In preparation for their upcoming series 'George & Tammy,' Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain spent months learning the songs that George Jones and Tammy Wynette made famous, working with a vocal coach and making the pilgrimage to Nashville to record.
“I was so interested in learning about what was feeding the stuff that was happening on stage,” the Oscar-winning actor said.after years of chronic health issues. Jones died in 2013 at the age of 81. Originally planned as a full-length film, writer Abe Sylvia adapted the series based on the autobiography of Georgette Jones, the daughter of Jones and Wynette.
Shannon had the equally tough role of portraying Jones at his lowest, as his self-destructive tendencies threw his marriage and his career into a tailspin. Jones earned the nickname “No Show Jones” during the ’60s and ’70s for being so wasted that he regularly failed to show up for his concerts or just refused to perform.
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