Heartland star Jessica Chastain spoke with ComingSoon’s Tyler Treese about her new Netflix crime thriller movie. Chastain discussed her character’s bad girl persona, the film’s musical performances, working with Carter Faith, and more. The movie begins streaming on November 13, 2026.
“Former country legend, Misty Jones, comes out of seclusion to investigate the disappearance of her missing niece, a rising country musician, and must grapple with her own past and Nashville’s seedy underbelly. Her search uncovers a murky side of Nashville where no one, including Misty, is who they seem.”
Tyler Treese: This is such a fun role for you because Misty Jones has this bad girl persona. She’s got a reputation that she’s not afraid to use. She’ll knife your tires. She’s not afraid to speak her mind. What was it about this character that really resonated with you and made you want to go all out and have some fun here?
Jessica Chastain: I mean, there’s something so exciting about being honest. Misty doesn’t really have social conventions or understand them or social graces. She’s been hiding on a pecan farm for 20 years with the company of her dogs.
So it’s been a while probably since she’s had a real conversation with another human being. And when she can walk into a room and just say anything she thinks and feels and do whatever she feels like, there’s something really exciting and freeing about playing something like that.
Yeah, those social niceties are definitely out the window with Misty for sure.
How helpful was it having done George & Tammy prior to this when it came to doing the musical scenes here? Because it felt like you already had the boot camp prepared to do these singing scenes.
Yeah, it was very helpful. I was approached about playing Tammy Wynette in 2011. So I had a lot of time to study country music, to study Tammy, to read all the books about her, to listen to the music that Tammy would have listened to when she was growing up.
And when I came onto this film, I was like, “Okay, I understand from playing Tammy Wynette what it could be like to be at the epicenter of country music stardom.” What’s exciting now is what happens when that person chooses to walk away and then is forced to come back, which leads to the beginning of this mystery of where her niece went. So yeah, it was definitely helpful.
It’s so cool that you got to recreate an iconic individual and then do your own character in the same space.
What I loved about the musical moments in this film is that they all inform the characters. They all lead to these big character moments. You sing a few times in it, but you have this really electric performance on stage with Jennifer Nettles later on. How was it performing that key sequence, which really just brings your character’s emotional arc to the forefront?
Jessica Chastain: I was so happy singing that song. I mean, it’s the title song, “Heartland,” and it’s one of my favorite points in the film.
I think it’s a great song. I don’t want to give too many spoilers away about that sequence, but I think it’s finally a moment of peace, which we need as an audience. It’s like a relief in some sense, but also it’s a good beat.
I was just really blown away by Carter Faith. I was shocked that this is her first big acting role, and she said she kept learning from you every take and that she kept trying to improve, and it certainly paid off in the finished product. So just how was it working with her?
I mean, how incredible is that voice? Carter wrote all the songs she sings in this movie. Even the song that I sing, when I find that song she wrote, the song “Still the Sparrow Sings” is probably my favorite song from the film. Carter wrote it.
It’s incredible to get someone who has so much authenticity that Carter has to play a role like Charlie Hart. Because no matter what, you put an actress in that part, you’re not going to get the same kind of feeling and the same kind of knowing that Carter shows up with. That’s invaluable to me.
Thanks to Jessica Chastain for taking the time to talk about Heartland.
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