Jessica Chastain's ?Take Shelter? Premiere Night in NYC

Enjoying a fun-filled evening, Jessica Chastain was spotted at the premiere of her new movie ?Take Shelter? in New York City last night (September 7).
Joined by costar Michael Shannon and director Jeff Nichols, the ?Tree of Life? hottie looked to be in good spirits, sporting a black and white printed dress as she posed outside of Landmark Sunshine Cinemas.
When asked about the film, Jessica told press she was very fortunate to land the gig, thanks to some Tinseltown networking.
?Sarah Green produces for Terrence Malick, and she was the executive producer on Take Shelter. She spoke to Jeff Nichols about me, because I had just done Tree of Life. She had read the script, and she thought, ?There?s this girl that no one really knows yet, but she might be really great to play Samantha in Take Shelter.? So I got sent Shotgun Stories, which I found to be brilliant. It was made for $53,000; it was Jeff Nichols?s first film. I was floored by it. Then I got sent the script for Take Shelter, and I thought, ?This is interesting.??
?I sat down with him, and he said something to me that made me want to be in every one of his films. He basically said, ?It?s a movie about family and marriage and faith. It?s not a movie about the end of the world, it?s not about mental illness, it?s not abut all those bells and whistles. The main idea of the film is faith. And there?s a look at the end of the film between Samantha and Curtis, and if the look isn?t right, then the whole film falls apart.? When he said that to me, I was very intrigued. And I think you can see that in the film; it?s not presented the typical way you might see a movie about mental illness or apocalyptic ideas. Jeff had his own language ? his own way of telling this story.?
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