Selena Gomez Covers The Hollywood Reporter
Selena Gomez is on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter. The actress is on the cover to promote her new film, Emilia Pérez. Highlights from her interview are below.
On how she tricks her way into auditions: “Well, if they think I’m too young for a part, or whatever the case may be, we use a tactic where we don’t tell them it’s me auditioning so that they just have to accept me auditioning. Because sometimes even them just hearing that I want to audition, they’ll be like, ‘No, that’s not going to match for what we’re doing.’ Or it’s, ‘We’re going to hire people that nobody knows,’ and then they hire, like, Austin Butler, and I’m like, ‘Cool.’ But I’m not angry, it’s the position I have and it’s OK. It just means I’m going to continue to do things that are hopefully compelling and different.”
On the advice she offered to the younger cast of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place: “Well, specifically with Janice [LeAnn Brown], who’s the lead, she got really nervous when people started coming out for the live audience, and I told her, ‘I want you to have fun with it.’ My other advice was, ‘A lot of people are going to tell you that you’re amazing, that you’re great, that you’re this or that. You need to understand that you’re human. You’re allowed to have bad days. You don’t need to be perfect all the time.’ And if she were to ever need anything, she has my number. I also spoke with her parents. I actually spoke with all of the parents just to let them know that I am a resource for them. And they may be totally fine, and that’s awesome, but I’m here if not.”
You can check out even more from her interview here. Emilia Pérez is out on Netflix now.