As it turns out, this wasn’t the issue that it could have been, as Tom Cruise was willing to let Chastain out of the contract in order for her to make Zero Dark Thirty.
Such was apparently the case when it came to Academy Award nominee Zero Dark Thirty.
Unfortunately, she was already under contract to star alongside Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Oblivion.
Jessica Chastain was offered the lead in the film by director Kathryn Bigelow and Chastain really wanted to make the film.