Additional reporting by Nicole Pajer
The wait for Selena Gomez’s edgy performance in actor William H. Macy’s directorial debut “Rudderless” is over!
Gomez – who plays the bereaved girlfriend of a boy killed in a school shooting – already revealed she plans to continue balancing acting with singing (her performance of the film’s theme song is a pretty good example of that fact), but she also dropped some surprisingly personal knowledge about her character to MTV News at the film’s press day.
Sitting down with co-star Felicity Huffman, the actress divulged that she can relate to her character’s strong, rapidly changing emotions.
“I can relate to her on the level of being her age and already being uncomfortable figuring out who you are,” Gomez said. “And how to control your emotions and ‘what does this mean?’ and ‘what does that mean?’”
Perhaps her very public (and confusing) personal relationship added fuel to that fire? Regardless, we’re all for confronting hardships through art – you do you, Selena!
“Rudderless” is currently in theaters and On Demand.
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