Selena Gomez Talks SPRING BREAKERS, BEHAVING BADLY, GETAWAY with Ethan Hawke and More. From writerdirector Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers shows another, even seedier side of the seasonal American ritual known as spring break, which draws hordes of college students to the Florida coast and elsewhere, each year. When best friends Brit Ashley Benson, Faith Selena Gomez, Candy Vanessa Hudgens and Cotty Rachel Korine decide to go on their own spring break adventure, their lack of funds leads them down a path straight to local rapperdrug pusherarms dealer Alien James Franco, who lures them away from the party of a lifetime into the criminal underbelly that they may never escape from. At the films press day, actress Selena Gomezspoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about why this script intrigued her and made her want to sign on, what she learned from the experience that she wishes she could go back and tell herself on the first day of filming, how nervous she was about Harmony Korines more improvisational style, how much they rehearsed and talked about scenes ahead of time versus being in the moment, what it was like to work with so many non actors in the film, seeing the film for the first time at the Venice Film Festival, and how this experience has influenced where shed like to go next, with her career. She also talked about whether shed like to do a big comic book movie, who she plays in Behaving Badly, working with Ethan Hawke on Getaway, and why she wants to share a mutual respect with her fans. Check out what she had to say after the jump. Collider  When your mom gave you this script and wanted you to take a look at this role, what was your initial reaction to it  Was it something that you immediately felt like you should do SELENA GOMEZ  I was intrigued because I wasnt familiar with Harmony Korines work, so I was interested in why my mom really loved the script. And then, we watched all of his movies together and I watched a couple of his interviews, and I just got extremely excited. I thought this was a great way to throw me into a huge acting camp, basically. It was going to be a low budget indie. Harmony was giving us opportunities to improv, and he let us play. Thats really refreshing and rare. It was an actors dream, in a way. Did you see it as the perfect next step, since you get to get your feet wet in the R rated film world while still playing a character thats the heart of the film GOMEZ  Yeah, I think it was a good character choice. It was the right role to do. I think the girls just completely kill it, in what they do. Theyre so incredible in it. But, Faith was someone that I completely relate to and have this vulnerability towards. I just care about her. Since you got thrown into the deep end with this film, what did you learn from the experience that you wish you could go back and tell yourself, on the first day of filming GOMEZ  Yeah, to just not be in my head as much. I was definitely one of those actors, where I was just critiquing every single thing I did and making sure I had every line down pat. Harmony just really wanted to throw that all away. He never wanted me to be in my mind. Thats what I definitely appreciate. It allowed me to go to these places that I didnt really think I could go to. Not just saying the bad thing, but more the emotional scenes that I had to give myself to, in a bikini and in that way. And then, having James Francos character come was just really frightening. So, if anything, Ive just learned to not be in my head as much, to just take it as it goes, and just to be in your surroundings and work off of that. Did it help that you, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Benson had been friendly, before doing this, so that you were already comfortable with each otherGOMEZ  Yeah. To be honest, I didnt know them as well, so I was a little nervous, at first. But, I got really lucky. You put four girls in a movie and it could be crazy, but they were so sweet and we had the best time. It was important for the movie that we were friends, as well. Did you take to the improvisational style that Harmony Korine encourages, or were you nervous about that GOMEZ  I was nervous, but it was all happening as we were going. When we were doing the bathroom scene and I was actually lying on Vanessas lap, I was sitting there and she was playing with my hair and Harmony just said, Why dont you describe the town that youre from  So, I started explaining the town. Watch Lavender Online Forbes. And then, he said, Talk about the really bad, hard parts of where you grew up. So, I just started talking about the streetlights and the one gas station, and that became a monologue in the movie. It was really cool because it was more of a natural, organic thing that was happening. It was almost like I was telling Harmony my story, through Faith. It was great  I had a great time. How much did you guys rehearse and talk about the scenes before filming versus really finding it in the moment GOMEZ  I would say its safe to say that 6. Harmony envisioned and wanted. For the rest, we were thrown in real situations. It was every day that it would happen, though. Harmony would find something a lightpost or a gas station or a convenience store and hed walk in and ask, Can we film here, and theyd say, Okay. And then, wed walk in and hed say, The lights are great, so maybe sing a song, or just say nothing and look at each other really intensely. It was really cool. We definitely got to do a little bit of both. This movie was made with a lot of real people who were not actors. What was that like, in comparison to the way movies are typically made GOMEZ  These are four college girls, going to Florida and meeting random Floridians on spring break and having a great time going crazy, so that helped because I felt like I got to know these people there and see how they lived their life. Some people werent from there, and some people had lived there for their entire life. Just hearing stories really helped the mood, too. It was cool.   It added an element that was really special to all of us and our reactions and how it felt. Because this was such a new and different experience for you, what was your reaction to seeing the finished film for the first timeAOL Radio Stations Free Internet Radio. On Air. Fresh 4. 0. The 4. 0 hottest songs on AOL Radio right now On Air. Top Country. 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