Selena Gomez has had a pretty busy year with notable works on our 2024 TV schedule ( Only Murders in the Building) and 2024 movie schedule ( Emilia Pérez) . The singer-actor is also already set to appear on our 2025 TV schedule , too, with the Hulu mega hit's fifth season. So, it’s surprising to hear she goes into some auditions not using her real name.
Although the reasoning behind why makes sense. The Hotel Transylvania alum sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to talk about all of her recent successes and what’s ahead. She also shared that she still goes into some auditions without using her real name to have a better chance at auditioning without preconceived notions.
She said of the process: Well, if they think I’m too young for a part, or whatever the case may be, we use a tactic where we don’t tell them it’s me auditioning so that they just have to accept me auditioning. Because sometimes even them just hearing that I want to audition, they’ll be like, ‘No, that’s not going to match for what we’re doing.’ Or it’s, ‘We’re going to hire people that nobody knows,’ and then they hire, like, Austin Butler, and I’m like, ‘Cool.
’ But I’m not angry, it’s the position I have and it’s OK. It just means I’m going to continue to do things that are hopefully compelling and different. Gomez has a good perspective on the whole ordeal, even if it makes her process of going out for roles more complicated.
It shows that she’s dedicated to gr.