Jessica Chastain says she caused ‘permanent damage’ to the skin while playing Tammy Faye Bakker

Jessica Chastain makes no secret how uncomfortable she felt wearing makeup to play Tammy Faye Bakker.

The “Molly’s Game” star will play the notorious televangelist in the upcoming “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” biopic, and told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published on Monday, that putting on the “heavy” makeup that Bakker was famous for playing the role for was not a highlight.

“I think for sure that I have caused permanent damage to my skin on this,” she told the newspaper when asked how she kept her skin from breaking out. “Look, I eat very pure and I take really good care of my skin and I stay out of the sun and all that. But it’s heavy. And when you wear it all day, its weight on your body stretches your skin.

The 44-year-old Oscar-nominated actor even joked that when she finally took off her makeup, “I was like, ‘I look like I’m 50!'”

Chastain told the outlet that the longest time she’s ever sat in the makeup chair for the movie was seven and a half hours, and not only was she wearing the “most prosthetic” she’s ever had. for the role, but that the layers of makeup were heavy too.

“Even the bronzer and foundation are so much darker, the lashes are thicker,” she said. “Makeup gets heavier as she gets older.”

Because of this, Chastain said her transformation into a tabloid known for her blonde bouffant and blue eyeshadow was grueling. So much so that at first she feared that applying and wearing makeup would affect her performance.

“I got to the set and I was so freaked out. I started having hot flashes because it’s so heavy and hot, ”she admitted. “I was scared. It was like doing a long distance flight every day. Because if it takes seven and a half hours to put it on, it will take at least two hours to take it off. . I was worried about my circulation. By the time I got on set that first day which was half past seven, I was like, “I’m out of energy.” And she’s supposed to be going. show with so much energy.

Bakker indeed had tons (or shall we say caboodles?) Of energy when he appeared on the hugely popular show “The PTL Club”, in which “PTL” stands for “Praise the Lord”.

Tammy Faye and her husband Jim Bakker (who will be played by Andrew Garfield) founded the Christian television program in 1974, and soon after followed that success with the PTL Television Network and Heritage USA, a themed amusement park. Christian in South Carolina. .

The couple’s multi-million dollar empire began to crumble in the 1980s, after Jim was charged with sexual assault and then charged with multiple counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy to following a federal financial review of PTL Television Network.

The Bakkers divorced in 1992 and Tammy Faye remarried. In 2007, she died of cancer at the age of 65.

And although Tammy Faye is known for her extreme makeup, Chastain said she doesn’t think one should wonder why she wears so much.

“It’s nobody’s business. It makes her feel pretty. That’s enough, ”said Chastain. “This is how she wants to present herself in the world. Why do we have to justify it?