Actress Jennifer Lopez, who plays Selena Quintanilla-Perez in the movie Selena performed with her band in one of the movie’s scenes. The biopic will open in theaters next month to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
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After debuting 25 years ago, Selena will return to theaters nationwide to celebrate the Queen of Tejano music, Selena Quintanilla-Perez.
The biopic honoring the 23-year-old singer is opening again in theaters across the US on April 7. Selena’s family made the official announcement Monday. Facebook.
“Rediscovering a family’s story of dedication, perseverance, and hope in disrupting the male-dominated music genre and taking the world by storm,” the family wrote in the announcement. film re-release.
Biographical film, starring actors Jennifer Lopez as the late singer, tells the story of Mexican-American music star Tejano on her way to breaking into the English-speaking market just before being murdered by fan club president, Yolanda Saldivar in 1995.
Saldivar was accused by Selena’s father, Abraham Quintanilla, of embezzling money from Selena’s fan club and Selena Etc stores. hers.
The film’s success in the 1990s eventually made Jennifer Lopez a household name, becoming the first Latina actress to earn more than $1 million for a film, according to Time.
The 52-year-old actress took to social media Monday to share her excitement about the movie’s return.
“This movie means so much to me… Selena and her family mean so much to me, and I’m so lucky to have been chosen to play her,” Lopez wrote on Instagram. “I will never forget this time in my life and it’s an honor as an artist to be part of the magic in this film.”
Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Selena is a Grammy Award-winning superstar who won the Grammy Award for Best Mexican American Album for Live!
The late Tejano has sold around 18 million records worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling female acts in Latin music, Billboards reported.
Selena was killed a few weeks before her 24th birthday, April 16, 1995.
