Jessica Chastain says she wasn’t making an attempt to make a “political assertion” when she wore a masks at award exhibits this previous season.
The Zero Darkish Thirty star, 46, shared at The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual Tony Nominees Roundtable that she acquired some criticism after she was noticed at a number of awards exhibits sporting a face masks so as to stop contracting COVID-19 whereas she tackled the main position on Broadway in Henrik Ibsen’s iconic play, A Doll’s Home.
“We had been testing daily on our present, and even should you had no signs, should you examined constructive for COVID, you had been out for every week — and I used to be assembly individuals on the stage door who flew in from Shanghai and flew in from everywhere in the world. To be out of the present for every week? It simply felt prefer it was so irresponsible,” mentioned Chastain, who acquired a Tony Award nomination for her position.
However not everybody perceive her intuition to take precautions.
“So I used to be sporting the masks on the Oscars. I acquired various flak for that. Lots of people thought I used to be making some political assertion. I don’t know what they thought,” she shared with the group.
Josh Groban, who additionally participated within the roundtable, minimize in, telling her, “theater individuals knew. We knew.”
“Nicely, OK, good,” Chastain replied. “I’ll inform you, the most effective factor is somebody on the stage door gave me a masks that mentioned, ‘I’m On Broadway.’ However yeah, the SAG Awards, the Oscars, lots of people had been like, ‘What are you doing?!’ I simply couldn’t get sick. And I didn’t. I haven’t missed a present.”
Again in January on the Golden Globe Awards, a Twitter consumer posted an image of Chastain in her masks, which matched her glowing silver robe, together with a caption that learn “and who didn’t get COVID on the Golden Globes?”
Chastain retweeted the publish, including “Phew!”
Whereas strolling the crimson carpet on the Golden Globes, Chastain explained her reasoning for masking up on the huge bash.
“I am doing a play proper now in New York. I will be doing A Doll’s Home. I am enjoying Nora,” she shared. “I’m actually enthusiastic about that. I’m somewhat nervous about getting sick however I acquired my masks, I am doing each. But in addition it’s important to be so cautious within the theater as a result of I don’t need to let my solid down.”
A number of different stars did catch the virus following the award ceremony, together with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Chastain additionally paired her Gucci robe with a black masks on the Oscars, although she appeared unmasked in the course of the crimson carpet and whereas presenting the award for Finest Actress.
