Production
Selena was produced with the participation of the Quintanilla family, and her father Abraham is the executive producer of the film. One scene features Chris Perez playing the guitar for the family using closeup footage of his hands and the shot was filmed specifically for the movie. On the movie's DVD extra "Making of Selena: 10 Years Later," Jon Seda said that he tried to learn the guitar while staying with Chris Perez to learn how to act like him but it was impossible for him to learn the guitar and play it the way Perez does in only three months time. According to Seda, Perez never visited the set, so Seda called Perez and asked him to come down and see what was happening. After some haggling, Perez finally acquiesced and when arriving on set, he knew something was up when he realized they were filming the scene of his audition in front of Abraham Quintanilla. Seda talked Perez into doing the guitar solo on the closeup shot of his hands and Perez agreed. After his hands were made up to match Seda's, he improvised the guitar solo on the spot with everyone watching him. Seda said that later, people were complimenting him on his guitar skills and he had to tell them it was really Perez.
Some of Selena's recordings were used on the soundtrack (see soundtrack below).
Filming of the movie took place around San Antonio and Corpus Christi, Texas, and some other cities in Texas.
In the noted stadium scenes, where Selena once performed, the producers used approximately 35,000 extras. The stadium scenes are arguably the film's centerpiece. Filming took place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, rather than the actual concert location: the Astrodome in Houston.
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