Jessica Chastain reveals where Misty Jones stands after “Heartland’”s emotional ending

Emlyn TravisFri, November 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM UTC

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Jessica Chastain as Misty Jones in ‘Heartland’Credit: NetflixKey Points -

Jessica Chastain tells Entertainment Weekly where her character Misty ends up at the end of Heartland.

The thriller follows Misty as she returns to her old Nashville stomping grounds to look for her missing niece, Charlie (Carter Faith).

Along the way, Misty processes and lets go of some of her anger toward her complicated past.

This post contains spoilers for the ending of Heartland.

Jessica Chastain believes Misty Jones is ready to enter her healing era after Heartland’s many twists and turns.

The actress, who plays the disgraced country star in Shana Feste’s new Netflix thriller, tells Entertainment Weekly that she believes Misty has made it through to the other side and is now able to “let go of some” of her inner rage toward herself and those who hurt her by the end of the film.

“I think Misty…carries a lot of anger,” Chastain says. “Anger at a lot of people. Anger at herself. And she’s able, I think, at the very end, to let go of some of it.”

Garrett Hedlund as Roy Combs and Jessica Chastain as Misty Jones in ‘Heartland.’Credit: Tina Rowden/Netflix

She continues, “Not all of it, but she becomes lighter at the end of the film as she’s let go of some things.”

While she’s initially reluctant to return to Nashville and the spotlight that she left behind, Misty ends up playing a pivotal role in the investigation into the disappearance of her country superstar niece, Charlie Heart (Carter Faith). Except, of course, Charlie isn’t her niece at all, but secretly Misty and her old flame Clark’s (John Hawkes) daughter, adopted by her brother.

“It’s so emotional, and it’s so loaded for Misty,” Chastain says of her return to Nashville. “I mean, when they first ask her to help find her niece, she’s adamant that Nashville is not a place that she’s going to go to because, in returning to Nashville, she’s having to face these dark secrets and these wounds from the past that she has spent the last 20 years running away from and not facing.”

She adds, “So for her, it’s not merely just going back to a place to help find her niece. It’s like, in doing that, she’s having to confront the person she was back then.”

When Charlie finally does make an appearance, Misty learns that her singer’s manager, Roy Combs (Garrett Hedlund), attempted to murder her to collect on a hefty life insurance policy. Combs, who is at risk of having his home foreclosed upon due to his expensive gambling habits, has also been blackmailing Charlie with nude photographs of her stored on his laptop.

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So, naturally, Misty gets that laptop. And she does it by shooting out one of Roy’s tires, causing his vehicle to flip just before he can run her over. She discovers him conscious but incapacitated amid the wreckage and takes his laptop and finger so that she can bypass its password protection.

The information within it is at the heart of the legal action taken by Charlie and several other women victimized by Roy at the end of the film, with him later shown being taken away in handcuffs. But Misty doesn’t get out of the incident scot-free either, and briefly serves time in prison for almost killing Roy.

Misty’s homecoming also drags her complicated history back into the spotlight — this time, however, with the chance to be reevaluated with added context that proves she wasn’t the bad girl of country like so many believed.

That includes the long-standing belief that she struck fellow country star Winnie Jo Lean (Jennifer Nettles) out of jealousy at the height of their careers when, in fact, Winnie’s husband hit her. Instead, Winnie explains that Misty took the blame for her at the time so that she wouldn’t have to come forward about her husband’s abuse.

It also gives her a moment to reconnect with Clark, as the pair reflect on whether they made the right decision to give Charlie away to her brother. Charlie later confirms that she holds no ill will toward Misty or Clark for the move, telling her biological mom that people should be able to give up their children if they want.

The film ends with Misty coming to see Charlie perform at the iconic Bluebird Cafe, seemingly opening the door for the pair to reconnect.

Heartland is streaming now on Netflix.

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