George and Tammy

In a latest interview with Marie Claire, Jessica, who also serves as a producer of the series, discussed about the scene in the script “disturbed” her and ...

“You get to say, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa. People were creating stuff so she could be caught rather than her making decisions,” said the actress. “I read it, and I was deeply disturbed.

We're in the middle of this George & Tammy Showtime series, and thus far, it's lived up to its hype. The series wracked up a whopping 3.3 million views ...

“To be a producer, and to have a production company, means you get to police that in the writing. “I read it, and I was deeply disturbed. (Tammy) was just kind of sitting there. “The notion of sitting in front of another man and looking at a woman and proclaiming that you’re going to f*ck her, seems a little neanderthal to me. However, Shannon thought the line was pretty out of line and made a change. She’s talking about a scene that was originally supposed to air in the first episode, where Wynette and Jones discuss their future, while she’s still married to her husband at the time, Don Chapel.

Making of 'George and Tammy': Lively roundtable with Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain and creator Abe Sylvia [Exclusive Video Interview]. Denton Davidson.

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