A behind-the-scenes look at production is included at the beginning of every scenes From a Marriage episode 4. It serves as a reminder to the viewer that this is a piece of filmed entertainment created by actors and directors.
Similarly, the highly intimate drama about the disintegrating marriage between Jonathan (Oscar Isaac) and Mira (Jessica Chastain) crosses the line between reality and fiction several times in the series. It is only in Episode 4 that the simmering tensions between the characters erupt into an emotional and physical confrontation due to the pressures building up between them.
It has been reported that Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac discussed the sequence in a recent interview with Collider’s Christina Radish, using a number of words to describe what happens, including “messy,” “painful,” and “difficult. According to Isaac:
There was a discussion about how there should not be a feeling of it being premeditated. It’s not something they’re thinking about at the moment. Before they realize what’s happening, things spiral out of control before they even understand what’s happening.
That’s true to a certain extent. In this regard, it was also imperative that alcohol played a role in what took place there at that particular time. It was just mentioned that it would remain messy for a while.
Chastain has been added:
The entire thing on this, except for the scenes heavy on intimacy, was created to make it as accurate as possible. Consequently, the location was real. It wasn’t very good. It hurts us to hurt each other. It’s tricky to be in a situation like that when you care about someone. The pain is unbearable.
According to Collider, director Hagai Levi told the site that, unlike other scenes in the episode, they did not rehearse the final confrontation very much and that they had brought in a stunt coordinator to oversee the action during the shoot.
Despite having a stunt coordinator on board, he said, the nature of the production would ensure that when the scene was executed, it would have a very raw feel to it:
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The whole series was shot chronologically, from beginning to end. In the end, we were able to hit it as it was. Only after Episode 4, one of the most brutal episodes we have seen, we arrive at this scene. As soon as we reached that point, they did it right away.
Their feelings influenced them at the time, which impacted their actions. I did not doubt that they were acting in good faith. Both knew in the end that they could not hurt one another physically or kill one another if they did not hurt one another. The type of relationship the two of them had during this incident is difficult to explain.
In many ways, it feels like they were once a couple, with their love and hatred for each other in real life and the sense that they were once a couple. In view of the fact that they knew each other so well, they couldn’t hide anything from each other.
Going into this episode, there was no doubt in her mind that this would be the most challenging episode of the series to date for her. When I was reading it, it was one of those times when I could not control my emotions at all while reading it. It was the most challenging thing I have ever had to do, emotionally, just in terms of writing a scene.”
As she prepared for each episode, she said, she decorated her dressing room with images that inspired her. I placed a few pictures of where Mira might be internally, in her life, at that moment. I was compelled to go there. The experience was so dark, sad to say. Many actors could say, “Oh, yeah, I did it, and then I went home, and I was fine.” That wasn’t me. It was dark. I even struggled to talk about it.
The episode began with Isaac recalling a moment of levity when he said, “It was fine for me. I had a blast, smacking my dear friend across the face.” However, a moment later, he stated, “Non. It was heavy. It wasn’t easy. Overall, Scenes from a Marriage Episode 4 is another captivating chapter in this gripping drama series exploring love, marriage, and human relationships. There were several reasons it was a challenging episode to perform.”