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Selena Gomez cast as gay mountaineering icon Silvia Vásquez-Lavado in new biopic
Selena Gomez has signed up to star as mountaineer Silvia Vásquez-Lavado in a new biopic.The singer will play the Peruvian in In the Shadow of the Mountain, which is based off an upcoming memoir by the mountaineer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Vásquez-Lavado became the first Peruvian woman to hit the summit of Mount Everest, as well as the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits – a challenge to climb the summits of the tallest mountains on each continent.Elgin James (Mayans MC) will write and direct the movie, with Scott Budnick (Just Mercy) and Oscar-winner Donna Gigliotti (Shakespeare in Love) producing.Vásquez-Lavado’s story has also been heralded as the mountaineer found healing in climbing after being the victim of