Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and Emmy nominee Peter Sarsgaard are here in Venice today for the world premiere of Michel Franco’s Memory, which on Thursday was officially confirmed for an interim a…
Added the actress, “I am here because SAG-AFTRA has been explicitly clear that the way to support the strike is to post on social media, walk the picket lines and to work and support interim agreement projects. It’s what our national board, our negotiating committee and elected leadership has asked us to do.
The film deals with dementia which affects Sarsgaard’s character. The actor choked up today speaking about his own uncle who suffered from CTE and passed away during Covid. “This is a guy who was very important in my life, so I felt like it was just a magical thing being asked to play someone who had dementia — at 52 years old, my uncle had it at 48… His spirit of positivity and love and grace and forgiveness… I thought it was beautiful.
Franco added, “My biggest fear is losing my mind, which is what brought me to dementia. If you don’t know who you are, are you still yourself? It triggers many questions for a scriptwriter.” On a lighter note, Franco recounted meeting Sarsgaard and asking him to show the filmmaker his “tummy.” Interjected Sarsgaard, “He thought I would be too strong. I don’t really exercise at all… I don’t think I’ve ever had a meeting quite like this.”script and “how it was absent of any cliche. I was so moved at the story of this woman who had led the trauma in her life in front of her… and it closed her off to the world. In essence, she stopped living.
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