Despite acting since she was a child, leading one of Disney Channel’s top sitcoms, Wizards of Waverly Place , starring in A24 cult classic Spring Breakers , and landing Golden Globe and Emmy nods for her lead role in smash hit series Only Murders in the Buildings , Selena Gomez still has trouble convincing casting directors to give her a shot. When speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about her most recent feature in Netflix musical Emilia Pérez , which released earlier this month, Gomez shared that people often tell her that’s she’s not the right fit for a project before she’s even read for the role. In order to work around any preconceived notions of her casting directors may have, Gomez said she hides her identity prior to auditions.
“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,” she said. “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.
'” She added, “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.” When asked if she auditions under a different name, Gomez replied, “I’ll someti.
