Jessica Chastain stars in ‘Goals’. Picture: Greenwich Leisure.
Opening in theaters on February twenty seventh is the brand new drama ‘Goals’, which was written and directed by Michel Franco (‘Reminiscence’) and stars Oscar winner Jessica Chastain (‘Zero Darkish Thirty’), Isaac Hernández (‘Somebody Has To Die’), Rupert Buddy (‘Asteroid Metropolis’), and Marshall Bell (‘Complete Recall’).
Launch Date: Feb 27, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 38 min
Moviefone lately had the pleasure of talking with Jessica Chastain, Isaac Hernández and director Michel Franco about their work on ‘Goals’, why Franco wished to make the film, the actors’ first response to the screenplay, their characters’ relationship, working collectively, and why Franco forged Hernández.
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(L to R) Isaac Hernández and Jessica Chastain star in ‘Goals’. Picture: Greenwich Leisure.
Moviefone: To start with, Michel, are you able to speak about growing the screenplay and as a filmmaker, what did you need to say with this film?
Michel Franco: I had this concept for a few years and when Jessica and I have been capturing our earlier film referred to as ‘Reminiscence’, although we hadn’t completed capturing, I knew I wished to work together with her once more and I used to be considering of all of the concepts. I used to be considering of what sounded, well timed and attention-grabbing. That was about 4 years in the past. So, I pitched this to Jessica on a lunch break. She instantly mentioned, “Sure. It sounds so totally different to what we’re doing now.” Then I went away to jot down the script and I used to be desirous about two issues. The intimate story between the Isaac’s character and Jessica’s character. He is a Mexican that crosses the border illegally to pursue his dancing desires and to be together with her as a result of they love one another. However then I wished to indicate that her character is challenged by actuality when he reveals up unannounced within the States, as a result of she had a double life. One in Mexico, and one in San Francisco. So that is what I used to be into exploring after which I believe there’s rather a lot for the viewers to additionally discover within the movie concerning their relationship between the 2 nations.
Jessica Chastain stars in ‘Goals’. Picture: Greenwich Leisure.
MF: Jessica, are you able to speak about your first response to Michel’s screenplay and why you wished to go on this cinematic journey with him?
Jessica Chastain: I beloved it. When he despatched it to me, my response was, “It is excellent.” I beloved it. It was so totally different from ‘Reminiscence’. Jennifer was such a thorny, advanced character that I have never actually gotten to discover earlier than. I beloved this concept that she’s a philanthropist, but in addition is a perpetrator of violence on the similar time, and that these issues aren’t mutually unique. It was saying plenty of issues about the place we have been. I simply noticed a method in, and I wished to stretch myself and I knew I might do a superb job. I imply, I hoped I might do it good job.
Isaac Hernández stars in ‘Goals’. Picture: Greenwich Leisure.
MF: Isaac, are you able to speak about your first response to the screenplay, and did you perceive and relate to the character instantly?
Isaac Hernández: Effectively, the primary method was at an after celebration in Mexico Metropolis. I organized a pageant there. My sister is mates with Michel. She invited him to look at the present. Michel thought that me addressing the viewers earlier than the present was sort of the second the place he determined that I might do that position, after which we met on the after celebration. He gave me the define of the character. He did not promise something. He mentioned, “I’ve this story. It might be nice, if you happen to’re , if I might ship you the script in a couple of months.” Six months or so handed and I get this wonderful script and my first thought was, what an unbelievable story. I do not know if I can do that. Instantly I began fascinated with what it will be prefer to painting a personality so advanced. I clearly considered my mother. For some cause, I assumed, what’s my mother going to say when she sees me do a few of these issues as a personality? Then I used to be nonetheless attracted by the potential for with the ability to inform such an essential story and produce dance right into a film. I came upon that I might have the ability to work with somebody like Jessica and that simply made all the things so thrilling. I needed to be part of it in a way. I could not deny myself the chance to strive a task like this, to problem myself artistically with a narrative so advanced, and to have the privilege on this life to have the ability to be on a set with such masters of their crafts and have the ability to be supported and invited. It felt like a privilege.
Isaac Hernández stars in ‘Goals’. Picture: Greenwich Leisure.
