The Serious Medical Scare That Had A Lasting Effect On Jessica Chastain

While working on "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," the 2021 biopic that earned Jessica Chastain her first Oscar win (after two previous nominations for "The Help" and "Zero Dark Thirty"), Chastain was concerned about a part of her medical history. The film follows infamous televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, with Chastain putting a kinder

While working on "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," the 2021 biopic that earned Jessica Chastain her first Oscar win (after two previous nominations for "The Help" and "Zero Dark Thirty"), Chastain was concerned about a part of her medical history. The film follows infamous televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, with Chastain putting a kinder spin on Tammy Faye, who's best known for the heavy makeup she wore. Thus, Chastain had to sit in a makeup chair donning huge amounts of cosmetics and prosthetics for hours at a time.

"The longest was actually 7 ½ hours," she told the Los Angeles Times. Being in all that makeup caused its own problems, from the heat and weight it packed on, to permanent damage to Chastain's skin, to restricting her ability to properly emote — not to mention lack of energy after sitting in a chair for so long. "It was like going on a long-distance flight every day," she said.

But more than that, Chastain worried about her circulation. "It was pretty anxiety-ridden for me," she admitted to L'Officiel. "I've had some health problems in the past: I had a pulmonary embolism, and when I get on an airplane I always think about how I have to be careful and not get blood clots. ... I would wear compression socks on my legs." While she made the best use of her time by watching videos of Tammy Faye and practicing, Chastain also admitted, "Honestly, I'm probably never going to do that again."

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