Jessica Chastain is still very mad about the Jeremy Strong profile

[just444]

Aaron Sorkin doesn’t have social media so asked me to post this letter on his behalf xx pic.twitter.com/3Ol1KGoJKM
- Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) December 10, 2021

update to this and this post

yes, she is still going. Posting an open letter from Sorkin defending Strong and getting into it with journalists

Comments

[blahblah890]

I think the classism critiques since Jeremy was a working class actor are interesting. Anyone have thoughts?

[erin805]

It didn’t feel particularly critical or mean spirited to me, that’s why I think it’s so odd she’s going this hard with it. If anything the piece seemed like it was acknowledging how hard it is to break through and that his methods are crazy his results are stellar

[la_petite_singe]

Idk, seeing that he's 100% not a nepotism celeb or from a rich family made me respect his insane hard work more. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Yes, he's still a hwhite man, but that won't get you into Hollywood all by itself.

[holyfrijoles_2]

Tbh I wished the article focused a bit more on how his insane drive was absolutely caused by the fact that he didn’t have money/a famous parent to fall back on and without those two things you essentially have to work yourself to the bone to claw your way to the top in Hollywood. Yes his journey was made vastly easier by being a cishet white man but there’s still some merit to discussing that as an aspect to his character.

I’ve seen people call him a “social climber” which feels really unfair bc without those connections he made he would not be in the position he is today. The Chris Evans connection is especially interesting bc Chris also wrote letters to get internships like Jeremy but the difference is that Chris’ parents are upper middle class people and paid for his rent while he initially moved to LA (and then he got cast in some shitty tv show that lasted like three episodes iirc after like three months in LA. which is insane luck btw).

[zoaster_toaster]

I feel like a profile of an actor who engages in weird methods of method acting criticized by his costars isn't a hill worth dying on but that's just me

[ournewhappylife]

How is this still going on. lol.

[gillenvillain]

It's like the Crisp Rat Syndrome...

If they had just ignored it or played it off, no one would probably care and it would have blown over. Just move on, ffs

Do they need attention that badly?

[dnttllhrry]

She is Streisand Effecting the situation. I still don't know what she wants us to do about it.

[vanhrh]

Girl, wtf?

I feel like people are already done talking about this profile, yet, here she is.

[shittysoup]

[quinzl13]

Honestly, I feel like it wasn’t THAT big of a deal in the first place. Like, more people only came to realize the article existed after this. She’s calling more attention to it.

Roughly half the comments I’ve seen are “wait why is she defending him”
Other half are now mocking her.

It would’ve passed quickly if she didn’t jump in and drag it on

[goldenhera]

Nah, Jeremy was trending on Twitter for like three days because people were joking about sections of the article and saying his castmates hated him, lol. I think she's bringing the focus back to the article after the initial chatter passed but it had already taken off before she decided to weigh in.

Also, there have been a couple hot take articles about this New Yorker piece so she's not even the only one weighing in. It's all silly really.

[amacabea]