Nearly three weeks afterJessica ChastainandOscar Isaacstirred social media into a frenzy over theirred carpet chemistryat the Venice Film Festival, the actress, 44, is opening up about their years-long friendship.
On Wednesday, Chastain appeared onThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where she defended her relationship with Isaac, 42, as a friendship and nothing else after Colbert, 57, brought up the moment Isaac appeared to kiss her arm at the premiere of their new miniseriesScenes from a Marriage.
Chastain and Isaac play a married couple in the series, which debuted at Venice in early September. As Colbert prepared to ask her about the viral incident, Chastain called the late night host out immediately, telling him, “I know where you’re going,” before telling Colbert that she and Isaac “go way back.”
“We went to college together at Julliard,” she explained, as the host added, “You’re both in loving relationships with other people.”
Chastain ismarriedto Moncler executive and Italian count Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, while Isaac hasbeen marriedto Danish writer and director Elvira Lind since 2017.
Still, Colbert continued with the bit, playing footage of the actors on the red carpet in Venice as Chastain exclaimed, “Oh my God!”
As the footage showed Isaac leaning in to kiss Chastain’s arm, Colbert said, “Wait no, go back, one more time. I’m not ready for this,” asking his team to roll the tape again.
Colbert laughed, telling his guest, “I’m not saying that you’re getting lost in Oscar Isaac. I’m saying Oscar Isaac is getting lost in Jessica Chastain.”
Chastain maintained her sense of humor about the footage, joking, “It’s the power of the armpit, gesturing to the area where Isaac leaned in to kiss her on the carpet. “It’s a very strong force.”
Colbert told her, “You could sell some deodorant right now if you tell people what he was smelling,” to which Chastain replied, “I better get some kind of campaign out of this. I don’t know, Secret?”
Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
Chastain recently spilled about her relationship with Isaac toPEOPLE, saying she and her co-star “have the same process,” which made it easy to work with him on theirScenes From a Marriageminiseries, which debuted on HBO Sunday.
“When I got the scripts, I knew immediately it was going to be like a play, because most of it’s just him and I talking for an hour, sometimes not calm. So I knew it was basically just acting with Oscar,” she said.
Chastain, who previously co-starred with Isaac in 2014’sA Most Violent Year, added, “We affect each other, and so we don’t have to plan what we’re going to do. It’s like surfing together. It’s a special thing, and it’s very rare to have it with another actor. We have it with each other.”
source: people.com
