Selena Gomez Meets Saoirse Ronan to Discuss Child Stardom, ‘Sexy and Raw’ Characters and How ‘The Outrun’ Depicts Addiction
variety.comActors on Actors subjects did their homework this time around — but Selena Gomez may win the prize for most prepared. As she sat down, the “Emilia Pérez” performer clutched a phone on which she had pages of questions she intended to ask Saoirse Ronan, star of “Blitz” and “The Outrun.” Both films provided Gomez material.
In “The Outrun,” Ronan is at the center of the frame as a woman recovering from alcohol addiction; in “Blitz,” she plays the supporting role of a mother trying to reunite with her young son in bombed-out World War II London.
Gomez herself is in the supporting actress race with Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” in which she plays a young mother who seeks answers and independence after her spouse (played by Karla Sofía Gascón) mysteriously disappears. SELENA GOMEZ: This is my first time, everybody. SAOIRSE RONAN: I can tell, because you’ve got all your notes.
Now I’m getting nervous: “Oh, God, I should have made notes.” GOMEZ: No, no. If I’m to be honest, you have a much more interesting acting career than I do. RONAN: You’ve come very prepared.
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