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    Jessica Chastain Ensures Her Co-Stars Share Ownership and Profits of New Movie

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    The ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ actress shares ownership of movie ‘The 355’ with her co-stars and she hopes ‘it creates a new model in which artists can own their work.’

    Jan 13, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Jessica Chastain ensured she and her “The 355” co-stars shared in the film’s profits by becoming owners of the movie.
    The actress stars alongside Lupita Nyong’o, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Marion Cotillard, and Fan Bingbing in the American action spy film directed by Simon Kinberg. And in an interview with Shape magazine, Jessica opened up about how she savvily worked out that she and her fellow actors could get more money if they shared ownership of the project.
    “A lot of times, our names are used to sell movies, and that’s how the money is raised for them,” she explained. “So I thought, If our names are being sold, then we need to be the owners of the film.”

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    “(I told my co-stars) if you do this movie, you’re going to have to agree to sell it, because you will be an owner. We’re going to sell the distribution rights to raise the budget for the film, and then everyone owns a portion of the box office.” Jessica, who has long been an advocate for equal pay, added she’s “a bit shocked” she “got away with it.”
    “I don’t know if anything like this has been done before,” she said. “But hopefully it creates a new model in which artists can own their work.”
    “The 355” also stars Sebastian Stan and Edgar Ramirez.
    The producers were criticized for hiring Spanish actress Penelope Cruz to play the role of a Colombian spy, but Jessica Chastain defended the casting. She claimed the role was originally conceived as being Brazilian but Penelope did not feel comfortable playing a character from Brazil.

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      Jessica Chastain's 'The 355' Gets a Release Date Pushback to 2022

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      The all-star female spy thriller sees the ‘Dark Phoenix’ actress being joined in the cast ensemble by the likes of Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz and Fan Bingbing.

      Nov 24, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Jessica Chastain will have to wait another year to launch her all-star female spy thriller “The 355” in theatres after its release was bumped to 2022.
      The actress is joined by Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz, and Fan Bingbing in the international heist movie, which also features Sebastian Stan and Edgar Ramirez, and it had been due to launch in January, 2021.
      However, Universal Pictures chiefs have since decided to wait until the worst of the coronavirus crisis is over before its release, pushing the project back to January, 2022.

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      The 355 is directed by Chastain’s “Dark Phoenix” filmmaker Simon Kinberg, who co-wrote the script with Theresa Rebeck. The premise of the moview read, “When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, wild card CIA agent Mason ‘Mace’ Brown Jessica Chastain) will need to join forces with rival badass German agent Marie (Diane Kruger), former MI6 ally and cutting-edge computer specialist Khadijah (Lupita Nyong’o), and skilled Colombian psychologist Graciela (Penelope Cruz) on a lethal, breakneck mission to retrieve it, while also staying one-step ahead of a mysterious woman, Lin Mi Sheng (Bingbing Fan), who is tracking their every move.”
      They first announced the project with a splashy photocall at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2018. It was reported that Universal paid more than $20 million for domestic distribution rights for the movie.
      It’s the latest blockbuster to be postponed due to the pandemic, with the news coming weeks after Universal studio bosses decided to push back the premiere of “Jurassic World: Dominion” from June, 2021 to the summer of 2022 following a series of COVID-19-related production delays. Universal Pictures also recently moved “Fast & Furious” sequel “F9”.

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      Jessica Chastain Defends Penelope Cruz Casting in 'The 355' Amid Backlash

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      Actress and producer Jessica Chastain breaks her silence following backlash for casting Penelope Cruz, who’s Spanish, to play a Colombian woman in her new movie.
      Oct 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Jessica Chastain has spoken out in support of Penelope Cruz following criticism of her casting as a Colombian spy in their new movie “The 355”.
      In an article published by Variety, the film was called out for casting a Spanish actress in the role of a Latina woman, with writer Clayton Davis insisting it’s “clear that executives and agents put no effort into scouring the world to find a more appropriate choice, or to be even more daring, an actual Colombian actress to play Graciela.”
      However, Jessica, who is also a producer on the movie, released a statement to the outlet, explaining the role was originally conceived as being Brazilian but Penelope did not feel comfortable playing a character from Brazil.

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      “When I had the idea of making this film, we didn’t have a script or financing,” Jessica said. “Penelope was incredibly helpful in this regard. After conversations with our consultant, I brought her the idea that she could play a fervent agent from Brazil. She mentioned that it wouldn’t be right for her to play a character from Brazil, as the majority language is Portuguese.”
      She added, “I realised that Colombia has a rich ethnic heritage, with approximately 80 per cent of the population having European or mixed European heritage. We settled on a character who is a descendant from the colonisation of Spain in the New World.”
      “I understand that we are continuing to evolve how we think in terms of our cultural beliefs,” Jessica stated. “When making this film, I wanted to move beyond nationalism and understand the international common thread that connects us all. At the end of the day, it wasn’t important where the characters came from, but that they all come together to form an alliance beyond borders.”
      The 355, also starring Lupita Nyong’o, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Fan Bingbing, Sebastian Stan, and Edgar Ramirez, is slated for a January 2021 release.

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