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This is supposedly Jessica Chastain & Woodstock, the dog she & Tom adopted while filming Lawless. I don’t know how to recognise Woodstock specifically, though… The colour of their noses can change with time and seasons, apparently.

Found here, but I don’t know where it came from to begin with.

Does anyone know anything about it?

Is this part of some nefarious plan of Jessica’s, to meet and be photographed with as many of Tom’s male coworkers (whom she hasn’t been in any film with herself) as possible? It’s highly suspicious. *g*

Forrest & Maggie in Lawless. 

I love this progression of images: Forrest goes from quite sullen (or scared), to completely entranced and then quite happy. 

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I know what you’re thinking. Am I woman (or man) enough to handle this Hardigan? The short answer is: no.

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Jessica and Tom in Lawless

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Jessica Chastain and Tom Hardy

So many wonderful new photos! :D

Because this is such a lovely, lovely photo, I’m posting again. :D

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Tom Hardy and Jessica Chastain 

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I really like that the woman was put in the power position in that relationship. I play a dancer from Chicago. She has been used. She is also used to being around men who are predatory. Then she meets Tom’s character, who is a very powerful, strong man. He says to her, ‘You can live in my house. I’m not going to try to take anything from you.’ We really start to see her blossom. 

When she finally goes into his room, late one night, it’s probably the first time she has ever decided, ‘This is what I really want.’

- Jessica Chastain on Maggie & Forrest in Lawless

 

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There is no shortage of talent in this film. What can you tell us about the cast and what they brought to the table to bring the whole thing to life?

That is a big question! I was totally thrilled with the cast that we got and each of them brought something very special. With Mia [Wasikowska], in addition to being a great actress has a wonderful face of that time and world of a secluded religious community of the South — there is a real innocence there. Shia LaBeouf was the first one aboard. He was so brimming and enthusiastic. Much like the character, he wanted everything at once and couldn’t sit still! There was that quality in the character of Jack that I think translated really well. Jessica [Chastain] and Tom [Hardy] have this beautiful complicated relationship, like they are two damaged souls coming together. They are so brilliant at exploring their vulnerable sides. Jason Clarke has a real physicality to everything he does, whereas Tom had a very distilled manner. There were points where he wouldn’t say and do anything for so long. We all looked at each other and realized that he brought this incredible distillation into the process. He also brought the idea of the matriarch and ran with in an audacious way. It was brilliant, the idea of this mother hen protecting the coop. Dane Dehaan had such a superb, youthful innocence and vulnerability that was quite heartbreaking. Gary [Oldman] and Guy [Pearce] had the courage to really let loose with this and do things they had never done before. Guy works from the outside in, so the outrageous choices of dress and hair started to come forward from Guy very early on. Of course, Gary is the ultimate chameleon. Together, they personified the outrageousness of Chicago in that era, the larger than life Jimmy Cagney types. We had a terrific cast and I could go on and on. All of these people were quite impressive. They are from all around the world and came together to form a very close-knit, small community for the film. That was quite an impressive feat.

- John Hillcoat on the beauitfully talented cast of Lawless, one of my favourite casts ever - can’t be said enough times.

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