Jessica Chastain, Sean Hayes, Peter Gross. Shutterstock (3)
Jessica Chastain and Sean Hayes revealed their largest “nightmare” — and admittedly “gross” — on stage moments of all time.
“I threw up [on stage]. I threw up and I swallowed it. And nobody knew,” Chastain, 46, mentioned throughout the latest episode of the “SmartLess” podcast. “From then on I used to be like, ‘I’m not consuming inside three hours of the present. I’ll simply drink water.’ I don’t know if I used to be nervous — I used to be type of sobbing and I, like, leaned over and it occurred. And I used to be like, ‘Oh my God.’ You may’t let it out of your mouth.”
Chastain added that as a result of there was no intermission, “for the remainder of the present I couldn’t inform anybody as a result of I used to be on a chair dealing with the viewers.” That meant she couldn’t even warn her costar earlier than they shared an intimate smooch.
“I needed to kiss somebody! It was a nightmare and I couldn’t clarify,” she instructed hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Hayes, 53. “After which the second we had the curtain name and the curtain got here down, I mentioned, ‘You guys I’m so sorry. I vomited.’”
Chastain defined that whereas it was a “closed-mouth kiss” that night time, it was nonetheless a “sensual” one. “Even speaking to somebody I used to be simply so [embarrassed],” she mentioned.
After Chastain detailed her most uncomfortable Broadway second, Hayes supplied his personal worst reminiscence.
“In [my] present [Good Night, Oscar] I’ve to scream at Peter Gross. We get in a screaming match and we’re actually nostril to nostril,” he mentioned. “And one night time, this was only a couple weeks in the past, I don’t know what occurred however a lot saliva got here spewing from my mouth. It was throughout his face.”
He continued: “After which that night time he was so candy about it. He goes. ‘Hey, can I discuss to you about that? … Is there any approach you possibly can simply spit rather less after we argue?’ And I used to be like, ‘Completely!’ He was so candy about it.”
The twosome might have nightmare tales to share, however each Hayes and Chastain have had an extremely profitable few years. Along with “SmartLess” being some of the listened-to podcasts, Hayes took dwelling the Tony Award for Finest Actor in a Play in June. Hayes stars as Oscar Levant within the Broadway play, which opened on the Belasco Theatre in April.
Chastain, in the meantime, nabbed her personal nomination for a 2023 Tony for her efficiency in A Doll’s Home, which premiered on the Massive Apple’s Hudson Theatre in March and ran via June. She additionally gained an Academy Award and Display Actors Guild Award final 12 months for her portrayal of nation singer Tammy Wynette within the miniseries George & Tammy.
“To have probably the most unimaginable previous couple of years … It’s additionally been extra of me producing the tasks,” Chastain instructed Self-importance Honest earlier this month. “As girls become old within the business, we have to change into extra energetic in producing tasks to ensure that us to have a spot right here — as a result of nobody else will do it for us.”
She added: “I watched the business for a very long time earlier than I had the chance of working in it, and I gathered a number of info. It has modified fairly a bit,” Chastain mentioned of how Hollywood has developed lately. “The entire #MeToo tradition, which I’m appreciative of, the concept that there’s now extra assets for individuals who really feel like they’re in an unhealthy, abusive state of affairs. “
Now, Chastain is able to decelerate — and is contemplating taking over a barely much less emotionally taxing function.
“We did 137 performances however [A Doll’s House] was fairly emotional. There was heavy crying for, like, an hour every present. It’ll have one other life subsequent 12 months however a lot shorter runs in any other case I’ll lose my thoughts. … I simply change into so uncooked,” Chastain quipped throughout her “SmartLess” podcast look. “Which is why I’m wanting ahead to taking part in one other Zero Darkish Thirty character who actually doesn’t give a s—t. She’s simply strolling via. I must play that subsequent.”
