Jessica Chastain has channelled her inner gothic punk for W magazine and her transformation caused her to look like a complete different person.
The 38-year-old actress has a timeless beauty look, and she rarely strays from it. But she went very anti-Jessica in a new shoot for W Magazine, leaving her Old Hollywood ways behind for an edgy, punk-inspired look that required bold wigs and dark dyed brows.
For the cover, Jessica’s typical strawberry blonde locks were turned into neon pink waves that were given a bit of pushed back volume at the top. Her makeup look included heavily chiseled cheekbones, exaggerated eyebrows that appeared to be painted on and a classic red lip.
'The Martian' actress is nearly unrecognizable on the cover of the glossy magazine’s November issue. Shot by renowned fashion photographer Steven Klein and styled in Givenchy Haute Couture, Saint Laurent Proenza Shoulder, Atelier Versace and Vetements by Edward Enninful, Jessica is transformed into an “intrepid spaceship commander, creepy gothic heroine."
In the rest of the shoot Jessica keeps the brows and red lip, but ditches the pink hair for a short, slicked back blonde style that leaves her looking like a brand new woman.
In one of the rather more racy shots she wears a halter yellow lace see-through dress by Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci, teamed with yellow gloves, oversized beaded hoops and a matching necklace.
This, however, is not the first time she has starred on the cover of the glossy publication, having appeared twice before.
She tells the magazine all about her skyrocketing path to stardom and gets nostalgic about her first big film premiere — 'The Tree of Life' at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2011.
Jessica recalls that she rarely let go of her costars’ (Sean Penn and Brad Pitt’s) hands all night.
“I would have fainted without them,” she tells the magazine. “When I see a picture from that premiere, I seem happy. But that was, actually, a kind of acting. In my head, I was thinking, I have no idea what I’m doing here, and I don’t belong. Cannes was when my career was born. I made it through the fire to the Palais, and it changed my life.”
A change that landed her seven films in 2011 alone and an ever-evolving group of characters to portray. “It did confuse people,” Chastain said. “I would hear, ‘Who is the real Jessica?’ a lot. I think of versatility as a good thing, but it does make it difficult for audiences to know you.”
“People ask me if I want to be a Bond girl, and I say, ‘No, I want to be the villain.’ I’m waiting for that call!”
