Ana de Armas is the top pick as Evelyn Hugo for the upcoming BookTok adaptation (& the star's response seems promising)

Ana de Armas knows how to be a Hollywood celebrity on screen, like it was her role of Marilyn Monroe that made her the first Cuban actress to stand on the Oscars stage. Before she was a blonde girl, she was also a Bond girl (No Time to Die) and had been the wife of an arms dealer before that (War Dogs). All we want to say is, she's among the ones who's got range.

Lately, she is more involved with guns, be it the Taxman (Ghosted) or a CIA agent (The Gray Man). Next, we are about to see her as the Ruska Roma prodigy in Ballerina, where Keanu Reeves will be joining her as the legendary John Wick. Though it may give us an impression that Ana de Armas is trying to stick to the action genre, it's not really the case.

She is the top pick to play Evelyn Hugo, the reclusive lead character in Taylor Jenkins Reid's story, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. And she sure is open to playing the role. Her response says it all. At CinemaCon, she told Entertainment Weekly that,

"I would love that, I think one of the things that I love about acting and my career, is being able to do everything. You have to try all the things you can. You can't always eat the same thing."

In 2022, Netflix announced they'll be adapting the Taylor Jenkins Reid novel in a film where she will serve as an executive producer with Lesley Headland in the director's chair.

How does Ana de Armas fit in Evelyn Hugo's role?

The Cuban actress has worked with Netflix in a similar role in Blonde, where she plaayed a fictionalized version of the 50s and 60s sensation. In there, her character is already involved with different partners throughout the movie, four to be precise. A couple of them he marries in the film but that doesn't really work out.

If Ana de Armas is picked for the role, she will be a great fit, as her performance was praised in Blonde. However, this might be a little different, as she won't be playing a character whom the world has made mentally stable throughout the series of certain events.

To add to this, Evelyn Hugo is a stronger character that brings a certain charm to the table. If we look at other Ana de Armas performances, like in Deep Water (2022) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), this is evident. For what we can say, she can bring all of that (including Blonde's Hollywood fame) in one character.

What's the story of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo?

The original story revolves around the titular Evelyn Hugo and a journalist, Monique Grant, who is scratching her head as to why this Hollywood star has chosen her to tell the story. Evelyn has promised her to answer all of her questions at the end.

Later, as she begins telling her story about her seven husbands, we come to know about interesting events that went on during those days with a poor Ernie Diaz, a gullible Mick Riva, a disappointing Max Girard, and more.