CHASTAIN FEARED SPEAKING OUT

Hollywood actor Jessica Chastain has revealed that she was “surprised” to see her name in the Best Actress category in this year’s Golden Globe nominations after speaking out against Harvey Weinstein.

According to Page Six, the 40-year-old actor felt that speaking out against sexual harassment in Hollywood would impact her professional life and also feared that her views might damage her career. Chastain said, “To be honest, I’m mainly surprised about my nomination. As an actor, I have a lot of fear, thinking that if I speak my mind or something that feels like it deviates from the norm as a woman, am I going to be made to disappear in my industry?” She admits her friends helped her to “eliminate fear” that she might be wrecking her career by airing her views about the producer. “When the article came out about Weinstein, I immediately started tweeting. I’ve got a good group of girlfriends on Whats App, and I said, ‘I’m terrified I’m destroying my career right now. I wonder if people will still see me as an actress, and want to work with knowing I have these opinions,” noted Chastain.

“In the way that only good girlfriends can do, they helped me eliminate fear and understand that the only way to change something that’s wrong is to change it, not ignore it,” she said.

In October, Jessica had claimed that she was warned about the 65year-old Weinstein.