Oscar-nominee Jessica Chastain on Tammy Faye’s 1985 interview with Steve Pieters on being gay & HIV+

At the New York premiere of The Eyes of Tammy Faye, the film’s producer and star, double Oscar-nominee Jessica Chastain spoke with The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann about Tammy Faye’s 1985 interview with Rev. Steve Pieters about being gay and HIV at the midst of the AIDS crisis on her Christian broadcast network PTL, the insight that gave her into playing the role, and the movie’s transformative hair and makeup. The Eyes of Tammy Faye opens in US theaters on September 17th 2021.