Selena Gomez Names Jennifer Lawrence Movie That Inspired Her

Following her breakthrough, she put on an incredible performance, worthy of a Disney Channel kid who really knows how to act in spring breakersSelena Gomez failed to capitalize on this momentum by starring in films that were beneath her, such as Leave And To behave badly. But she changed things with the charming The fundamentals of kindnessa 2016 comedy-drama that also starred the future There are only murders in the building co-star Paul Rudd.

“People are really great to work with,” she said. Vanity Fair In one of their “Rewatches” videos, “especially with the two of us at the time, we didn’t know, at least I didn’t know what I was doing.” Gomez said she found her character in The fundamentals of kindness She was the one who “put my toes in the water.”

The actress also revealed that she was inspired by Jennifer Lawrence’s remarkable performance in The winter bone“I loved how she took care to choose her characters,” she said. “And they were all different, but they had a little bit of an edge and yet a little bit of a sweet edge. So I felt like there was something about this movie that was good and real.” J-Law was nominated for an Oscar for The winter bone — maybe Gomez will be next for Emilia PerezShe has already received the award for best actress at the Cannes Film Festival.

You can watch the Vanity Fair video above.