Jessica Chastain considering villain role in Xavier Dolan film

MONTREAL, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Academy Award winning actress Jessica Chastain is said to be considering a role in Canadian director Xavier Dolan's first english language film.

Sources close to the situation told Indiewire blog Bent, Dolan mentioned pitching the movie to Chastain while introducing his upcoming project "The Death and Life of John F. Donovan." "It dawned on me that I should ask Jessica about playing the 'villain' role in 'John F. Donovan,'" Dolan said. "And I reached out to Jessica and she read the script. She loved it, and we got along like hotcakes. That's basically it. I can already foresee all the pleasure we'll have working together."

The director said the 37-year-old actress would play "the editor in chief of a gossip magazine."

"The movie really is a satire of the business -- more dramatic than humorous," he explained. "And there's this antagonistic figure that wants to ruin the lives of every star, especially that of the lead character."

Chastain sang Dolan's praises via Twitter earlier this year after watching his film Momma at the Cannes Film Festival.

The actress has yet to comment on her involvement in the project.