Jessica Chastain Responds to '7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' Fan Cast: 'Send Me a Script'

Jessica Chastain just sent BookTok into a frenzy.

The Oscar-winning actress has finally answered the long-running cast of Netflix's upcoming adaptation 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.'

During an appearance on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," Cohen opened up about the project. "Jessica, do you know - we have plenty - how many people want you to play Celia St. James in the film adaptation of the novel 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo'?" Cohen asked Chastain.

The 'George and Tammy' actress replied, "I know there's a thing online about it. Sure send me a script."

Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel follows the titular Golden Age movie star as she confides in a modern-day journalist about her controversial past. Celia St. James is another actress and close friend of Evelyn.

The DeuxMoi social media account has invalidated a former fan's theory that Anya Taylor-Joy is tied up. spearheaded by "The L Word" team Ilene Chaiken and Jennifer Beals, the project, with "Little Fires Everywhere" creator Liz Tigelaar taking over. Reid's novel "Malibu Rising" is also greenlit to be a series at Hulu, with tigelaar executive producing. His novel "One True Loves" is confirmed to be a movie starring Simu Liu, Phillipa Soo and Luke Bracey.

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And of course, Prime Video's upcoming series adaptation of Reid's novel "Daisy Jones and the Six" has had its first look ahead of its March 3 premiere. Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone and Suki Waterhouse are among the cast of the 1970s series about a fictional folk-rock band inspired by Fleetwood Mac.

Meanwhile, actress-producer Chastain will star alongside Anne Hathaway in another adaptation, 'Mother's Instinct'. The 1960s suburban drama is a remake of Belgian director Olivier Masset-Depasse's 2018 film "Duelles," which centers on two best friends and neighbors (Chastain and Hathaway) whose lives are turned upside down after a tragic accident involving their respective sons. . The film is an adaptation of Barbara Abel's novel "Behind the Hate".

Chastain, which is producing the film under its Freckle Films production banner, has responded to the need for female-led stories in Hollywood.

"I got the idea [for the first produced film 'The 355'] back in the days of the MeToo movement and Time's Up," Chastain told C Magazine. "When this industry had been, for years, about rejecting women at a certain age and figuring out whether they were sexually desirable or not, and they were more adornments than artists. And I thought to myself, ' Well, what if they're actually the bosses? What if they're the ones in charge of the movies?"

WE MANIFESTED IT SO HARD THIS IS THE GREATEST WINthis is the source btw

— Celia Street. supremacist james (@celiastjamez)

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