Umdlali we-actress uye wahlala eqhubekayo ekuxhaseni kwakhe ngokwesini kunye nokulingana ngokobuhlanga I-American tabloid i-LA Times Magazine yanikezela umcimbi omtsha weDisemba kwiimidlalo zeHollywood eziphumelele kakhulu kunye nezithintekayo ngo-2017, ubuhle obumhlophe u-Annette Bening, u-Diane Krueger, uMargot Robbie, uSirsha Ronan, uKeith Winslet kunye noboya obomvu uJessica Chestane wabonakala kwiphepha. Ngamnye wabo kunyaka ophumayo uye wazibonakalisa ekugqibeleni, eneenkwenkwezi kwiifilimu eziphezulu. Ukugxeka inkolelo yesebe lomhleli kunzima, kodwa apha iChestane ithole isizathu sokugxeka. Isizathu soburhalarha sasisikhuselo kunye nento apho kwakungekho lizwi lithethwa malunga neempumelelo zabadlali abasebenza "ngenye imbala yesikhumba".
UJessica Chestane ubona kungenakuvunyelwa ukugxila kuphela kwi "blondes ezimhlophe":
"Ndiyadumala kwaye ndibuhlungu ngenxa yokuba akukho nto ibhinqa elinomntu omnyama ongobukhuni. Yivume, kuba kulo nyaka kwakukho amafilimu amaninzi afanelekileyo. Ndandithanda ukubukela uBeatrice ekudleni, apho uSalma Hayek wadlala indima ephambili kwaye oku akuwona umzekelo kuphela. Ndiqinisekile ukuba ngamnye kuthiwa igama elingaphezu kwelinye igama labadlali abahle. Icandelo lefilimu akufanele lidibanise nama heroines anombala wesikhumba esimhlophe, kufuneka ibe lukhulu! "
UChestane wavuma ukuba wahlala enganeliseki ngesiphumo seseshoni, nangona akazange aphike isithunzi sabalingane bakhe ababenaye kwiphepha elifanayo:
"Ndingathanda ukubona ukugxininiswa kokungakhethi kwindlela yokuqulunqwa kwezintlu ezinjenge-editorial department. Ndiya kuba ngandlela-thile ndiza kuba ngabadlali abaninzi belizwe kunye nombala. Bafanelwe ukuba bathethe ngazo! Kwaye ke, kufana nomgaqo-nkqubo ochazayo wokuxhatshazwa kwicandelo lefilimu kunye ne-press. "
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Qaphela ukuba ngoMeyi kulo nyaka, uJessica Chestane wagxeke uMthendeleko weFilimu we-Cannes, egxekisayo imboni yefilimu yokuwahoya ngamabomu umsebenzi wabaqondisi babasetyhini.