For a woman who has basically completed Hollywood, Jessica Chastain does not have the highest opinion of the place. She does not love the hangouts. ‘Whenever I go to LA they always put me in these Hollywood places like Chateau Marmont or Sunset Tower, all the places that actors go,’ she says. In fact, what she wants to do is get to the ocean: ‘As far away from the industry as I can.’
She does not love the parties, either. After she won the Academy Award for her performance as the tele-evangelist in The Eyes of Tammy Faye last year, she spent three hours at an after-party slumped on a sofa with her Oscar while her friends danced around her. And she really doesn’t like the fact that everyone in LA spends so long in their cars, separate and alone, which is why she lives in New York, with its theatres, museums and public transport. ‘I have entire conversations with people on a subway in New York. All different walks of life, it’s amazing.’
