Hey, welcome Interstellar madness! November issue of Empire magazine is featuring the film, with two covers (a gorgeous one subscriber cover featuring McConaughey) and several pages of technical information, new photos, and interviews with the cast. You can find now digital scans up in our gallery:
Five years ago, a virtually unknown stage and TV actress from California auditioned for a play that Al Pacino was directing and starring in. The play was Salome, written by Oscar Wilde, and the actress was Jessica Chastain. A film was made of the stage production, and within three years Chastain had been nominated for two Oscars.
Now Pacino has made a documentary about the making of Salome – called Wilde Salome – and they are both available for the first time to British audiences.
“This is really special to me”, says Chastain. “This is my first film role, and this is the first time anyone ever really believed in me. Before I got this role I could rarely even get film auditions”.
This is really special to me. This is my first film role, and this is the first time anyone ever really believed in me. Before I got this role I could rarely even get film auditions.
“I got cast in the play first, and we did that, and then Al wanted to make the play into a movie in Los Angeles – because when Al Pacino does a play, everyone wants to see him – and then that was an incredible showcase for me. The audience would be scratching their heads and saying, ‘Who’s that red-headed girl with Al playing Salome?'”
Wilde’s play, originally written in French in 1891, is a tragedy based upon the Biblical account of the Tetrarch Herod (played by Pacino), who gave his stepdaughter Salome the head of John the Baptist in return for her dancing for him.
The original Salome was supposed to be about 16-years-old but Chastain, who was 32 at the time, does not think that her being twice Salome’s age mattered in the casting. She said: “The play still shows the themes – it’s a woman discovering her sexuality and trying to test its boundaries. It was a very dark, different play for Wilde to write compared to his other comedies.
Jessica was looking incredible today wearing a DSquared dress while attended a “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” photocall in San Sebastian Festival. I have uploaded over 200 HQ pictures, check it:
Jessica changed the beautiful Erdem yellow gown to a beautiful black figure while attending an after party for ‘Salome’ and ‘Wilde Salome’ screening in London. Check pictures in our gallery, plus over 190 additional HQ pictures of the premiere.
Appearances & Events > 2014 > Sep 21 | ‘Salome’ & ‘Wilde Salome’ London Screening