Latina.com sat down with Selena Gomez during the promotion of “Getaway” in New York yesterday at Ritz Carlton hotel.
Your character in this is quite rebellious. Can you relate to that?
Selena Gomez: It was really fun for me to pretend to know about cars and technology because I know nothing about it, so I actually did get to learn a lot about it. As far as having done that in my real life, I don’t know, I stole a ChapStick when I was seven, at a store.
How was it handling the gun? Did you get coaching? Have you done that before?
SG: [Director] Courtney [Solomon] kind of wanted me to figure it out on my own because I was supposed to be a young kid, I wasn’t supposed to be a professional at that so I did learn how to hold it properly, but yeah, I was scared. It was definitely the weirdest thing. But I kind of felt like a badass, so that was cool! [laughs]
What do you have to say to your fans who might think this is the real Selena?
SG: Oh, no. I’ve already past that. We did Spring Breakers and I think they get it. I feel like half the time they don’t give kids my age or younger enough credit. Obviously, they see who I am and they see that I’m here to play a character.
Can you talk about your very first car? What was that experience like for you and has your driving improved or gotten worse since you first got it [the car]?
SG: I got my first car when I was 16 but I didn’t have a license; it was a Ford Escape and I just let it sit there for two years because I enjoyed having my mom drive me. When I was 18, I finally got my license, then I drove it. My driving has not improved. I drive slow, and I try to be safe.
Is there a dream vehicle for you and who would you take on your first car?
I don’t really know cars that well. I feel really lame…a BMW—that was the first nice car I got and the first person that rode in it was my grandparents.
There’s word out there that you’re sort of done with music—is that so?
SG: I’m actually on tour—so I’m in the middle of music at the moment. I constantly find myself—I’m a woman—so I change my mind all the time. So one day I just want to do acting and just that, and one day I just want to do music and just that. So, it kind of changes, but this is my last record for a while; I’m gonna tour it and then just get into acting for a really long period of time—hopefully.
Do you ever have big moments in your life when you’re like, I want to be a tomboy today?
Yeah, that’s almost every day, to be honest. I’m really casual. Especially on tour, I’m in sweatpants. Actually, on my way here, at the airport, we landed at like two in the morning and my cousin looked at me and she said, “You look like a boy,” because I had on baggy clothes. So yeah, of course, I love being comfortable.
Will you be checking Selena out in Getaway? Are you sad to hear she’s done with music for a little while? Post your thoughts in the comments.
