Selena Gomez To Play Silvia Vasquez-Lavado In Biopic Titled 'In The Shadow Of The Mountain'
Singer-actor Selena Gomez will play Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the Peruvian mountaineer and social entrepreneur in a biopic to be helmed by Mayans MC co-creator Elgin James.
Singer-actor
Selena
Gomez
will
play
Silvia
Vasquez-Lavado,
the
Peruvian
mountaineer
and
social
entrepreneur
in
a
biopic
to
be
helmed
by
Mayans
MC
co-creator
Elgin
James.
According
to
The
Hollywood
Reporter,
the
film
is
titled
In
the
Shadow
of
the
Mountain
and
is
based
on
the
upcoming
memoir
of
the
same
name
by
Vasquez-Lavado.
Vasquez-Lavado
who
became
the
first
Peruvian
woman
to
summit
Mount
Everest
and
the
first
openly
gay
woman
to
complete
the
Seven
Summits,
a
challenge
to
climb
the
highest
mountain
on
each
continent.
Her
story
has
found
home
in
One
Community,
impact-focused
co-finance
company
which
backed
Michael
B
Jordan's
legal
drama
"Mercy",
given
she
is
a
victim
of
childhood
assault
and
neglect
who
found
healing
and
power
in
mountaineering.
Vasquez-Lavado's
work
in
survivor
circles
has
been
heralded,
particularly
her
efforts
to
organize
treks
to
Mt
Everest's
base
camp
for
other
women
who
have
endured
abuse.
Gomez
will
also
produce
through
her
July
Moon
Productions.
Vasquez-Lavado
and
Lara
Love
Hardin
of
Idea
Architects
are
on
board
to
executive
produce.
Oscar-winner
Donna
Gigliotti
and
her
Tempesta
Films
banner
are
producing.