'It made people notice me,' Jessica Chastain said of her 'obnoxious' childhood era when she ate banana peels for attention.
chaos train continues to chug along with an adorable reveal from the Oscar winner about her childhood eating habits.
"I wasn't, like, the best student. I was a bit… probably obnoxious," the 46-year-actress old said on Tuesday's episode of thepodcast. "I was kind of nerdy. One time they permed my hair and I looked like Annie, and then we cut it off. I had really short hair, red hair. I look back and I'm like, 'Oh, what a sweet, clueless person.'"
She continued, "I remember sitting in the cafeteria and eating orange peels and banana peels because it made people notice me. The other kids would be like, 'Oh my God, look at her.' I know, it's terrible. I just wanted people to notice me for being a weirdo, that I was existing, something." But the star's penchant for courting eyeballs paid off later in life, as she went on to score three Academy Award nominations, including for her roles in
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