[Maru]

Originally Posted by Eddie.

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...

Don't be sorry at all. I'm choking up a bit while reading and I actually like deep conversation and long reads. Just put this on in my Youtube...

Youtube video

I think she was my first introduction to Jlo as well but I do remember her more for her earlier music (Waiting for Tonic specifically) as I'm a huge dance music fan. The biopic was quite good and I own the DVD. The fact her family was so involved in the making of it (and the casting of her father as Edgar James Olmos was an excellent choice. I remember the movie premiere when it hits theatres and the media coverage of people absolutely losing it here. Though I do seem to remember Jlo as being a big fan as well, so I think that's it OK Not quite a passing of the torch from someone like Selena, but she gave Selena a tribute she deserved... I think some of her fans really needed that tribute as a final goodbye/closure as her death was just so sudden and such a shock. I think that it really helped some to grieve.

I would add it to my singlist, but I don't think I could do her justice though with my current level of Spanish