Back in February, Jessica Chastain sent out a plaintive cry into the screaming void of Twitter.

“If you were going to make an ensemble female action movie and you needed a Bond Boy who would you cast? Asking for a friend. #Eyecandyneeded.”

As is so often the case she wasn’t, in fact, asking for a friend. She was asking for herself in her capacity as the star and producer of 355, an all-female espionage ensemble movie that also boasts Lupita Nyong’o, Fan BingBing and Penelope Cruz on the call sheet. This seriously starry trio would be spearheading the action of the spy movie: doing stunts, making deals and saving the world. And they needed some “eye candy”, as Chastain put it, to take on supporting roles.

Jessica Chastain’s all-female spy thriller just found its “eye candy”