Jessica Chastain Proposes ‘The Help’ Sequel Centered Around Celia Foote & Octavia Spencer’s Minny Jackson
deadline.comJessica Chastain has an idea for a sequel to The Help that would include reprising her role of Celia Foote and Octavia Spencer’s role of Minny Jackson.
The 2011 film by Tate Taylor was based on the book by Kathryn Stockett about an aspiring young white journalist who writes a book from the point of view of two Black maids and the racism they experience working for white families.
In the film, Celia befriends her maid Minny as they both care for each other amid tumultuous marriages. Chastain opened up to EW’s The Awardist podcast about what she would like to see in a potential sequel. “You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]?
Celia Foote. I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened,” Chastain said. “You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together, they were best friends.
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