Did JLO Lip Sync In Selena?

With over 21,000 candidates in contention, the audition process for "Selena" was, of course, an intense one. Per the behind-the-scenes doc, Jennifer Lopez was required to put on a display of her singing, dancing and acting abilities for the casting directors. Eventually, she won them and the singer's family over with her movement and body language, which were thought to be strikingly evocative of Selena's own.

Then, as with every music biopic, there was the question of whose voice we'd hear in the actual movie. Given that Lopez was (at the time) not yet as experienced a singer as she was a dancer and actress (via AmoMama), and that the movie was being made soon after Selena's death and would be expected to honor her craft (via Grazia), the filmmakers made the sensible decision to let Selena's own singing voice shine. The extensive, impassioned lip-syncing proved challenging for Lopez, who struggled to handle the microphone realistically in stage performance scenes. The one moment in which she got to actually sing was the slow intro to "Como la Flor" (via PopSugar). Ultimately, though, Lopez aced all of the movie's challenges with flying colors, earning widespread acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (via IMDb).

More recently, Netflix's hit biopic miniseries "Selena: The Series" also had its star Christian Serratos lip-sync to the singer's original recordings. Selena's voice is just that irreplaceable.