Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain are in their Desperate Housewives era. And the result – new film Mothers' Instinct – is electric, dark and thought-provoking. Set in the 1960s, the movie follows the seemingly picture-perfect lives of two women who live next door to each other in an idyllic suburb with their families. However, all isn't as tranquil as it seems, as sinister emotions lie just beneath the surface.
Female solidarity is certainly explored and tested throughout this film – when have you leant on female solidarity most in real life to help champion yourself? JC: I lean on Annie all the time. I leaned on her while we were shooting this. I leaned on her, as a mother, as a wife, as a human being, walking through this world navigating the waters of Hollywood as a woman. And I don't know what I would have done had I not had incredible women in my life to lean on. It’s everything to me.