Wizards of Waverly Place Mom Says She’s Proud of What Selena Gomez Has ‘Survived’

Selena Gomez lastly scored her Primetime Emmy nomination this 12 months for Solely Murders within the Constructing. And with a pair of Grammy nods already to her title as effectively, it’s clear Gomez is a Hollywood drive to be reckoned with, ever since her profession launched with early hits just like the Disney sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place. Famed actress Maria Canals-Barrera, who performs Gomez’s mother on the present, lately spoke to MovieWeb amid the discharge of her movie Seven Cemeteries, which additionally stars Danny Trejo. She opened up about Gomez and enjoying her TV mother on a present that’s now getting new life on Disney with a reboot, Wizards Past Waverly Place.

“I’m very pleased with all of the issues that she has survived and thrived by means of,” stated Canals-Barrera about Gomez. “I feel it’s actually superb. And naturally, I see that little lady once I see her face. And in addition with [co-star] David Henrie, I see that little boy nonetheless, , and I’m very pleased with them, very, very pleased with them.”

Canals-Barrera additionally confirmed that she’ll be taking pictures an episode of the Wizards reboot on November 4. “I did get to see a producer’s run-through of the pilot, and it was terrific,” she stated. “I’m very excited to be a part of the brand new sequel, which is predicated on [David’s character] Justin’s household and his spouse and his sons. And I feel it’s nice that it’s a complete new present peppered with who, , we’re because the household.”

Working with the ‘Icon’ Danny Trejo

Canals-Barrera additionally mirrored on the historical past of Wizards and the way the Harry Potter phenomenon performed such a key position in giving rise to her Disney present. And now, there’s Seven Cemeteries, the place her character Bruja wields her personal form of witchcraft.

“All through the years, I’ve had auditions for plenty of characters like this, and I’ve completed play readings the place they faucet into the entire Mexican, make-your-own form of medicinal brews, , which isn’t essentially tied to the occult — it’s simply form of like very, I assume, what is taken into account a pagan means of therapeutic,” she stated. “And, after all, there’s the Day of the Useless celebration, which honors the lifeless, so there’s lots of issues about loss of life that I’ve auditioned for. So I knew that form of world, and I’ve been to sure areas the place individuals discuss these sorts of potentialities of the afterlife.”

The veteran actress additionally spoke about her expertise co-starring with the long-lasting Trejo for his or her new supernatural Western movie laced with comedy:

“I used to be thrilled that he was the lead of this film as a result of he’s so attention-grabbing, and he’s bought this contradiction in that he’s so menacing wanting in a stereotypical means, , large tattoos. And he’s the sweetest individual, authentically candy, so heat and so gracious and actual and right down to earth. And I simply love that juxtaposition of the person, and so I get why he’s turn into this icon. He’s simply terrific.”

From Quiver Distribution, Seven Cemeteries is now obtainable on demand and digital. Wizards Past Waverly Place premieres Oct. 29, 2024.