Reid also told PopSugar it was specifically Gardner’s choice to “spill every bean” in her ghostwritten memoir that inspired her to write something painfully vulnerable and especially juicy.īringing this fictional story with a long line of inspiration to life all starts with a seasoned screenwriter and lots of excited speculation from the fans. Reid told PopSugar Hollywood divas of yore, such as Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, and Rita Hayworth, inspired her book - Taylor was married eight times Gardner told her whole life story to a journalist who turned her retellings into a stylized biography and Hayworth, like Evelyn, had to hide her Hispanic heritage to make it in Hollywood. Reid’s novel Malibu Rising is additionally greenlit to be. The book is full of glamour, intrigue, and heartbreak - the most important ingredients for a Golden Age Hollywood story. Oscar winner Jessica Chastain reacted to fans' long-running dream that she co-star in the '7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' Netflix. If you somehow haven’t read it yet, or just need a refresher, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is about a fictional Old Hollywood star, Evelyn Hugo, who picks a seemingly random journalist, Monique Grant, to tell her life’s story.

Here’s everything you need to know about the cast, trailer, and predicted release date of Netflix’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo adaptation.

In late March 2022, Netflix announced it will be adapting Reid’s glamorous novel into an original film. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by author Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of most popular historical fiction novels of the last two years, beloved by book club moms and #BookTok fans alike. TikTok is obsessed with it, the New York Times Paperback Best Seller list held onto it for 54 weeks, and now it’s getting a film adaptation on Netflix.

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