Jessica Chastain as Tammy Wynette and Michael Shannon as George Jones.

Unless the stars are willing to look like hollowed out, pill popping lunatics who collide like weather fronts in all the best ways, it will suck very much.

Or be great camp. Especially if they sing.

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reply 81

July 13, 2023 11:16 PM

I don't think either of those two have a problem looking "like hollowed out, pill popping lunatics who collide like weather fronts in all the best ways."

It will be good, and more than likely will be campy as fuck.

by Anonymous

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July 7, 2022 1:17 AM

Originally, Josh Brolin was George. This has been in development for years. I’m looking forward to it.

by Anonymous

reply 3

July 7, 2022 1:20 AM

They should have gotten Leslie Jordan for Tammy.

by Anonymous

reply 4

July 7, 2022 1:21 AM

I think Tammy Wynettes last husband killed her.

by Anonymous

reply 5

July 7, 2022 1:23 AM

R4 I was worried if JC could sing, but her Oscar winning performance as Tammy Faye proved that she can.

R5 Me too. And, I hope he is rotting in hell.

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reply 6

July 7, 2022 1:25 AM

Sorry, R4 I don't know why I tagged you in R6.

by Anonymous

reply 7

July 7, 2022 1:26 AM

I know that this makes no sense, but Jessica Chastain aggressively bores me to death, to the point where her being in a movie is a deal-breaker. She was perfectly fine in Zero Dark Thirty, and I've heard she's great as Tammy, but ughhhhhhzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I have the same visceral reaction to Jared Leto. Off-topically, ~DLA

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reply 8

July 7, 2022 1:27 AM

Tammy is a goddess and deserves better than the bland Chastain

by Anonymous

reply 10

July 7, 2022 1:36 AM

When you watch old interviews of Tammy you just know she’s a Republican homophobe.

by Anonymous

reply 12

July 7, 2022 1:40 AM

No, you’re thinking of your mother R12.

by Anonymous

reply 13

July 7, 2022 1:56 AM

I have been on DL too long--I read "Tammy" as a reference to Tom Cruise.

by Anonymous

reply 14

July 7, 2022 2:02 AM

There's a TV movie ("Stand By Your Man") from 1981 with Annette O'Toole playing Tammy that is excellent, IMO. It's on YouTube in its entirety.

by Anonymous

reply 15

July 7, 2022 2:09 AM

George Jones was a hideous individual, and a slave to addiction who beat the shit out of Tammy (his third wife, of four) when he got drunk, which was all the time. I never liked him and found his singing voice annoying. I'm biased anyway (Team Tammy!), but he didn't deserve her, and I'm sorry she married him to begin with.

by Anonymous

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July 7, 2022 3:00 AM

R16 if you love him, you’ll forgive him

by Anonymous

reply 18

July 7, 2022 3:11 AM

Will she still be justified and ancient?

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reply 19

July 7, 2022 3:38 AM

[quote] Originally,[bold] Josh Brolin was George[/bold]. This has been in development for years.

Would have been true-to-life if Josh was George. No need to step into character to become a physically abusive husband.

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reply 20

July 7, 2022 4:04 AM

I thought that was Julia Roberts in OP's pic. Wonder what Julia thinks of Jessica.

by Anonymous

reply 21

July 7, 2022 4:13 AM

As a fan of the music of both George Jones and Tammy Wynette I will go see this

by Anonymous

reply 22

July 7, 2022 5:53 AM

Is Chastain’s career path “play camp Tammys from the past”? She’s pretty much peaked now.

by Anonymous

reply 23

July 7, 2022 6:21 AM

r23, lol, which Tammy should she play next?

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reply 24

July 7, 2022 6:45 AM

Michael Shannon does not at all look like George Jones. Jones was called "Possum" due to his close-set eyes. Shannon's eyes are really far apart. They should have seen if Ryan Gosling or Ryan Reynolds had any acting / singing chops.

by Anonymous

reply 25

July 7, 2022 7:19 AM

Biopics of Tammy Grimes and Tammi Terrell are in the works for Jessica.

by Anonymous

reply 26

July 7, 2022 7:31 AM

Sounds epic. I will lay out snacks for this. Will they show George drunk-driving his riding mower into town for booze? Will they show him taking out a bridge in another drunk-driving incident that the County makes him pay for? Country stars bust up shit worse than rock n' rollers, just being themselves-- they don't even have to try.

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reply 28

October 8, 2022 12:40 PM

In the 1970s, George and Tammy bought a house called "The Plantation" out in the boonies of Central Florida off 540A. When my mother would drive by on our way to visit her mother in the neighboring town, we'd pull up to the front gates and stare, hoping Wynette would come out. They'd fly their friends in to give fabulous parties and concerts.

