Jessica Chastain explains why she chose a man to direct her upcoming female-led spy movie

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• Jessica Chastain is the producer and one of the stars behind the female-led spy thriller, “355.”
• Though there are numerous women involved in front of and behind the camera for the project, a man (Simon Kinberg) will direct the movie.
• Business Insider asked Chastain why he was the best person to direct.

There is no louder and more impassioned voice about the current movement in Hollywood to get more female-focused stories told than Jessica Chastain. But she says some guys are allowed to come along for the ride.

Chastain made headlines at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, along with fellow stars Lupita Nyong’o, Marion Cotillard, Bingbing Fan, and Penélope Cruz, when they converged on the French Riviera to announce the movie, “355,” in which they all star as international spies.

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