Superhero movies are where it’s at in Hollywood right now, and not just because they’re more popular at the box office than ever. Filmmakers are starting to recognize more and more something that comic book authors have known (and put to practice) for years – that the superhero genre is a flexible one, and can be used to tell stories that use tropes and archetypes from other popular genres (western, horror, sci-fi, and so on). It’s for related reasons that critically-acclaimed acting talents such as Al Pacino and, as we’ll discuss here, Jessica Chastain, are now actively campaigning to snag a role in the expanding world of superhero cinema.
Chastain almost played scientist Maya Hansen (a role that Rebecca …
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SOURCE: Screen Rant – Read entire story here.