Selena Gomez enjoyed holding a gun during filming for her latest part in ‘Getaway’. The singer and actress stars alongside Ethan Hawke in the new role and commented that holding even a fake gun made her feel like a “badass”. She was left excited by the whole experience and was told to learn how to hold the gun naturally by the director because she wasn’t supposed to know on screen either:
”[Director] Courtney [Solomon] wanted me to figure it out on my own because I was supposed to be a young kid and not a professional at that. I did learn how to hold it properly but I was scared, it was the weirdest thing. I felt like a badass, so that was cool.”
Selena says that she was at first quite nervous about taking on the new role, but she got in plenty of practice with both the director and co-star before the cameras even began rolling which helped her loosen up. She also took notes while in the middle of rehearsal sessions:
”I was actually nervous but what helped was, Courtney and Ethan and myself, we actually got to rehearse a lot. So he made me feel comfortable instantly every time and I have, still, heaps of notes that he would say out loud and I’d just write them all down – whatever Courtney or Ethan would say. By the time we got to set, I was really comfortable and they were great.”
Speaking on taking on new adult roles, Selena says she is delighted that her career has moved on to a new place:
”I’ve been wanting to do different things, starting with ‘Spring Breakers’, and doing some other fun roles. I wanted to do an action movie, so the opportunity to be a tomboy who knows about all this stuff that I don’t know about … I got to dye my hair black; I asked Courtney if I could dye it black. And just getting an opportunity to be someone else.”