MF: Michel, are you able to speak about discovering Isaac and why he was the fitting actor for this position?
MF: I knew I wanted somebody particular. If that is smart? Not simply an actor, however somebody that will carry extra to the movie. I do not know the way to clarify, however Isaac has a complete world of his personal due to the ballet, but in addition due to his persona and the truth that he is not an actor. He is not an actor, he is extra of a dancer, and I assumed this may carry one thing very recent to the movie. After all, it was a little bit of a raffle. I remembered first Jessica saying, “Why do you assume he can do it if he just about hasn’t acted earlier than?” I simply knew that this may make a really particular movie and I believe I used to be proper. The ballet makes the film very particular. Each immigrant is doing a lot for the States, however the desires that this character is pursuing by some means elevates the fantastic thing about the movie. In order that was why I made a decision to work with him. He is like a nationwide treasurer to us. We’re all very happy with Isaac Hernández.
(L to R) Isaac Hernández and Jessica Chastain star in ‘Goals’. Picture: Greenwich Leisure.
MF: Jessica, are you able to speak in regards to the relationship between these two characters and creating that relationship on display with Isaac?
JS: We did not speak a lot once we have been capturing. I believe we had one dinner with Michel, however we actually caught to our lanes. Then Isaac instructed me afterwards that he did not need to communicate to me as a result of he was afraid of messing up. However it’s true what Michel mentioned by way of, on the very starting I used to be fairly uncertain, I used to be very nervous after I learn the script. I mentioned to him, “These characters are actually going up towards one another and I will carry a powerful power, so I want somebody to satisfy that power and never fold.” Michel was like, “I’ve a sense it may be okay,” and he was proper. However I used to be nervous. To be sincere, I used to be nervous up till our first day filming. Then I keep in mind I went to Michel at a break, and I used to be like, “Oh, he is nice. You have been proper. He can stand up to it.”
(L to R) Isaac Hernández and Jessica Chastain star in ‘Goals’. Picture: Greenwich Leisure.
MF: Lastly, Isaac, what was it like working reverse Jessica and do you are feeling such as you rose to the problem?
IH: I imply, it is not simple to indicate as much as work. We met, I believe, a couple of days earlier than the primary day of capturing at a restaurant after which exhibiting up and we shot an intimate scene in a small room. Michel was giving Jessica one route, and giving me fully the alternative one, and in some unspecified time in the future, I did not know what to do. Do I give in to what she’s giving me proper now or do I hearth it again at her? I selected to battle her off and sort of follow what Michel had directed me to do. It was wonderful. On the finish, I used to be capable of do it due to the generosity that Jessica gave me and the help that Michel was giving me. I used to be capable of belief the second and have the ability to be current and actually perceive and hearken to what the scene was creating. I associated it instantly with working with an incredible ballerina, for instance. You actually feed on one another and if you happen to’re capable of hearken to and be beneficiant sufficient to attend in your colleague’s proposal, then one thing magical can occur. I felt so many instances on the set that we have been creating one thing that felt distinctive and true. So, it was great. I used to be fully nervous, clearly. That is why Jessica mentioned she did not know if we might grow to be mates through the filming, as a result of perhaps I might not have the ability to shoot the ending of the film or perhaps I might say one thing that will change the dynamics that we had and what the film required. That made me nervous, and I might name Michel as soon as every week and say, “How’s it going? He would say, “You are doing nice. Do not change something,” which is tougher nearly to then freeze your your self on set for that point being, nevertheless it proved to be a unprecedented expertise.
‘Goals’ opens in theaters on February twenty seventh.
What’s the plot of ‘Goals’?
A strong socialite (Jessica Chastain) and a promising ballet dancer (Isaac Hernández) start a harmful affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes determined measures to guard their future collectively.
Who’s within the forged of ‘Goals’?
- Jessica Chastain as Jennifer McCarthy
- Isaac Hernández as Fernando Rodriguez
- Rupert Buddy as Jake McCarthy
- Marshall Bell as Michael McCarthy
- Eligio Meléndez as Fernando’s Father
- Mercedes Hernández as Fernando’s Mom
Jessica Chastain stars in ‘Goals’. Picture: Greenwich Leisure.