In Mothers' Instinct, Jessica Chastain plays a woman whose friendship with a neighbour is tested when one of their sons is involved in an accident.Opening in Singapore cinemas on March 14, the psychological thriller Mothers’ Instinct stars Oscar winners Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway as neighbours who are best friends until a tragic accident involving one of their sons.
That is because the film’s dark subject matter and tense character conflict could have put a strain on the actors. But, unlike Davis and Crawford, who famously loathed each other and feuded during the making of the movie, Hathaway and Chastain get along well, and had taken on Mothers’ Instinct after actively looking for another project to collaborate on after Interstellar.
“Jessica and Annie are both mothers and, sometimes, it was difficult for me to be the chief of putting the actors into a more fragile position where they had to dig into the emotions.”