Selena's director Gregory Nava later claimed that shooting one of the scenes, where Lopez performed as Quintanilla-Pérez to a 35,000-strong crowd in Houston "gave her the idea to have a musical career because before that, she hadn't thought of it". It was also the first time Lopez's name was mentioned in the same sentence as the Academy Awards – although in the end no nomination came her way.
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