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Jessica Chastain's platinum blonde transformation
Jessica Chastain says strangers react shocked to her platinum blonde hair after abandoning red locks for a TV role.
In brief
Jessica Chastain says strangers react shocked to her platinum blonde hair after abandoning red locks for a TV role. Jessica Chastain revealed strangers treated her differently after switching from red hair to platinum blonde, noting her personality remained unchanged. Originally reported by FemaleFirst.
Jessica Chastain's new look
Jessica Chastain revealed strangers treated her differently after abandoning her trademark red hair for platinum blonde.
Why she changed her hair
Jessica Chastain decided to dye her hair after wearing a blonde wig for her Apple TV+ thriller The Off Weeks.
Strangers' reactions
Some people looked at her shocked when she was sassier than normal, expecting her to be soft and demure.
“When I’m a little bit sassier than normal, people look at me like, shocked. Like they expect me to be soft and demure.”
Her TV role inspiration
Jessica Chastain tested her new look for months after playing a character with similar hair in The Off Weeks.
“I just played a part where I had a very similar hair color in a wig, and so I guess I got to test drive the hair for a few months.”
Upcoming film release
Jessica Chastain's horror film The Other Mommy releases in cinemas on 9 October 2.
What she says about hair
Jessica Chastain says she has always had a lot of fun, and now feels good being a blonde.
“No, I’ve always had a lot of fun. I feel like, ‘I’ve never done this; I want to try it’. It feels good to be a blonde.”
What matters most
Jessica Chastain revealed strangers treated her differently after switching from red hair to platinum blonde, noting her personality remained unchanged.
