Growing up in a part of Texas he calls “Selena country,” Jaime Dávila inevitably became a lifelong fan of the singer-songwriter.
Thus, the Campanario Entertainment president’s role as exec producer of a new series about Selena’s life, family and career has been a long time coming.But Selena’s life is not a story untold.
Indeed, 25 years after her death, it remains a subject of not just enduring but growing fascination. To do it justice, and give fans something new, Dávila wanted to focus on Selena’s rise and the world she came up in.
To “get the true story and to really understand the emotions of what it took,” Dávila says, the show takes a hyper linear approach, showing Selena’s birth and the first moments when her father recognized her.
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