August 03, 2023

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Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac friendship at odds after Scenes from a Marriage

Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac have originally been friends since college

By George Johnson August 03, 2023
essica Chastain, Oscar Isaac friendship at odds after Scenes from a Marriage
essica Chastain, Oscar Isaac friendship at odds after Scenes from a Marriage

Jessica Chastain isn’t sure where she stands in her friendship with Oscar Isaac after filming a drama-heavy project, Scenes From A Marriage.

Chastain and Isaac, who have been friends since college, star as a struggling married couple in the 2021 HBO miniseries.

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the Interstellar actress reflected on the current status of their friendship, revealing it has "never quite been the same" since the show.

"I mean, 'Scenes from a Marriage' was very tough," Chastain explained.

"We're going to be okay, but after that, I was like, I need a little bit of a breather. There was so much 'I love you, I hate you' in that series," she added between laughter.

In 2021, the actress revealed tactics they would apply between scenes to get under the skin of each other’s character.

"We've been friends for more than half our lives and we know so much about each other," the 46-year-old actress explained during an appearance on the Today show. "So we know how to make each other laugh without even saying anything. We can almost read each other's minds but also means we could hurt each other really strongly. In the scenes, we would know how to get to the other one."

Chastain continued: "Sometimes before action, I would turn to Oscar, who plays the main caregiver of our child, and be like, 'The house looks really really messy. Why didn't you clean it?' And he was like, 'Grrrr.' We know how to dig in."