Oscar frontrunner says she may pass on doing the red carpet press to show solidarity with Hollywood’s artisans, including the nominated The Eyes of Tammy Faye makeup team, at the March 27 ceremony.

During a recent interview, the best actress nominee–Oscar frontrunner–said she would have to sit out pre-show press if it interfered with her ability to support the Tammy Faye makeup and hair team during the ceremony’s first untelevised full hour.

“I will absolutely be present when the makeup category is being called and if that means I’m not doing press on the red carpet for ABC or whatever it is, then so be it,” she said. “The most important thing for me is to honor the incredible artisans who work in our industry.”

She said that while above-the-line talent like actors is typically seen as “the face” of a performance, it’s the work of those in a film’s makeup and hair department that makes a performance.

“So much attention is on the actor. We’re like the face in some way because you got a movie and see us,” she explained. “But a lot of people don’t understand how beyond an actor a performance is.”

Chastain’s comments follow infighting within the Academy after it announced that the 94th annual ceremony would present eight categories, including hair and makeup, sound and film editing, before the live telecast.

Instead, the winners of those eight categories will receive their awards and deliver their speeches in the same way as the televised categories but will have their recorded acceptance speeches edited and included as clips during the live show.

The Academy has promised the Oscars ceremony will begin with everyone in their seats inside the Dolby Theatre by 4 p.m. PT, but one governor who spoke to THR was cautious about whether that would be the reality. Since the announcement, high-profile Hollywood talent like directors Spielberg and del Toro have supported the 8 categories returning to the live telecast.

The decision to pre-tape categories was reportedly a result of an ABC network demand that would have seen the Oscars live telecast canceled unless categories were removed to shorten the show’s live runtime. In addition to makeup and hair, sound and filming editing, the original score, production design and three shorts categories — documentary, animated and live-action — will be honored in the show’s first non-live hour.