Jeremy Strong Sends Jessica Chastain a Message After 'Another Mother' Tops Box Office, Defeating 'Social Experiment'
Another Mother may have outperformed The Social Experiment at the weekend box office, but there is no bad blood between longtime friends Jessica Chastain and Jeremy Strong. Chastain, who plays a demonic mother in the horror film Another Mother, shared a series of playful text messages with Strong on her Instagram story Monday night, […]
"The Social Reckoning" may have dominated the box office last weekend for "The Other Mom," but there are no hard feelings between longtime friends Jessica Chastain and Jeremy Strong.
Chastain, who plays an evil mother in the horror film "The Other Mom," shared a series of prank text messages with Strong, who plays Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network" sequel, on her Instagram story Monday night. RELATED STORIES Emmys Go to Prime Video in Sixth Year, Global Deal Worth $15M Annually 'The Pitt' and 'All His Fault' Among Inaugural Easterseals Disability Arts and Culture Awards Winners
Strong wrote Chastain a headline vulture about the box office success of "Other Moms" that "Other Moms" would hit "Social Account" at the box office. Indeed, it did — "The Other Mom" took the top spot with $27.5 million, while "The Social Reckoning" missed out with just $5.5 million. Popular in Variety
"Ugh," Chastain replied, to which Strong responded with a middle finger emoji and a kiss emoji.
"These photos are hysterical," Chastain said of the vulture photo selection. "It's so funny," Strong said, to which Chastain replied, "You look so sad!"
Considering the fact that it received poor reviews and a D+ on CinemaScore, "The Other Mom" far exceeded box office expectations. With an $18 million budget, Blumhouse and Universal's camping trailer is in good shape financially.
"Social Reckoning," on the other hand, failed to live up to its $7-8 million debut. Critics were mixed on the film, which follows a Facebook engineer (Mikey Madison) who leaks thousands of internal documents to a reporter (Jeremy Allen White) to rehash the company's dark practices with Zuckin Streberg. The New York Times said the actor treats his co-stars "as he imagines" Zuckerberg. has done
I told all the other actors in his scenes, 'Guys, he's not going to hang out with you on the craft.' He's not going to mess it up with you. He probably won't talk to you at all. "He treats you the way he imagines Mark would treat the people around him," Sorkin said. And this happened. "You can't argue with results."