Jessica Chastain reveals if she’s starring in ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,’ finally
nypost.com“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.”However, the Oscar winner, 46, won’t be signing on for the project to play Celia St. James.“[There is] zero possibility,” Chastain recently told E!
News.“But I love how excited the fans are,” she gushed.She went on: “When I was working on Broadway, every single day, they’d be outside, when I was signing, with the books.
I just love how wonderful that fan base is.” “I look forward to watching it and I’m sorry to disappoint everyone out there!”In April, a TikTok went viral showing Chastain refusing to sign copies of the book outside of the Hudson theater for her play, “A Doll’s House.”“The Help” actress then took to X (formerly Twitter) to explain why.“I’ve been asked multiple times by fans to sign books that I’m not attached to contractually,” she penned. “Because it feels wrong, and like I’m taking credit for someone else’s work, I’ll say I can’t sign because I’m not doing it.
That doesn’t mean I’ve read a bad script.”Reid’s novel, which tells the story of Old Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo, 79, giving her final interview to unknown journalist Monique Grant, was published in 2017.
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