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reply 29

October 8, 2022 1:25 PM

Is Chastain going to remake Tammy and the Bachelor, so she'll have a Tammy trifecta?

by Anonymous

reply 30

October 8, 2022 1:26 PM

I cannot stand Jessica Chastain. Overrated publicity whore who works in nothing but Oscar bait. Bitch, you already have an extremely undeserved one, why do you need another?

by Anonymous

reply 31

October 8, 2022 2:24 PM

I hope they include George's cocaine induced "duck" persona.

by Anonymous

reply 32

October 8, 2022 3:27 PM

Dear Hollywood;

RE: Jessica Chastain

Please stop trying to make Fetch happen.

Signed

The Movie Going Public

by Anonymous

reply 33

October 8, 2022 4:02 PM

Dear Jon Hamm,

Please stop trying to make Fletch happen.

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reply 35

October 8, 2022 4:30 PM

Jessica Chastain was terrific as TFB. Well-deserved Oscar.

But this one is a hard pass for me.

by Anonymous

reply 36

October 9, 2022 3:57 AM

To those bitching about Chastains casting just be thankful they didn't cast Amy Adams or Michelle Williams

by Anonymous

reply 38

November 14, 2022 1:17 PM

I hope it doesn't suck. I was a big fan of theirs growing up in the 70's. I know GJ was a jerk, but, I liked them together. I was always suspicious about Tammy's death too.

by Anonymous

reply 39

November 14, 2022 1:57 PM

Sometimes, it's hard to be a woman.

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reply 40

November 14, 2022 2:07 PM

Which Tammy will jessica play next?

by Anonymous

reply 42

November 14, 2022 3:00 PM

Good lord, is that Jessica croaking out "Stand By Your Man?"

by Anonymous

reply 43

November 14, 2022 3:04 PM

When a version of a song is that classic, it is better to lipsync.

by Anonymous

reply 44

November 14, 2022 3:16 PM

I recently rewatched it chapter two. I will never understand why the soulful amy adams wasn’t cast as adult bev. There is something so superficial and hollow about jessica chastain as an actress. She feels like an inevitability rather than something anyone can’t wait to behold.

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reply 45

November 14, 2022 3:20 PM

I despise Chastain. Why the hell does she have an Oscar? Then again, I could also say this about the no-names that won supporting the prior year, Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Renee Zellwegger, Rami Malek, Emma Stone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, Jared Leto, Eddie Redmayne, Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Hudson, Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney, Hilary Swank, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Helen Hunt…

by Anonymous

reply 46

November 14, 2022 3:50 PM

R45 Perfect encapsulation of Jessica Chastain. I'd watch this in a heartbeat if Amy Adams had been cast.

by Anonymous

reply 47

November 14, 2022 5:20 PM

The powers that be have always wanted her to happen on a big level. So they gave her an undeserved oscar and still nobody cares about her. She's boring.

by Anonymous

reply 48

November 14, 2022 9:02 PM

Apparently Al Pacino was instrumental in "helping" Jessica Chastain in her career -- and in helping her "convey emotion." I'll bet she conveyed plenty of conveyed emotion in the trailer between scenes. I'll bet! Ugh. Et tu, Al!

by Anonymous

reply 49

November 14, 2022 10:44 PM

Tammy should rise up out of the grave and beat that bitch senseless for daring to sully her classic song with her warbling.

by Anonymous

reply 50

November 15, 2022 1:09 AM

Am I the only one who thinks this looks great? I’m looking forward to it and will be watching.

by Anonymous

reply 51

November 15, 2022 2:20 AM

The reviews are trickling in: seems like it hits a lot of the typical biopic beats. However, the performances of the two leads are being highly praised. I will be watching!

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reply 52

December 1, 2022 1:59 AM

Next up for Chastain: a reboot of the 'Tammy' film franchise. Cue to Debbie Reynolds rolling in her grave.

by Anonymous

reply 53

December 1, 2022 2:12 AM

I really do hope we see George driving his lawnmower 14 miles for a drink.

