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Selena (1997) More at IMDbPro »

• Jackie Guerra wanted the part of Selena's sister, Suzette, so badly that she lied at her audition, saying that she was an experienced drummer, when in fact she had never played the drums. After her inexperience was finally revealed, Selena's real sister Suzette gave her private lessons.
  
  
• Film used approximately 64,000 fans/extras, especially in the case of the stadium scene.
  
  
• Selena's historic Houston Astrodome concert was recreated at the San Antonio Alamodome.
  
  
• To prepare for her role, Jennifer Lopez lived with Selena's family
  
  
• Salma Hayek was considered for the role of Selena, but she refused because she wanted to play Frida Khalo (in Frida (2002)) and did not wish to play two different Mexican heroines.
  
  
• More than 20,000 girls auditioned for the roles of Selena at different ages.
  
  
• 'Jennifer Lopez' became the highest paid Latina in Hollywood history by playing Selena, earning a then-unheard of, $1,000,000.
  
  
• When 'Jennifer Lopez' signed on to be Selena, she expected to be providing her own vocals. But 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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 had guest-starred on a soap opera Gaytán starred in, called "Dos mujeres, un camino").
  
  
• 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 Perez.
  
  
• Jennifer Lopez and Constance Marie play mother and daughter, when in real life, they are only four years apart.
  
  
• 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".
  
  

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