Jessica Chastain - Antonina Zabinski [The Zookeeper's Wife] {#2}: Jessica + animals > everything else - Page 8

ina_am · 03-01-2017, 03:44 PM

So lovely

She must do that right away

Musidora · 03-01-2017, 04:02 PM

This cub is all of us when we look at Jess:

ina_am · 03-01-2017, 04:28 PM

Awwwwwwwwwwwww

Musidora · 03-01-2017, 05:02 PM

He looks so fcking happy

Tisha89 · 03-03-2017, 02:54 AM

She has one of the best jobs in the world.

ina_am · 03-03-2017, 08:40 AM

Lucky cub

Musidora · 03-08-2017, 03:45 PM

With Theresa Zabinski (Jan and Antonina Zabinski’s daughter) @ The Zookeeper’s Wife special screening in Warsaw, Poland (I'm so in love with this picture

):

Niki Caro on the importance of hair and makeup in filmmaking:

When asked what she has in common with Antonina Żabińska:

All gifs/pictures from: jessicachastainsource.

ina_am · 03-09-2017, 12:27 PM

Speechless! How awesome is that

Thanks for all the great stuff, Ana

Tisha89 · 03-16-2017, 03:48 PM

Thanks for sharing the pics and gifsets.

I can relate to this: "I love animals more than people."

GETTING TO KNOW EFRAT DOR » Hydrogen Mag

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HM: Let’s talk about The Zookeeper’s Wife. The film takes place against the backdrop of World War II, following Antonina Zabinski and her husband Dr. Jan Zabinski, who run the Warsaw Zoo. They begin working with the Resistance after the Nazis invade. What were your first thoughts when you read the script?

ED: I cried the first time I read the script and every time thereafter. I cried. It is just so delicately beautiful.

HM: You play sculptor Magdalena Gross. Tell us about her.

ED: Magdalena, like Antonina and Jan, is also a person who lived in Poland during WWII. She was a great sculptor and received a gold medal at the International Art Exhibition in Paris in 1937 for her Bison and Gadfly. She often used the animals at the Warsaw Zoo as her models. She was a close friend to the Zabinskis, and as a Jew, she had to run and hide from the Germans when the war broke.

HM: What was your approach to playing her?

ED: I started out by doing as much research as I could. She was a real woman who lived in those days – I felt obligated to honor her by representing her in the best possible way.

HM: Did you identify with your character in any way and do you think that is important when taking on a role? What is your process?

ED: My grandmother (who is 94 years old, god bless her!) is Polish, and she was 14 when the war broke. Her whole family was murdered by the Germans (mother, father and older brother), and she survived. My connection to a Jewish and Polish character from WWII was instantly very deep. I think it is always a huge plus when you have a personal connection to the story and character. I feel it brings a lot of depth that makes the character more authentic.

My process for working on a new role is that I read and research tons! After that, I really am quite the geek and have my script printed out. I work on the text a lot, writing my sub-texts and actions, deciding my objective in every line, scene and act. I also give my intuition a lot of room to influence my choices. With Magda, I also worked on a Polish accent, which was challenging and interesting.

HM: What was the experience like working with Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhl?

ED: Both Jessica and Daniel were super nice. Jessica was really amazing; she is such a professional and fellow geek. I learned a lot working with her. She takes her craft very seriously. I remember being amazed when she kept crying real tears while we were shooting my side! At the end of the scene, I asked her, “Do you always give your ALL even when your side is not filmed?” And she replied, “Of course. That’s what partners are for. Then they will do the same for you.” I was just shocked after hearing so many things about Hollywood stars, she completely won me over. Daniel was charming, and they both made the set very professional but also warm and fun.