Jessica Chastain Puts Those Evelyn Hugo Rumors to Rest

A few months later, Jessica further set the record straight on her involvement in the film after sharing why she wouldn’t sign copies of the book for fans who went to see her in A Doll’s House on Broadway.

“I’ve been asked multiple times by fans, to sign books that I’m not attached to contractually,” the 46-year-old wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in April. “Because it feels wrong, and like Im taking credit for someone else’s work, I’ll say I cant sign because I’m not doing it. That doesn’t mean I’ve read a bad script.”

Although fans won’t see the Zero Dark Thirty actress in the Netflix adaptation, there have been some exciting updates.

Leslye Headland, who co-created and directed Netflix’s Russian Doll will be at the film’s helm. And Liz Tigelaar, who is no stranger to adapting best-selling books like Little Fires Everywhere and Tiny Beautiful Things, is also joining the project as its writer.