Jackie Guerra wanted the part of Suzette Quintanilla so badly that she lied at her audition, saying that she was an experienced drummer, when in fact she had never played the drums. When the truth was revealed, Suzette Quintanilla herself gave Guerra private lessons. Show 347 of 349 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink To prepare for her role, Jennifer Lopez lived with Selena Quintanilla-Perez's family. 400 of 403 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink When Jennifer Lopez signed on to play Selena, she expected to be providing her own vocals. However, it was felt that since the movie would be released so soon after Selena's death, her fans would not approve of hearing any voice other than hers. So, Lopez was coached to lip-sync instead of being provided the vocal coaching she expected, although she did sing the intro to "Como La Flor" in the Monterrey concert scene. 306 of 312 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink The studio where "I Could Fall in Love" is recorded in the movie is Studio A in Q-Productions, where Selena actually recorded her English album. 186 of 189 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Jennifer Lopez became the highest paid Latina woman in Hollywood history by playing Selena Quintanilla-Perez, earning a then-unheard of $1,000,000. 240 of 245 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink In the scene where Chris Perez (played by Jon Seda) first appears, the close up of his hands playing the guitar are in fact the hands of the real Chris Pérez. 280 of 287 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink The Houston Astrodome concert scene was actually filmed at the San Antonio Alamodome, and 35,000 extras were not paid but actually given coupons for free Coke products. 187 of 191 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink More than 20,000 girls auditioned for the roles of Selena at different ages. 120 of 122 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Jennifer Lopez and Constance Marie play mother and daughter in this movie. In real life, they are only four years apart. 180 of 185 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink According to an interview on ET with Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Suzette Quintanilla, Abraham confessed that the scene where Marcella teaches Selena the washing machine didn't actually happen, but it is true that they would all sit on the beach by the ocean together as a family. 50 of 50 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink The real Selena was a big Faberge egg fan so that is why Yolanda Saldivar thought that the egg ring would be a perfect present for her. 72 of 73 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink In real life, Selena, who was from Texas, had a mild but obvious southern accent (and can sometimes be spoken fairly strong with some words). Jennifer Lopez, who is from New York, (with help from the family) portrayed this accent in the small subtle ways you would hear from Selena in her interviews. 93 of 96 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink This film used approximately 64,000 fans/extras, especially in the case of the stadium scene. 92 of 95 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Lupe Ontiveros, who was 54 years old in 1997, played Yolanda Saldivar, who was only 34 years old at the time of Selena's death in 1995. 106 of 110 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Constance Marie, who played Selena's mother in this movie, originally auditioned for the role of Selena. 106 of 110 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink At the end of the film, when archive footage of Selena is shown, there are shots of fans mourning her and holding pictures of the actual Selena Quintanilla-Perez. 158 of 166 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink The real Abraham Quintanilla (Selena's father (who served as executive producer)), wanted the scene of Selena and Chris Perez getting married out of the film because he didn't want Selena's younger fans to get the wrong idea about marriage. He was later convinced by director Gregory Nava. 57 of 59 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink In this movie, Jennifer Lopez and Jacob Vargas play the children of Edward James Olmos and Constance Marie, but in the movie My Family (1995), they play the younger versions of their parents. 67 of 70 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink News media and fans criticized choosing Jennifer Lopez to play Selena, as Jennifer was a Puerto Rican from New York and was portraying a Mexican from Texas. There were protests calling for a recast. 55 of 57 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Salma Hayek was considered for the role of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, but she refused because she wanted to play Frida Khalo in Frida (2002) and did not wish to play two different Mexican heroines. Jennifer Lopez would call Hayek's claim "an outright lie" in a Moveline interview. 148 of 160 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Almost the entire cast (Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jacob Vargas, Constance Marie, and Lupe Ontiveros) previously starred together in director Gregory Nava's film My Family (1995). 72 of 76 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Selena's real life parents, Abraham and Marcela Quintanilla, reportedly started crying while watching the film at the premiere. 