I was an extra for the filming of this concert scene....they needed to fill an entire dome so we went! It was the most exciting thing ever. Just to be a part of it.
ERICA MARQUEZ That’s a wonderful memory! As close as I got was seeing the huge lines that stretched for at least a couple of blocks of little girls and young women auditioning for the parts of Selena as a child and as an adult. They were holding the auditions at the Union Station Train Station near downtown LA. I remember that the lines stretched down the street onto the freeway overpass to the 101 Fwy (the Hollywood Freeway). If you were driving on the freeway that day and looked up you’d see hundreds if not thousands of Selena look-a likes. It was surreal. Wish I’d had a camera since this was 1996 and cell phones with cameras didn’t exist yet. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I saw the little girl who played young Selena in a restaurant in Hollywood once. I recognized her the second I saw her since it wasn’t long after the movie came out. She was having dinner with her family. 🙂
the truth no one can ever be near selenas status and no one could ever play her character as good as jlo. SHE did a really good job and captured selenas personality.
When I was younger, I never understood why it started with the Astrodome performance and then this insert hours into the movie. But then I realized that it was like “present day” and then how she got there and then back to present day at this point. Great direction. Also my favorite song of hers
You apparently are dumb and did not know that the fans knew she was lipsynching to her songs! There were just surprised to how much she was just alike Selena at the Houston astrodome in 1995!!!!
Katalina Studios yes she is. J lo only sung three words in the entire film. “Como La Flor” during the Mexico concert scene. They wanted to use Selena’s voice for the film to make it authentic. If you don’t believe me look up the 1995 Houston astrodome concert and 1993 Corpus Christi concert. That’s where the audio for the concert scenes in the movie were taken from.
When Jlo did this movie, she moved to live with the Quintanilla family; , for weeks, she watched all the home movies they had of her, for days, all her videos and interviews on RU-vid, she went thru three auditions, 2 dancing one singing her songs, and the last word of who said yes Jlo she can do the movie wasn't the director, it was the mother and father of Selena
I still wonder how famous she'd be if she was still alive. I imagine as famous as Shakira or more, since Shakira also crossed over from Spanish to English with a lot of success.
David Boubion She'd be way more famous than any singer (from now like Beyonce and shakira etc etc) she had millions of fans and if she were still alive shed have a million more and super famous but anyways I miss her so much and wish she were still with us today 💞💝
Even if Selena was still alive, she would of still probably have a movie I saw a video that she said she wanted a movie. Also Jlo would of probably still been famous. If she was still alive they would of been good friends
in J.Lo's defense.. you have to remember that she did this scene multiple times with multiple takes... if you've watched the video comparison of J.Lo and Selena doing this song in the "Selena Movie All Access" you'd see that she in fact did do Selena justice.... on top of that.. once the movie is done being filmed.. they really have no say in the editing process.. so if they took her worst take ...and edited it for the movie.. is it really J.Lo's fault??
Sorry to Christian I loved her in the series but wow JLO dances moves and looks like Selena!! It’s crazy how close to the original this performance is!! Jlo did AMAZING!!!
JLo studied almost 28+ hours of Selena in concert, and Selena's family would tell JLo about how Selena behaved and how her personality was, etc. JLo really threw herself into this role. I believe if Selena hadn't left us so soon, her and JLo would have ended up as best friends
Brayan Alarcon no te preocupes lo mismo me a pasado a mí en un montón de videos me atacan y me hacen ver como que estoy insultando a Selena cuando no es así solo dije lo mala que es la serie y la actriz que no sabe hacer playa back su boca se ve toda desfasada y no es que no se parezca porque pudo sorprender pero su interpretación es mala y se ve tiesa al bailar
Some parts of the song doesn't sound like Selena because in the real concert Selena sang it perfectly and some parts in this song sound a little off. Like if you listen closely to 1:14 - 1:16 it doesn't sound like Selena.
Yes it is Corpus.They dont let you take pictures either. I visited there about 5 years ago. Its nice to see, but I felt the entire time I was there.. Selena was just around the corner.. some where.. its an interesting experience.. I wouldn't call it fulfilling.. because it made me miss her even more..
~let’s get this straight~ JLO didn’t sing in the movie Selena’s voice is ✨unique✨ 💫don’t hate on me🌸 jlo did a good job Edit: I came back and just saw that my comment is from 1 year ago😭
When you watch the movie now, a lot of this scene is cut out. I think they play the very last part where she says, "Ese error es cosa de ayer." They also removed the scene where Selena is in school and she's being bullied by a girl, who then discovered that Selena couldn't speak Spanish, and began teasing her in Spanish.
i love this song & to all those people bitchin about j.lo's performance its not for you to care.if the quintanilla's didn't like j.lo's performance they wouldn't have picked her to be in the movie.suzie said herself when she watched j.lo's performance in the concert scenes it reminded her so much of sel.me personally i think j.lo did a good job.r.i.p to selena.
@alanas03 It *is* Selena's voice. J-Lo lip ynched this. She still did one heck of a job, the similarity is incredible! No one could've pulled this off like she did!
In the real Astrodome performance, the drummer was not Suzzette because she've had an ankle injury, and one of the backup vocalists wasn't Pete Astudillo because he had planned to pursue a solo career.
The actress who played Aaliyah ended up singing he r songs all because they insisted on doing the Aaliyah movie despite her family not giving them the rights to her songs.
Even though I seen this movie many times but this whole thing is not honest about her life behind closed doors even though there’s things are accurate but they didn’t actually tell more details compared to the series. I just finished Selena the Series it explains a lot. First off Suzette wasn’t playing the drums on her last concert cause she had a broken ankle, Selena’s bandaid is missing from her left index finger, when they went to Monterrey, Mexico Selena and Chris are already married the movie you watch shows before they are married which is totally inaccurate. The marriage between her and Chris isn’t always sunshine and rainbows like in the movie they do have ups and downs like normal couples but they still work things out staying happy together. There’s more to see if you wish to know more about Selena of course her silly self is still in the show especially with her siblings it also has the aftermath.
Okay about this whole Selena singing or J.Lo singing if you watch the commentary and making of the movie..or even interviews about this movie they will all say that the songs were all re recorded for this movie and that it is Selena singing!!
i love this scene as well look closely there are a few times she looks like selena i wish they would of put the whole song and had her wave good bye like selena did :(
The sister wasn't there at the astromde concert her last one a guy was there if you watch the videos she had hurt her ankle when went there she had said it while visiting the selena museum
its a great movie, but selena's sister, suzette wasnt there for her last concert, cuz she was sick, or something. and she was there here. oh well, j lo still did an amazing job playing selena. and we all miss her. rip selena.
Just noticed a mistake they made there. And her sister (the one playing the drums) was actually not there in the last concert, she even said it in a interview but this is still a great movie.
La verdad es que si estuvo genial la interpretación de Jenifer Lopez y si estuvo muy bonita la película pero aunque Cristian Serratos no se Parezca a Selena lo cierto es que en mi opinión estuvo mejor la Serie. O al menos para mí.
they took all the live singing from the last concert audio. yo can tell by her "whoo" and comments she makes. all of the live audio is from the concert being restaged ^^^ up there in that scene.
la verdad es q JLO si tiene cierto parecido con selena, exactas no pueden ser, pero considero q era la unica actriz que la pudo personificar, es mas a veces cuando veo la pelicula pienso q es selena , se me olvida q es JLO jejeje
