Jessica Chastain is sticking up for actresses everywhere after she returned fire on Russell Crowe, who recently caused controversy after claiming there are lots of roles for older female stars to play, but only if they are willing to portray characters suited to their age.

Jessica Chastain
Chastain is sticking up for older actresses everywhere!

While attending the National Board of Review awards gala in New York City on Tuesday (Jan 6th), the 37-year-old actress candidly told reporters, "I think he's getting his foot stuck in his mouth," before accepting the best supporting actress award for her role in 'A Most Violent Year.'

Crowe made the questionable comments during an interview with Australia's Women's Weekly earlier this week. Although he explained that the "best thing" about being in the film industry is that "there are roles for people in all different stages of life," he also feels some women don't want to accept this.

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"To be honest, I think you'll find that the woman who is saying that [the good roles for women have dried up is] the woman who at 40, 45, 48, still wants to play the ingénue, and can't understand why she's not being cast as the 21-year-old," he told the magazine. "If you are willing to live in your own skin, you can work as an actor. If you are trying to pretend that you're still the young buck when you're my age, it just doesn't work."

However, according to Chastain, the Aussi actor couldn't have been more wrong, and she even advises him to take a visit to the movies!

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"There are some incredible actresses in their 50s and 60s who are not getting opportunities in films, and for someone to say there are plenty of roles for women that age is someone not going to the movie theater," she stated.