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Edited by Emily Mahaney and Kate Branch
Washington Never Looked So Good From left : Mbatha-Raw , Chastain , and Pill take on Capitol Hill in Miss Sloane .
“ True badassery has no gender ”
The stars of the political thriller Miss Sloane , Jessica Chastain , Gugu Mbatha-Raw , and Alison Pill , talk about what they learned playing women who run the show . By Kate Branch
It ’ s quite fitting ( subversive , even ?) that this is the year we finally get a serious political film with a female lead . All the President ’ s Men , Mr . Smith Goes to Washington — we ’ re used to seeing all-male casts , but in Miss Sloane , Jessica Chastain breaks the mold playing lobbyist Elizabeth Sloane , who puts her career in jeopardy by fighting for stronger gun laws in the United States . ( The ending features the mic drop of the year ; I haven ’ t seen a twist like this since The Sixth Sense .) Just before the election results were tallied , I talked to Chastain and her costars Canadian Alison Pill and Brit Gugu Mbatha-Raw about power and passion .
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