Jessica Chastain: 'Sam Worthington teased me about Debt action scenes'

Jessica Chastain has said that her Debt co-star Sam Worthington teased her while they filmed the movie's action sequences.

The actress revealed that Worthington would mock her whenever the two had to run on-set.

Chastain told Long Island Press: "[Worthington] became like my action coach, and he nicknamed me 'Tommy Cruise'. I guess he was teasing me, because in my running scenes, I was running like Gumby - like, I had my arms by my side.

"Sam told me, 'You have to really pump your arms, like Tom Cruise. There's nobody who runs better than Tom Cruise in a movie'."

Chastain also admitted that it was very intimidating to star as a younger version of Helen Mirren's character in The Debt.

"I was like, 'This is perfect. She's five four and I'm five four!' But then it was like, 'How on earth am I going to share a role with Helen Mirren?' She's like a goddess," the star said. "So to hang out with her, I was a little
intimidated. There were moments where I was telling myself, 'OK speak up. Don't be too shy'."

Chastain recently confessed that she found it "humiliating" to film several of The Debt's graphic medical scenes.

The Debt is now playing in US cinemas and opens on September 30 in the UK.

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