Jessica Chastain's slow road to the top of Hollywood

By Josephine Tovey
Updated October 12 2015 - 3:31am, first published September 27 2015 - 1:15am
Jessica Chastain: "Very rarely does a script say, when describing the physical appearance of a character, 'red hair'". Photo: David Slijper/trunkarchive.com/Snapper Media
Jessica Chastain: "Very rarely does a script say, when describing the physical appearance of a character, 'red hair'". Photo: David Slijper/trunkarchive.com/Snapper Media
Jessica Chastain: "Very rarely does a script say, when describing the physical appearance of a character, 'red hair'". Photo: David Slijper/trunkarchive.com/Snapper Media
Jessica Chastain: "Very rarely does a script say, when describing the physical appearance of a character, 'red hair'". Photo: David Slijper/trunkarchive.com/Snapper Media

Three days before I meet Jessica Chastain in New York, she had an encounter with someone far more exciting. She was backstage in Madison Square Garden, waiting for a U2 concert to start.

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