to be "an effective performance in a very quiet package". Jessica Chastain told her Dark Phoenix costar Sophie Turner in a new interview that she and Bryce Dallas Howard look so similar, Howard's own father, Ron Howard, once mistook her for the Jurassic World star! In a new video interview, Jessica Chastain revealed the one other actress who she most often gets confused with -- Bryce Dallas Howard. Published Jessica Chastain says Joaquin Phoenix's 'Joker' performance is one of the 'greatest pieces of acting' she's ever seen. "Before my career took off, I remember one time being on the subway and I was looking at a magazine and there was a picture of her, like a small picture, and I was like 'What am I doing in this magazine?' Parents aren't excluded from the confusion either, Chastain said, as she recounted a mix up with Howard's father, director Ron Howard, at the Apple Store. Secrets were easy to keep on the family and no one talked to outsiders. [205] In 2018, the couple had a daughter through surrogacy. [69] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "Chastain is a marvel. Ron Howard has built one of the most impressive careers in Hollywood. Chastain took classes in German and Krav Maga, and studied books about the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele and Mossad history. The 'Jurassic World' star was born on March 2, 1981 in Los Angeles, California. Jessica is often mistaken for Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard's daughter. July 24, 2019, 7:56 AM. [75] Three versions of the film Him, Her, and Them were released. [129], Andrew Garfield and Chastain starred as the televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in the biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021). Chastain was drawn to Foote's antiracist stand, and connected with her energy and enthusiasm; in preparation, she watched the films of Marilyn Monroe and researched the history of Tunica, Mississippi, where her character was raised. [146] In The Good Nurse, she played night nurse Amy Loughren who discovers that her co-worker Charles Cullen (played by Eddie Redmayne) is a serial killer. There were many nights when we had to go to sleep without eating. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012. . JESSICA CHASTAIN TALKS GENDER PAY GAP DISPARITY IN HOLLYWOOD: 'IT'S ALSO THE RIGHT THING TO DO'. She is vocal about mental health issues, as well as gender and racial equality. Which I see it as a compliment, I think shes fabulous.. She was drawn to the idea of playing a woman drastically different from the "perfect mother" roles she had previously played, and she based her character's look on the singer Alice Glass. [141][142], For The 355 (2022), a female-led spy film, Chastain and her team of female co-stars pitched the idea to prospective buyers at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it was picked up by Universal Pictures. [18][19] She went on to appear in such roles in a few other television series from 2004 to 2007, including Veronica Mars (2004), Close to Home (2006), Blackbeard (2006), and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (200506). [194][195] In 2015, she became the global ambassador for the Swiss jewelry and watchmaking company Piaget, and in 2017, she was made the face of Ralph Lauren's fragrance campaign, named Woman. [14], In 1998, Chastain finished her education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made her professional stage debut as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet staged by TheatreWorks, a company in the San Francisco Bay Area. [2] She would regularly put on amateur shows with other children, and considered herself to be their artistic director. He appeared like some of his other siblings on his dad's show Arrested Development in 2018. Bryce Dallas Howard is reflecting on her filmmaker father, Ron Howard, mistaking Jessica Chastain for his own daughter . [15][16][17] The production led her to audition for the Juilliard School in New York City, where she was soon accepted and granted a scholarship funded by actor Robin Williams. 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[66] The difficult subject matter made it unpleasant for her to film; she suffered from depression during production, and once walked off the set in tears because she was unable to continue. [200] She has cited the actress Isabelle Huppert as an influence, for managing a family, while also playing "out-there roles" on screen. [10] She has described how she used to miss school to read Shakespeare,[11] whose plays she became enamored with after attending the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with her classmates. Tragically, Chastain's younger sister died in 2003 at age 24 after allegedly completing suicide. . Mar 4, 2021 - Jessica Chastain is Ron Howard's illegitimate daughter. The film was screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and critic Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph noted how much Chastain's supporting part aided the narrative. [7][8], Chastain developed an interest in acting at age seven, after her grandmother took her to a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. [60][61], A short part Chastain had filmed for Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) was edited out of the final film, and due to scheduling conflicts, she dropped out of the action films Oblivion and Iron Man 3 (both 2013). MISTAKEN IDENTITY JESSICA CHASTAIN: #JessicaChastain (@jes_chastain) and #BryceDallasHoward look so similar they stood in front of a mirror together and compared features. 