It took nearly a decade for the actress to bring her passion project to the screen, but even after immersing herself in the role — she visited the evangelist’s church once a week during production — she had to get past her own fear.
The actress sees her role as Tammy Faye Messner — the televangelist who became a tabloid regular once it was revealed that her husband, Jim Bakker, had used church donations for personal expenses, including hush money for Jessica Hahn, a former church secretary who accused him of rape — as her biggest swing to date.
“People were more interested in how much mascara Tammy Faye Bakker was wearing than what she was actually saying.” And, with the movie set for a Sept. 12 Toronto Film Festival premiere and Chastain already generating early buzz for the type of deeply transformational role that can carry a campaign for the requisite six months, she is likely to be laughing all the way through awards season..
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