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In an exclusive interrogation with E! News, Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain elaborate the extended enactment they did to embody George Jones and Tammy Wynette successful George & Tammy.
Jessica Chastain Jokingly Remembers SPANKING Madonna connected Stage
Jessica Chastain took Tammy Wynette's proposal to basal by your antheral rather literally.
The Oscar victor plays the state euphony fable successful Showtime's George & Tammy, premiering Dec. 4, and erstwhile it came to moving with co-star Michael Shannon, who plays chap state icon George Jones, Chastain explained that the 2 were ever successful step.
"We were truly large partners, successful that adjacent erstwhile we had solo songs that the different 1 mightiness not adjacent beryllium featured in, we would beryllium present," Chastain exclusively told E! News astir their originative process. "It really felt similar thing I conscionable can't adjacent ideate doing without Mike. We would lukewarm up unneurotic adjacent if we weren't needfully some acting that day."
Shannon besides recovered his enslaved with Chastain to beryllium hugely beneficial to telling communicative of Wynette and Jones—who were joined from 1969 to 1975—revealing to E!, "I'd travel implicit and we'd spell done our vocal exercises earlier we'd spell connected stage."
By the sounds of it, determination were much than exercises going on, arsenic Shannon said, "And past determination was the medicinal tea."
Chastain confirmed, joking, "My medicinal tea. We had a small pharynx overgarment and bourbon concern happening."
Hey, what's state euphony without a small bourbon?
However, erstwhile it came to an actual enactment with euphony legend Madonna—in which Chastain spanked the popular prima connected signifier during her 2015 tour—the histrion needed a spot much persuading from a person to measurement into the spotlight.
"It was my friend's day and we were astatine the performance and I was asked if I wanted to spell connected stage," Chastain told E! News. "At archetypal I said nary and past my person was like, ‘It's my birthday!' So I was like, ‘Alright.' So that's what led to that."
When Shannon was made alert of the shocking encounter, helium responded jokingly, "I'm going to beryllium definite to ne'er get connected my hands and knees successful beforehand of you."
Chastain responded, "Unless you privation a spankin'!"
What a bond!
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George & Tammy premieres Dec. 4 astatine 9 p.m. connected Showtime, and volition besides beryllium disposable to watercourse connected the Showtime app.
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