[Eddie.]

Originally Posted by Maru

Yeah. I always wonder what it would've been like if she were still alive today.. I think she would've made a bigger difference in people's lives personally. She meant a lot to young girls.

First thing's first, J.Lo wouldn't be famous/only have very limited popularity (she was a Z-lister before the biopic got released, she appeared in some music videos and stage musicals and she also appeared as a "Fly Girl" on "In Living Colour").

J.Lo playing Selena in the biopic helped build a strong foundation for her to start her now lucrative music/acting career, and she kind of benefited from Selena's death in a way (I don't know how to think about this though...)

Though I assume if any other actress with similar ethnic background to Selena/J.Lo would also have benefited from starring as the main role in the biopic...

Though I think J.Lo did justice to Selena, and its one of the better biopics I have watched...(Lifetime Biopics,
I'm looking at you...)

^^ or maybe because Selena's family was in charge of the movie...unlike most Lifetime biopics...

Selena got really BIG after her death and the release of her first English album made the Selena brand even BIGGER outside of the Tejano music community...

Though even if Selena lived on, I think the outcome would be the same, during the year before her death, she was starting to get more recognition in mainstream culture (such as winning a Grammy, having a successful clothing brand) and if Selena got to see the album being released, I think she would have been MASSIVE.

Sorry for the long read, I just LOVE Selena...