I signed my life to Disney at a very young age

Selena Gomez’s new job with Hulu is a far cry from her Disney Channel days.

The multi-hyphen stars in upcoming streamer “Only Murders in the Building” opposite Steve Martin and Martin Short and said during the TCA Summer 2021 tour that she turned to the role because of her role. maturity.

“I surrendered my life to Disney at a very young age and didn’t know what I was doing,” she said. “What I would say is the level of sophistication of the material is the number one reason I wanted to do this.”

Now 29, Gomez admitted that she acted like a child would while working on Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place”.

“I was just running on the set,” she added.

Gomez hasn’t been on the set of a TV show since the end of “Wizards of Waverly Place” in 2012, so she joked that she was a “sponge” trying to “soak up all the stuff. wisdom ”of his comedy co-stars.

“It’s really nice to be back on TV and it’s nice to be presented as my real age, which never happens,” Gomez added, later admitting: “I don’t know if I’m a good actor, I just do my job.

Despite the self-mockery of the founder of Rare Beauty, Martin, 75, and Short, 71, praised Gomez’s performance in their upcoming comedy, Martin gushing that “when Selena is on screen the show is high and more mysterious. The camera loves it.

Short added: “Selena is basing it all in this dry and hilarious delivery. It was a dream to work with this brilliant young lady.

“Only Murders in the Building” premieres August 31 on Hulu.