Selena Gomez is set to play a role based on a real person in her upcoming film. The actress, producer, singer will be starring as Peruvian mountaineer Silvia Vásquez-Lavado.
The film will be based on the latter’s upcoming memoir “In the Shadow of the Mountain.” Little Birds writer-director Elgin James will pen and helm the film.
According to Variety, “Vásquez-Lavado is the first gay woman to complete the Seven Summits, the highest mountains (including Mount Everest) on each of the seven continents. She is also the founder of Courageous Girls, a nonprofit that helps survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking, and has organized excursions for abuse survivors to the Mount Everest base camp. “In the Shadow of the Mountain” is expected to be published in 2022.”
