People who watch Selena Gomez on Netflix think she messed up in a scene from her new movie Emilia Perez.
The 32-year-old actress was criticized on social media by movie fans for looking right into the camera while it was rolling.
Many people on X shared a video of Gomez having a heated fight on the phone while looking straight into the camera. Fans called it a “crucial mistake.”
“Oh no!” In Emilia Perez!, Selena Gomez does something wrong by looking right at the camera. A fan wrote.
“I guess she broke the fourth wall a bit,” said someone else.
“Oh my god, is that how it’s supposed to be? I feel like I have too many senses at once,” asked someone else.
Someone else said, “This might be the worst acting performance of the year omg.”
Some people also didn’t like the American-Mexican star’s Spanish, writing things like “Her Spanish is god awful.”
In the next set of notes, someone wrote, “Worst acting ever.”
As for the critics, some said they thought Selena looking into the camera was an artistic choice.
“Right choice or wrong choice?” Some people think Selena is breaking the fourth wall on purpose to show how deep her character is.
“They mean for it to happen, and it does happen a lot in the movie.”
It seemed like it was meant to be that way because there were other cuts and angles that could have been used instead. The editors may have meant for it to be this way. I mean, I haven’t seen it so I don’t know that context and could be COMPLETELY wrong but as someone who edits daily, this seems to be intentional.’
Gomez looked great at the second annual Latinas in Hollywood event put on by Netflix and Elle on Saturday night.
The star — who recently made a rare statement about Wizards of Waverly Place — looked chic in a black, leather trench coat with an exaggerated plush collar.
The stylish person wore a belt that went with her coat around her waist and finished off her look with black leather boots with pointy toes.
The brunette beauty flashed her megawatt smile as she arrived with her lustrous, sleek, bob haircut styled in a center part with bumped ends.
The yearly event honored Gomez’s new film, which also stars Zoe Saldana, 46, and Karla Sofía Gascón, 52.The three of them got one of several covers for Elle’s most recent issue, Women in Hollywood.
In the musical Spanish-language movie, Zoe plays Rita and Selena plays Jessi Del Monte.
The movie is set in Mexico and tells the story of a lawyer who receives ‘an unexpected offer to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he’s always dreamed of being,’ according to an IMDb synopsis.
It won the Jury Prize during the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May, and the female ensemble won the Best Actress award.
Per an account from Elle, Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia gushed to guests at Saturday’s affair, ‘What a miracle of a movie this is.
‘It is surprising and moving and audacious, unlike anything I have ever seen. But, most of all, it is a complete original. As a fellow storyteller, I know this is the hardest thing to achieve, and when we do it well, it is the most satisfying.’
She added, ‘When I look around this room, I see the diversity within our community. You all bring such an incredible range of backgrounds and special talents. But I also see our unity.’
Gomez also touched on the subject of community as she reflected in the magazine cover story: ‘The sisterhood ended up becoming what got us through. It’s still getting me through. I’m so glad that I’m not doing a bunch of scary things on my own.’