Jessica Chastain Wants ‘The Help’ Sequel With Octavia Spencer, Says She Didn’t ‘Mine That Much Material’ in First Film as a Supporting Actor
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jessica Chastain announced on Entertainment Weekly’s “The Awardist” podcast (recorded prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike) that she is interested in reprising the role of Celia Foote in a sequel to the 2011 Oscar-winning drama “The Help.” Celia was an ostracized housewife grief stricken over several miscarriages, who forms a friendship with her maid, Minerva “Minny” Jackson (played by Octavia Spencer in an Oscar-winning role). “You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]?
Celia Foote,” Chastain said. “I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened. You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together, they were best friends.
How amazing would that film be? I loved her, and I got to be a bit silly.” “A lot of my characters I feel like I got to experience a lot,” Chastain added. “Celia, it was such a deep dive for me.
I really threw on that character, and I didn’t really get to mine that much material because I was a supporting part of that story.
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