Selena Gomez had a shaky time at the box office over the course of 2013.
The singer and actress received solid marks for her turn in writer-director Harmony Korine’s crime drama Spring Breakers . Unfortunately, Selena Gomez followed up this critically-acclaimed endeavor with director Courtney Solomon’s decidedly generic thriller Getaway .
The film told the story of former race car driver who has to satisfy the demands of a madman while trapped behind the wheel of a car. Selena Gomez eventually pops up as a tough-as-nails rich girl looking to retrieve her stolen ride. As you may already have guessed, she gets swept up in the villain’s nefarious plot.
Although Selena Gomez is a solid actress in the right setting, you’d never know it from watching Getaway . Fans might defend her performance until the bitter end, but it should come as no big surprise that the singer’s performance scored her a nomination .
Selena Gomez told the Latino Times that she decided to do Getaway to prove that she is capable of handing different roles. Since she’s pigeonholed as a pop star, Gomez wanted to show producers that she isn’t just another pretty face from the magical land of Disney.
“Obviously, when I try to get hired, people are going to look at me a little differently and that’s a little frustrating. That’s why I do have to show up at the house and knock on the door and audition for them, prove to people that I can do this, I promise, if they’ll give me a chance,” Selena explained to the website last year.
She continued, “That’s a little hard, but it’s OK, it kind of feels like I’m starting all over again, which is fun. And then I feel like I’ve earned the part as opposed to just it being given.”
Gomez definitely stepped out of her comfort zone with Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers , a film that found the singer strutting around in a bikini while interacting with a host of sleazy characters. Unfortunately, her follow-up performance in Getaway was definitely a little lacking.
The Inquisitr previously reported that fellow singer Lady Gaga also scored a Razzie nomination for her turn in Robert Rodriguez’s lackluster sequel Machete Kills . Although Selena Gomez might find comfort in that news, chances are it doesn’t soothe the sting of getting singled out by the Razzies.
Do you think Selena Gomez deserved a Razzie nomination for her turn in director Courtney Solomon’s Getaway ? Was her performance really that bad?