It’s been announced that Selena Gomez has been cast as the historic mountaineer, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado in an upcoming biopic based off of Silvia’s upcoming memoirs of the same name.
Selena will also serve as an executive producer for the project. Although mainly known for her successful music career, Selena has plenty of acting experience, starring in The Wizards of Waverly Place and the Hotel Transylvania franchise.
Silvia Vasquez-Lavado was the first Peruvian woman to climb Mount Everest and the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits Challenge, a mountaineering challenge to climb the highest peak on every continent.