Almost 27 years after Selena hit theaters in March 1997, Jon Seda continues to be buddies with Chris Pérez, whom he portrayed within the biographical movie.
“I’m still friends with Chris. Chris is just an amazing guitarist and he’s still out there making his music. Check out his music, it’s incredible,” Seda, 53, completely informed Us Weekly earlier this month whereas selling the ultimate season of the NBC drama La Brea, which premiered on January 9.
Seda added that his expertise engaged on Selena is in his coronary heart “forever” and mirrored on the “sad” actuality of the challenge.
“It was obviously a sad time and it’s a shame that we had to make the movie, because obviously she wasn’t here anymore,” he stated of the movie’s topic, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, recognized mononymously as Selena.
In March 1995, Selena was shot and killed at age 23 by her former fan membership president and boutique supervisor, Yolanda Saldívar. Saldívar, now 63, was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide in October 1995. She is presently serving a life sentence in a Texas jail and can turn out to be eligible for parole in March 2025.
On the time of her loss of life, Selena was married to Pérez, now 54. The duo tied the knot in 1992, three years after Pérez joined Selena’s band, Selena y Los Dinos.
In Selena, Seda starred reverse Jennifer Lopez, who performed the titular position.
“She just did such an incredible job as Selena and I had a great time working with her,” Seda informed Us of Lopez, 54, who earned a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of the late musical icon.
When Seda and Lopez shared the display screen in Selena, Lopez had but to launch her massively profitable pop profession. Her debut album, On the 6, didn’t come out till 1999.
“She wasn’t J. Lo when I worked with her,” stated Seda, referring to Lopez’s widely-used nickname. “She was Jenny and she still is. But I give her credit because she had goals and said she wanted to be where she’s at today. She envisioned it, she saw it and she worked hard. She worked hard to get there. She’s definitely someone I think a lot of young women can look up to.”
Pérez, for his half, praised Lopez’s efficiency whereas stay tweeting about his first time viewing Selena “in its entirety” in 2017. He famous that his “eyes were closed half of the time” when he attended the film’s premiere 20 years prior.
“I’ll tell you what … Jen did a great f—king job. Super proud. Will not watch the ending of the movie,” Pérez wrote on the time.
He additionally reacted to Seda’s portrayal of him, tweeting: “Wow … I was HOT! LOLOL!!!!!!”