Who Is Going To Play Evelyn Hugo In The Upcoming Netflix Movie? What We Know So Far

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is getting the Netflix movie treatment. Liz Tigelaar is acceptable to accommodate Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling 2017 novel, according to Deadline. Once the movie quality was officially confirmed successful March 2022, fans instantly began revealing their apical choices for an histrion to play the iconic Evelyn Hugo.

So, who volition play the one, the only, Evelyn Hugo? There are a fig of talented actresses who tin instrumentality connected this unthinkable role. HollywoodLife has rounded up immoderate of the names that fans person been talking astir the astir erstwhile it comes to Evelyn Hugo.

What Is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo About?

The publication tells the epic communicative of Hollywood fable Evelyn Hugo. In her aboriginal years, the reclusive Evelyn picks newsman Monique Grant to archer her beingness story. Evelyn goes done her memories and chronicles her emergence to fame successful the Golden Age of Hollywood. She gets candid astir her 7 marriages and what yet led to their demise. However, there’s a crushed that Evelyn has chosen Monique to perceive her story, and that crushed is simply a full bombshell.

Who Is Going To Play Evelyn Hugo?

“Nobody is going to fig retired who’s playing Evelyn Hugo, by who I americium pursuing connected Instagram,” Taylor told Marie Claire Australia successful September 2022. “And I deliberation they deliberation that they will, but I’m atrocious to interruption it to you… I americium friends with people. That’s wherefore I travel them. It does not mean I americium moving with them. People deliberation that they person got the full formed figured out, but I tin archer you that astatine this point, we person not formed a azygous person.”

Netflix has not announced immoderate casting quality for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo movie arsenic of January 2023. However, that has not stopped fans from imagination casting the upcoming film. Taylor confirmed successful an Instagram Live that the histrion playing Evelyn Hugo volition beryllium a Latina actress.

Rita Moreno

The legendary Rita Moreno is beauteous overmuch the lone prime fans person to play the older mentation of Evelyn Hugo. Like Evelyn, Rita is simply a powerhouse Latina actress. Rita’s illustrious vocation successful Hollywood has spanned 7 decades. The 91-year-old would embody the relation of Evelyn Hugo perfectly.

Ana de Armas

Ana de Armas is simply a apical prime for Evelyn Hugo. (Shutterstock)

Ana de Armas is 1 of the astir fashionable instrumentality choices to play Evelyn Hugo successful the movie adaptation. The histrion is Cuban conscionable similar Evelyn. Ana has already proven she tin stone platinum blonde hairsbreadth aft her Oscar-nominated crook as Marilyn Monroe successful Blonde.

Eiza González

Eiza González astatine the ‘Babylon’ premiere. (Shutterstock)

Eiza González is different instrumentality favourite to perchance play Evelyn Hugo. The Mexican histrion is champion known for her roles successful Baby Driver, Bloodshot, and Ambulance.

Sofia Vergara

Sofia Vergara is different histrion fans would emotion to spot arsenic Evelyn Hugo. (Shutterstock)

Sofia Vergara sparked rumors astir perchance being formed successful the Evelyn Hugo movie aft allegedly pursuing Taylor connected Instagram. Many fans privation to spot the America’s Got Talent judge, who hails from Colombia, arsenic Evelyn and Jessica Chastain arsenic Celia St. James.

sofia vergara arsenic evelyn hugo and jessica chastain arsenic celia st. james PLZ

— em 💌 (@emillyyramirez) January 11, 2023

Who Will Play Celia St. James?

Celia St. James is different important quality successful The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo movie adaptation. Similar to Evelyn Hugo, fans already person actresses successful caput to play the 1 and lone Celia.

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain astatine Chanel’s MoMA event. (Shutterstock)

Speaking of Jessica Chastain, she has emerged arsenic the frontrunner to play Celia St. James, Evelyn’s 1 existent love. In January 2023, Jessica was asked astir playing the beloved relation during her quality connected Watch What Happens Live.

jessica chastain talking astir the relation of celia st james successful the adaptation of the celebrated publication “the 7 husbands of evelyn hugo” pic.twitter.com/5Wm1TKct1F

— allie (@tinychastain) January 6, 2023

“I bash cognize that determination is an online happening astir it… Sure, nonstop maine a script,” she said. Give the radical what they want!

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan astatine the BAFTAs. (Shutterstock)

Similar to Jessica, Saoirse Ronan has go 1 of the apical instrumentality choices to play Celia St. James. Saoirse and Celia already person a connection. They some starred successful movie adaptations of Little Women. Saoirse ever has a engaged schedule, though. Her upcoming films see Foe with Paul Mescal and Blitz with Harris Dickinson.

just saw saoirse ronan instrumentality formed arsenic celia st james and you cognize what, if jessica chastain is booked and engaged past one volition readily judge miss saoirse

— siân 🌸 📨 (@acdsbff) January 19, 2023

Brittany Snow has precocious go a sanction successful the premix amongst fans. The Pitch Perfect histrion has been channeling her interior Celia St. James look arsenic of precocious with her reddish hair. She besides has bluish eyes similar Celia. Stranger Things prima Sadie Sink is besides among the names fans would emotion to spot arsenic a young Celia. After finishing Stranger Things 5, Sadie could easy leap implicit this different Netflix project!

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