Selena Gomez opens up about landing her role in Only Murders in the Building

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Just days before the second season of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building debuts, Selena Gomez is opening up about her character.The 29-year-old actress stars alongside comedy legends Steve Martin, 76, and Martin Short, 72 in the series, which returns for Season 2 on June 28.The actress spoke with the Awards Chatterpodcast, where she revealed that her character was actually originally envisioned as a male.

Opening up:Just days before the second season of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building debuts, Selena Gomez is opening up about her character New season:The 29-year-old actress stars alongside comedy legends Steve Martin, 76, and Martin Short, 72 in the series, which returns for Season 2 on June 28Martin co-created the series with John Hoffman, though landing Short was essential to getting Martin to come aboard as a star.'My understanding is that Steve said he wouldn’t be in it unless Marty was in it,' Gomez began. 'So we got Marty and that was the beginning before I was involved.

Steve met with John Hoffman and they spoke and it was actually some of the producers’ collective idea of having a female but not only a female, someone completely generations off.

And Steve said he loved the idea and thought it was really fun,' she added. Essential:Martin co-created the series with John Hoffman, though landing Short was essential to getting Martin to come aboard as a starThe series follows Charles-Haden Savage (Martin), a former TV drama series star, Oliver Putnam (Short), a struggling Broadway director, and Mabel Mora (Gomez), a young woman renovating an apartment in their building, The Arconia.The first season followed this unlikely trio, who discover they're all true crime superfans...