Jessica Chastain + Oscar Isaac Are So Close, They Know Each Other s Audition Horror Stories

Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac go way back. Theyve reunited several times onscreen since meeting in the halls of the Juilliard School of Drama. Jessica calls acting a way of getting to know myself on a deeper level. For Oscar, the approach must be expressive and not communicativenot getting too caught up with some idea that I want an audience to feel or to think. The two reveal to Backstage many of the technical tricks up their sleeves, and provide their fellow artists plenty of inspiration. Jessica, who mounted mini theater productions growing up in Northern California, is twotime Academy Award nominee for The Help and Zero Dark Thirty. Shes led The Tree of Life, Interstellar, The Martian, Mollys Game, Broadways The Heiress, and this year, Searchlight Pictures The Eyes of Tammy Faye, which she produced with her company Freckle Films. Oscar, born in Guatemala and raised in Miami, acted and performed music onstage before moving to New York. Hes earned awards for his