Jessica Chastain Stands By Criticizing Apple for Delaying ‘The Savant’ After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination: ‘I Had to Go on Record That I Thought It Was a Mistake’

By Jennifer Maas

Jennifer Maas

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Jessica Chastain is doubling down on her decision to push back on Apple TV for delaying the release of her TV series “The Savant” last year amid the assassination of far-right activist Charlie Kirk.

“I felt responsible to a lot of people, to all of the actors in the series… to the real person I played, I felt accountability to her because of the sacrifices that she’s made and the difficult things she’s done to keep us all safe,” Chastain said in Net-a-Porter’s Porter cover-story interview published Monday. “I really had to go on record that I thought [the postponement] was a mistake… I learned that it’s OK to be honest.”

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