Selena Gomez has confessed she “blacked out” during her audition for a part in Oscar-tipped operatic musical Emilia Perez.
The US actress and singer, 32, headed to the premiere of the film in Los Angeles wearing a black Elie Saab off-the-shoulder gown. She posed on the black carpet of the glitzy bash with her co-stars Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramirez.
The Spanish-language French musical follows a Mexican cartel leader (Gascon), who asks a high-powered lawyer (Saldana) to help fake their own death and undergo sex-reassignment operations. For Gomez's role, she portrays the drug lord’s wife Jessi Del Monte.
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Getty Images for Netflix)She has now opened up on her initial audition for the role, saying she sang Bienvenida “which is a big number I do in the bedroom”.
“I throw everything around, and I had no idea the concept of what he was going for, the director Jacques (Audiard) literally said to me, act drunk and throw your shoes if you want, and just go crazy,” the 32-year-old told the Hollywood Reporter. “I did it once and he was like, ‘go crazier’.
“I went totally for it. I was standing on furniture and I blacked out, but I was just singing my heart out and dancing like a mad woman, a drunk mad woman and it was a very crazy experience. But I was honoured when he decided to ultimately go with me."
Gomez rose to fame as a child star on hit Disney series Wizards Of Waverly Place. She later gained plaudits for her role in Disney+ series Only Murders In The Building in which she starred alongside comedy stars Steve Martin and Martin Short.
During the premiere for her latest project, Gomez admitted she is “open to anything” in regards to her future roles. However, she claimed she hopes she is continued to be “inspired by great filmmakers”.
When asked about the mounting Oscars buzz, Gomez said: “I don’t like to think anything or be presumptuous, so I’m just going to say I’m so happy people are receiving it the way they are.”
The flick was branded the "movie of the year" after the first trailer dropped last month. After a teaser trailer was initially dropped in August, the official trailer is finally was released a month later and fans have flocked to social media to share their excitement.
In the YouTube comments section, a fan hailed it as: "One of the best releases that came out of Cannes." Another commenter gushed over the trailer, saying it was of the "Calibre of a best picture Oscar winner." A third added: "This looks actually pretty good I hope Netflix can pull off a Mafia-based musical." [sic]
Emilia Perez will be released on Netflix on November 13.
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