69 of 73 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink The Mexico scene was filmed at the main branch of the San Antonio Library in downtown. 58 of 61 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Rob Reiner was approached to direct, but was then turned down after the critical and box-office failure of North (1994). 24 of 24 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". 23 of 23 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Yolanda was a bridesmaid in Suzette's wedding 20 of 20 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Despite being 46 days younger than Jackie Guerra, Constance Marie played her mother in this movie. 52 of 56 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Among the actresses considered to play the title role were Leticia Miller, an unknown who bore a striking resemblance to Selena, and Bibi Gaytán, a Mexican soap opera actress. Coincidentally, Selena Quintanilla-Perez had guest starred on a soap opera Gaytán starred in, called "Dos mujeres, un camino." 76 of 85 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Warner Bros. released the film for the first time on Blu-ray In 2020 under their Warner Archive Collection label, on the 25th anniversary of her untimely death. 22 of 23 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Selena's historic Houston Astrodome concert was recreated at the San Antonio Alamodome. 54 of 61 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Jennifer Lopez accepted her then-boyfriend Ojani Noa's engagement at the wrap party for this movie, at the Hard Rock Cafe in San Antonio, TX. 71 of 82 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink The mall scenes were filmed at Ingram Park Mall in San Antonio, TX. 29 of 32 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink "La carcacha" was Selena's first homemade music video. 41 of 47 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink The part in the movie when Chris and Selena are walking on the pier together was shot in Aransas Pass, Texas at an old company called "Gulf King." 37 of 43 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Selena's death occurred five days after that of Eric "Eazy-E" Wright, who was the subject of another music biopic - "Straight Outta Compton" (2015). Eazy-E died 26 MAR 1995; Selena was killed 31 MAR 1995. 77 of 97 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Jennifer Lopez wore 5 different wigs throughout the film. 14 of 15 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Sara, who was played by Alex Meneses, was based on Selena's real life cousin of the same name. 12 of 13 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Jennifer Lopez's first movie portraying a real life person. 14 of 16 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Panchito Gómez played a young Abraham Quintanilla while actor Edward James Olmos played the older version. In the movie American Me, Panchito played the character Montoya Santana as a young version and Edward James Olmos played Montoya Santana as the older version. 22 of 27 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink At 38:15 in Edward James Olmos looks right at the camera for a split second. 4 of 4 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Steven Spielberg was initially considered to direct the film but turned it down for Amistad (1997). 4 of 4 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Jacob Vargas previously appeared in Get Shorty (1995) and Jennifer Lopez later starred in Out of Sight (1998), both films of which are adaptations of Elmore Leonard novels. 16 of 31 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Selena's real family were left sobbing with emotion after the scene filmed at the San Antonio Alamodome, because Jennifer Lopez's performance was so convincing they thought they were seeing the real Selena again. 2 of 2 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink There was a hint that Selena's father was aware of Selena and Chris's relationship...said hint was her and Chris exchanging romantic gestures before Selena went on the stage to perform. Why was Jennifer Lopez chosen for Selena?She had studied the tapes of Selena dancing and she used her talent as an actress to use her dancing ability to dance exactly like Selena and imitate her movements. So she got the part!" Lopez's faithful portrayal drew praise from critics and fans alike when the film debuted in theaters.
How much did Jennifer Lopez make from Selena?J-Lo got her big break in 1997 after she landed the starring role of Tejana singer, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, in her eponymous film. According to IMDb, this role earned the multi-hyphenate star an estimated $1 million.
When did JLO do Selena movie?The film stars Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla Pérez. Edward James Olmos plays Selena's father Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Constance Marie plays Selena's mother Marcella Quintanilla. Selena was released on March 21, 1997, in the United States, by Warner Bros. Pictures, and received positive reviews upon release.
Did JLO actually sing in Selena?But what's interesting is that Lopez doesn't actually sing in the movie. The voice you hear every time Selena performs on stage or records a new song is the late singer's, with Lopez lip-syncing to her tracks.
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