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Jessica Chastain Joins Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak

US actress Jessica Chastain poses on March 5, 2013 as she arrives to attend Chanel's Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show at the Grand Palais in Paris.
US actress Jessica Chastain poses on March 5, 2013 as she arrives to attend Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show at the Grand Palais in Paris. Photo: FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images

Variety reports that Jessica Chastain is joining Guillermo del Toro’s haunted-house movie Crimson Peak. Plot details are still unknown, but we do know she’s rounding out what might be the palest cast in cinema history, which also includes Emma Stone, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Charlie Hunnam. This will all make sense when it’s revealed they’re all actually playing ghosts.

Jessica Chastain Joins del Toro’s Crimson Peak