-Welcome back. We're talking to Jessica Chastain right now.
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You completely transformed into Tammy Faye Bakker in this movie.
I remember -- I remember Tammy Faye growing up.
I think my grandmother bought me an album of hers called, like,
"Oops! There Comes a Smile" or here comes a smile?
-♪ There comes a smile ♪
-Dude, I'm having flashbacks. Yeah.
-Yeah. -And they were giant.
And then I watched this movie because I'm like,
"Oh, I know all about --"
I didn't know a lot, it turns out.
And when I saw you, I'm like, "That's Jessica Chastain?
There's no way." Look at this.
Look at the makeup. -Oh, wow. Yeah.
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-I mean, that's crazy.
Seven and a half hours of prosthetics?
Is that possible? -Yeah.
That one, when we first did it, was seven and a half hours.
And then they got it down to four and a half hours.
I mean, talk about an artist.
That was pretty intense to work with those incredible artisans.
-Yeah. But also, how do you do that?
So you just sit for -- say or even sit --
For me, it's 20 minutes. I'd freak out.
[ Laughter ] An hour?
I go, "No, it's not worth it." -Yeah.
-Five hours you're sitting there?
Then you have to go act?
-I know. And I had no energy.
I mean, I'd show up to work, I'd put compression stockings
on my legs 'cause I was afraid I could get blood clots
from sitting so long.
-Interesting. -I listened to her voice
the whole time and watched her interviews.
And then, you know, at first I was afraid that like,
"How am I going to act through it?"
'Cause it's also --
I mean, it's, like, plastic on your face.
-It's another layer. Yeah. -You're wearing a mask.
Yeah, and she's someone who's so open and so sensitive.
How do I kind of go through it?
And then I realized -- I mean, I guess having my eyes
exposed and my voice and my body.
I got to use other things to kind of get me through the mask.
-So you -- Did -- The costume didn't necessarily help you.
-It did in the end.
But in the beginning, I was stressed.
I was like -- I kind of had one of those panicked moments
when they put it all on me.
I was like -- The very first time with any test,
right, you have to perfect it.
And the first time, it was the first time
I had worked with some of the artists.
And I, like, looked at myself in the mirror
and I was like, "I look like Mrs. Doubtfire."
-Yeah. -I was so stressed out.
-Right? -But no, I got through it.
-You pulled it off. It's unbelievable.
It's amazing to watch.
I was like, "Oh, you have her accent down."
What is her accent? Where is she --
-She's from International Falls, Minnesota.
-Yeah. -And so, that's the thing.
Like, I guess I just assumed she was from the South,
because, you know, her show was in the South.
But no.
What made her so sweet is she had that accent.
And Andrew Garfield, who plays Jim Bakker --
Jim was also from Minnesota --
[ Minnesota accent ] We just, you know,
would talk all the time in character
and sometimes we'd get a little naughty.
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"Jim." -Yeah. "Jim."
It's -- Oh, my gosh. It's unbelievable.
Congrats on that.
And I can't wait to see you in person again, buddy.
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Jessica Chastain in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye."
Take a look.
-Well, hello there, Jimmy.
Hi there.
I'm scared.
Jesus, good Lord, forgive me of my sins.
I know I cared about things that I shouldn't have.
And I know I got lost.
And I forgot who you are to me.
But that's done now.
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Jessica Chastain!
Can you believe it was that person that was that person?
"The Eyes of Tammy Faye" is streaming now on HBO Max.