Too bad producers couldn't afford rights to Tammy's voice because as already mentioned above Chastain sounds like shit. Who would believe a voice like this would take Country by storm!

by Anonymous

reply 54

December 1, 2022 2:41 AM

Back before she was famous, she worked at Nancy's Beauty Salon in Birmingham, where my partner's grandma and aunt used to get there hair done.

by Anonymous

reply 55

December 1, 2022 3:04 AM

Stand by your mayonnaise.

by Anonymous

reply 57

December 1, 2022 3:13 AM

I thought the first episode was wonderful and did not suck at all. Did anyone else watch?

by Anonymous

reply 58

December 5, 2022 10:58 AM

I watched the first episode. Michael Shannon was fantastic. Chastain? Dreadful. She was doing so many distracting things, and whoever told it was a good idea to do her own singing must seriously hate her guts.

by Anonymous

reply 59

December 5, 2022 3:29 PM

R59: I give her credit for being a non-nepo baby and making it on her own damn hard work but god she is overrated as fuck. She wins an Oscar for a Razzie Donald Trump in drag performance and now this shit show. I heard she’s also going back to Broadway this spring after fucking up The Heiress a decade ago. Thinking she could top Cherry Jones, bitch please.

by Anonymous

reply 60

December 5, 2022 4:34 PM

R46, Some of your "No-names" are very much "YES-names!" Leo? Come ON!

by Anonymous

reply 61

December 5, 2022 11:29 PM

It’s still insane to me that she won an Oscar for her hammiest work (Tammy Faye) and was completely ignored for career-best work in the same year (Scenes from a Marriage).

by Anonymous

reply 62

December 5, 2022 11:54 PM

Shit.

Even George Jones had a hard time playing George Jones.

by Anonymous

reply 63

December 6, 2022 12:11 AM

R62: I was also snubbed in 2013. A girl who licked Harvey Weinstein's balls won over me. Travesty.

by Anonymous

reply 64

December 6, 2022 12:31 AM

I thought Chastain and Shannon were both very good in the first episode. And her singing is fine. Those bitching are just bitches looking for something to bitch about…

by Anonymous

reply 65

December 6, 2022 1:17 AM

R42 A controversial turn as Tammi Terrell.

by Anonymous

reply 66

December 6, 2022 2:00 AM

Michael Shannon is always interesting to watch. I think he'll do very well as the very fucked up George Jones.

by Anonymous

reply 67

December 6, 2022 2:02 AM

I think Jessica Chastain does a decent job of capturing her speaking and singing voice. Not laid on too thick.

by Anonymous

reply 69

December 6, 2022 3:33 AM

I like her a lot in The Help.

by Anonymous

reply 70

December 6, 2022 3:33 AM

Please tell me it will include the insane “kidnapping”. I know that was after Jones but that’s just too good and nuts to pass up

by Anonymous

reply 71

December 6, 2022 3:39 AM

I would think anyone that actually pays to see this shite is outta their minds. BORING

by Anonymous

reply 72

December 6, 2022 3:41 AM

There's something about Jessica Chastain that made me not able to "warm to her". Then I read some interview where she said, "if trans existed when I was in high school, I'd have been all over that"

Really? Why? It sounds like she views it as a fad. I guess she'd have been saying she's really a man just to be in the "in crowd"? That's sick. She's crazy and she's hyper-socially conscious because it's a fad. She really doesn't care about any of the stuff she purports to care about/support. She's a complete phony.

Now I loathe her. Fake, phony, cow

by Anonymous

reply 73

December 6, 2022 3:50 AM

PlutoTV is showing the first ep for free on their "Showtime Select" channel. I caught about half of it yesterday morning by accident. My ex thinks it's amazing, but George Jones also once nearly ran over him with his lawnmower. (True story, and of course George was drunk as a possum, I mean, skunk.)

by Anonymous

reply 74

December 6, 2022 8:32 AM

My partner's stepfather once punched The Possum out for being sacrilegious at a bar. George had just cut a gospel album and was being (surprise) a drunk asshole. Stepdad told him he should be a little better behaved after doing an album about the Lord, and he replied, "I DON'T OWE GOD A GODDAMN THING!"

by Anonymous

reply 75

December 6, 2022 1:08 PM

Episode 2 was good, though not as strong as episode 1

by Anonymous

reply 76

December 12, 2022 5:00 AM

Chastain is strangely underpowered in this.

by Anonymous

reply 77

July 11, 2023 11:56 PM

It wasn't very good. Neither Brolin or Chastian looks like their characters but that really isn't their fault. They gave it a good try.

I didn't like the near total focus on domestic drama rather than their music. George and Tammy became famous and are remembered to this day because they were great artists with amazing back catalogue not because they had messy personal lives. The miniseries reverses this by considering their music, their performing and their artistry secondary to their personal dramas. Which has to be deeply insulting to the memory of George and Tammy.

by Anonymous

reply 78

July 12, 2023 12:15 AM

Yeah, I feel like two episodes of this is enough. Seems so obvious.

by Anonymous

reply 79

July 12, 2023 4:32 PM

Both Shannon and Chastain just got Emmy noms for the series.

by Anonymous

reply 80

July 12, 2023 4:44 PM

I hope Chastain completes her Tammy Trilogy with The Tammy Grimes Story.

by Anonymous

reply 81

July 13, 2023 11:16 PM