We just saw Lawless. It was awesome. Your chemistry with Tom Hardy is really amazing. What was it like to be a femme fatale?
“Well, I found it very interesting because he was a character that was very comfortable with violence…very comfortable with, like, boy stuff. But very uncomfortable with women. And so when Maggie walks into the house, she becomes the alpha in the scenario because everything she does makes him uncomfortable. And I think she likes toying with him that way. So, she was never afraid of Forrest. The character was with a lot of men that have done very bad things. But the great thing about playing Maggie to Tom’s Forrest is that he’s basically saying, ‘Here, come stay in this house. I will protect you, and you don’t owe me anything in return.’ It’s actually a beautiful kind of love.
- Jessica Chastain on Forrest and Maggie in Lawless.
