Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Selena Gomez Apparently Turned Down Camp Rock Role So It Would Go To Demi Lovato Instead!
perezhilton.comOnce upon a time when these two were best friends, they’d do anything to help each other out — including walking away from a major movie deal! Selena Gomez’s on-screen dad from Wizards of Waverly Place, David DeLuise, just revealed some surprising never-before-heard scoop about the pop star!
Well, actually, he revealed it two years ago but fans are only picking up on it now thanks to a resurfaced interview clip this week!
On Monday, the Wildchat Sports podcast re-shared a segment from their 2020 chat with David on TikTok which quickly went viral on the platform.
As David recalled, Selly G was initially tapped by Disney execs to play Mitchie Torres in Camp Rock, but she turned down the role knowing Demi Lovato was next in the running!
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