Jessica Chastain is flattered that fans want her to star in Netflix’s film adaption of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel, “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. It was announced in March 2022 that the global streamer would be turning it into a feature-length film.
Leslye Headland is directing the movie and CW screenwriter Liz Tigelaar is writing the script.
Freeform was set to produce a TV adaption of the story in 2019. However, the series was cancelled two years later after the rights were no longer owned by the network.
The author’s other critically-acclaimed book, “Daisy Jones & the Six” recently got a TV adaptation on Prime Video.
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