Ana de Armas has expressed her willingness to play the lead function within the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
In an interview with Leisure Tonight, de Armas acknowledged the fan curiosity in her enjoying Evelyn Hugo, saying, “I heard that, yeah.”
When requested if she can be keen to take a break from motion movies to star in a task like Evelyn Hugo, de Armas replied, “I believe one of many issues I like about appearing and my profession is to have the ability to do every thing. You need to strive all of the issues you may. You’ll be able to’t simply at all times eat the identical factor.”
Netflix introduced in 2022 that Evelyn Hugo is being developed right into a function movie, with Liz Tigelaar set to jot down the film. The producers embrace Liza Chasin for 3Dot Productions and Brad Mendelsohn for Circle of Confusion, whereas Reid and Margaret Chernin will government produce.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo facilities on reclusive, iconic Hollywood starlet Evelyn Hugo, who enlists unknown reporter Monique Grant to jot down her tell-all ebook, which can chronicle her life story and rise to fame through the golden age of Hollywood.
At all times the topic of tabloids, Evelyn additionally particulars for the primary time her seven marriages, revealing secrets and techniques she’s held on to, who she is behind the scenes, and why she selected Monique for her ultimate confession.
Though casting for the movie has but to be publicly introduced, followers have been fast to recommend sure Hollywood stars as their picks to painting the ebook’s characters, most notably Jessica Chastain, de Armas, and Eiza González.
In an interview with E! Information in 2023, Chastain mentioned that there’s “zero risk” that she would star within the adaptation as Celia St. James. “However I like how excited the followers are,” Chastain mentioned.
“After I was engaged on Broadway, each single day, they’d be outdoors, after I was signing, with the books. I simply love how fantastic that fan base is.” She added, “I look ahead to watching it, and I’m sorry to disappoint everybody on the market.”
In the meantime, González has additionally expressed her curiosity in enjoying the titular function, saying, “It’d be such an honor,” González has mentioned. “I like the ebook. I like all [Reid’s] stuff. I’m an enormous fan.”
Evelyn Hugo marks the newest of Reid’s library to get the variation therapy.
The Hollywood Reporter solely revealed that Reid’s current novel Malibu Rising is being developed as a TV collection for Hulu, with Tigelaar government producing and Amy Talkington writing.
The writer’s novel One True Loves was additionally tailored for movie with Andy Fickman directing and Hamilton’s Phillipa Soo, Shang Chi’s Simu Liu, and Holidate’s Luke Bracey starring. In the meantime, her best-seller Daisy Jones and The Six was launched as a Prime collection that starred Riley Keough and Sam Claflin.
