. >> today, we are meeting the actress jessica chastain.three years ago, she was a relative unknown when she came here with the tree of life. they have been a firm fixture on the hollywood a-list. at the festival playing in the competition. a true passion project is also listed. >> very nice to meet you. off, it's all about it. , her parents met at the beatles concert. they fell in love. the father's last name was rigby so they made -- named their first child eleanor rigby. a beautiful relationship and eleanor is the product of that. >> how do you prepare for her role like this? >> i read some short stories in new york about men that have given me. in one recurring scene i found with women was the idea of reinvention. there is the idea of rebirth or wanting to start again. is definitely related to eleanor for me. >> it difficult and sensitive subject. >> it was fascinating because i was trying to gain weight for the role because i wanted her to be kind of a dumpy loser younger sister that still lives at home and works in a library. she was