Jessica Chastain Explains Meryl Streep Comments, Says She Wasn’t Dissing Legendary Actress

Jessica Chastain wants the world to know that she did not diss Meryl Streep.

The "A Most Violent Year" actress recently discussed the lack of female roles in film during an interview for the November issue of Glamour magazine. However, she took to social media when Page Six republished her comments, suggesting that Chastain had criticized the 3-time Oscar winner Streep.

The topic of Streep came around in the Glamour article as Chastain talked about the lack of substantial female roles in Hollywood.

"I'm really, really supportive of women in Hollywood. I love Meryl Streep. She's such an incredible actress. But I feel like she's the only one in her age group who gets those parts," said Chastain. "I'd like to see Jessica Lange in a movie again, you know? Or Susan Sarandon. Why isn't Viola Davis a lead in a film? She's one of the greatest actresses alive. And where are the Asian actors and actresses? I'm not saying, 'We don't want movies about men.' I'm just saying, 'Come on, all the men I know love women. So let's also have some stories about these women. Let's write something for them, guys-and let's make room for women writers, too.'"

Page Six of the New York Post then reported on the interview, headlining its piece "Jessica Chastain: Give anyone but Meryl Streep a chance."

Chastain quickly took to Twitter to set the record straight.

"Page Six gets it terribly wrong," she wrote. "The headline is upsetting and against my thinking. I would never want to take roles away from a great actress. My point has always been: Why can one great actress of a certain age get roles in film? We need MORE roles in film for the many OTHER great actresses. It speaks to the lack of diversity in our industry."

The 37-year-old actress captioned a photo of her post, "I [love] social media #myownvoice."