12:15 PM EDT, Wed July 24, 2019, Bryce Dallas Howard and her father Ron Howard. [29] In 2009, she had a minor role in Stolen (2009), a mystery-thriller film with a limited theatrical release. The two actors have even remarked on the uncanny resemblance amongst just about every other on additional than 1 occasion. [183] She was a pescatarian for much of her life; following health troubles she began practicing veganism. Chastain was unable to meet the undercover agent on whom her character was based, so she relied on the research done by the film's screenwriter Mark Boal. The song Howard is singing along to here is from a new YouTube video by LegoLambs called Jessica Chastain: The Musical. Early life and education Bryce Dallas Howard was born March 2, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, to writer Cheryl Howard and actor-director Ron Howard. [43] The critic Justin Chang termed the film a "hymn to the glory of creation, an exploratory, often mystifying [] poem" and credited Chastain for playing her part with "heartrending vulnerability". [168] In the same year, she appeared alongside several actresses in This Changes Everything, a documentary about the poor representation of women in Hollywood films. Ullmann directed him and Jessica Chastain in "Miss Julie" and he says Ullmann "is an amazing human being; she has such heart and her emotions are so close to the surface." (Unlike most . [164][165] She has complained about a lack of female film critics, which she believes hinders a gender-neutral perspective on film. I love it.. [88] In preparation, she researched the period and worked with a dialect coach to speak in a Brooklyn accent. 2023 Cable News Network. Actress Jessica Chastain immediately pops to mind when it comes to the most beautiful among our ginger brethren, with her piercing light eyes, super pale skin, and her long fiery tresses. Known for primarily starring in films with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Chastain received further acclaim for playing strong-willed women in the dramas A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), and Molly's Game (2017), and the television miniseries Scenes from a Marriage (2021). Sprawling home where JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in 1996 is listed for sale for $7 MILLION by current Royal Mail increase price of first class stamp by 15p to 1.10 in record-breaking hike. [65], Kathryn Bigelow's thriller Zero Dark Thirty was Chastain's final film release of 2012. So did her father Ron, who was cast in his first movie when he was just 18 months old. [193] That same year, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and she endorsed an Yves Saint Laurent fragrance called Manifesto. [84][85] Chastain played the adult daughter of McConaughey's character; she was drawn to the project for the emotional heft she found in the father-daughter pair. And, it turns out, she managed to fool Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howards own father as well! When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. 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Did you encounter any technical issues? [192], Time magazine named Chastain one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012. Bryce Dallas Howard says dad Ron Howard was 'shook' after he mistook Jessica Chastain for his daughter at an Apple Store. Bryce Dallas Howard says being on 'Black Mirror' changed the way she uses technology: 'I've been keenly . [107] In the former, an adaptation of Diane Ackerman's non-fiction book of the same name, she co-starred with Johan Heldenbergh as the real-life Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina abiski who saved many human and animal lives during World War II. [154] She won the SAG Award and received a Golden Globe nomination for it. [63] She ultimately agreed after finding a connection to Sloper, explaining: "she's painfully uncomfortable and I used to be that". 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[184] Lea Goldman of Marie Claire has compared her craft to that of Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett, and writes that she values her craft over her looks. She was a recurring guest star in several television series, and took on roles in several stage productions. Oscar Cainer tells all. I actually had that thought.. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: As Florida governor and Donald Trump rival Ron DeSantis steps up his bid to win the White House At last a true conservative who believes in Brexit, low taxes, strong borders - and is blisteringly anti-woke shame he's not British! ', Chris Pratt Reveals He Prefers to Go by 'CP' or Just 'Pratt': 'No One Calls Me Chris', Chris Hemsworth Recalls Kristen Stewart Accidentally Punching Him in the Face on 'Snow White' Set, Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde's Relationship Timeline. They have four children: twins Jocelyn Carlyle and Paige Howard, oldest daughter Bryce Dallas Howard, and son Reed Cross. Of their striking similarities, Bryce told host Graham: 'It's very flattering for me! It was a very difficult upbringing. [170] David Ehrlich of IndieWire credits her for being the sole American actress to consistently play roles that "champion feminist ideals". You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. [147] She worked closely with Loughren and attended nursing school to prepare for the part.
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