Hi, I'm Zoe Saldana.

Hi, I'm Selena Gomez.

And this is the Wired.

Autocomplete Interview.

[Zoe laughing]

We did it.

[upbeat music]

We're just so weird at this.

It's so funny. [Zoe and Selena laughing]

[upbeat music]

Okay.

Where is Selena Gomez from?

Oh, Grand Prairie, Texas.

Aw.

How far is that from Fort Worth?

About 30 minutes.

Oh, wow.

So that was a big night out, if we'd go into the city.

[Producer] What's the most Texas thing about you?

The most Texas thing about me is my love

for fried food casseroles,

and the way I cannot stop saying y'all,

no matter how long I've been in LA.

[Zoe laughing]

It's like embedded in me at this point.

You do?

I've never heard you say y'all.

Well.

You're keeping it from us.

I always feel like, when it's like, what's up, y'all?

Like, that kind of thing, but when we're working, I mean,

I'm trying to be professional.

Oh my god, professional indeed.

Okay, who does Selena Gomez play in Emilia Perez?

I play Jessi.

She is very fierce, she deals with a lot of different stuff,

but she's, you know, really fun to play.

It was one of the coolest experiences,

and I think I learned a lot.

I'm still relatively new, I think, in that space,

so it was nice to be around people who made me feel safe

and comfortable to try things

that I'd never tried before. Yes, you were very, like,

quiet and sitting really quietly there in the corner.

Selena, we're ready for you,

and as soon as she would get on set

and Jacques would say action,

it was like this other creature would come out

and we're like.

[Selena laughing] It was insane, it was awesome.

[Selena] Aw, thanks.

[Zoe] Are Selena Gomez and Steve Martin friends?

Yes, I am friends with Steve and Marty,

and both of them have become, you know,

inspirations, role models in a way.

Yes.

They're really fun, you guys.

They're so much fun. You guys are kinda

like The Three Stooges.

It feels like that. [Zoe laughing]

I feel like I'm constantly living

in a comedy sketch with them.

It's the best feeling.

[Zoe] Can Selena Gomez speak Spanish?

I wish I was fluent.

Unfortunately I'm not.

Not yet.

Not yet.

You're right, I'm gonna say not yet.

Yeah, it was really fun, though, to be able to step back

into Spanish for this movie,

and I was fluent when I was younger,

but I started working at seven,

and that was mainly English-speaking roles,

so kind of bummed,

but it's also fun. So Barney

didn't speak Spanish?

No, it was dubbed. Boo, Barney!

I think it was dubbed, though.

[Selena laughing] It was dubbed.

It was dubbed.

Great.

You hold this. Okay.

[Selena] When did Zoe Saldana get married?

[Zoe laughing] Oh my God.

When you get to be my age, you tend to forget,

you know, years, but I, we got married the summer of 2013.

Aw.

We did it outside of the US,

'cause I was working on locations,

and my family happened to just arrive from, you know,

to spend the summer with us, and we thought,

well, my family's here, we just have to fly your folks,

and it was a very small wedding,

and it was just so beautiful.

Yes. That's so sweet.

And I had to ask for the day off,

'cause I didn't tell anybody, and then I realized that

I was on the schedule the day that we were gonna do it.

Yeah.

And I spoke to the AD and I said,

it was the funniest thing, I was like,

I'm so sorry, I know that this is out of the norm,

but can I ask for this day off?

The thing is, I'm getting married.

And I've never saw. [Zoe and Selena laughing]

They're like, what?

This man just went,

It needs to be done.

It needs to be done.

I'm like, thank you, and he did, he pulled it off, so I was

really happy about it. That's really sweet.

[Selena] Oh, is Zoe Saldana a singer?

In the shower.

No, in this movie.

What are you talking about? Yes, yes, yes.

You know, before Emilia Perez, I was very much

about singing in the shower, singing at home,

and then going to this karaoke spot

in LA called the Brass Monkey.

Have you ever been to the Brass Monkey?

No.

Like off of Wilshire, and I used to go and,

you know, with my friends and stuff, but that was it,

and then I had this curiosesity for it.

Emilia Perez just like, totally blew my mind.

And she raps a little, I'm just saying.

A little bit.

It's so good.

You hear that, guys?

I'm a rapper.

That's what it should be.

Oh, this I can always get, Zoe Saldana style.

I love that, 'cause you have the best style.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Thank you. Well, my stylist has the best style.

[Zoe laughing]

Yeah, no.

Don't you feel like your stylist?

I understand, yes.

It's a very, it's like, do I take this compliment?

You just have to show up and like, make sure

that you don't, you know, use a napkin if you eat

wearing the stuff and you don't like, rub it on your stuff.

No, but I, that makes me happy because I.

Yeah, that's very sweet.

I like that.

I, lately my style is more mommy style.

Aw.

It's like, it's jeans and whatever top isn't wrinkled.

Love that.

Okay, last one.

Zoe Saldana tattoos.

Ooh, okay.

I do have a lot, but I got savvy with making them

sort of in places where I can easily hide them with clothes.

However, throughout the years I'm just becoming

just bolder about like, I just wanna wear,

I just wanna get more tattoos.

[Selena] I love that.

But I do, I have a lot.

My grandma used to call me a newspaper.

[Selena chuckling] She goes,

You look like a newspaper,

and I'm like, okay. 'cause I have like writings all over.

Oh, I love that.

[Zoe] You do.

I have 15.

What?

You have more than me. Yeah.

Really?

Yes.

Selena Gomez, can Selena go, oh my God, drive?

Can Selena Gomez drive?

Yes, I actually really like to drive.

Are you kidding me?

Sometimes I just get in the car to drive.

That's it.

And all of my friends in LA, it is,

you know, mainly driving city, so.

Yeah.

Everything is 20 minutes away, which means 45.

[Zoe] Start her music career?

I'd say Barney again.

[Zoe and Selena laughing]

I, because I enjoyed both a lot.

It was really fun to sing and dance,

and that's kind of my background.

So I would say it all started then,

and then when I was about 14, 15,

oh, I released one of my songs called Naturally

and I remember it went number one on the dance charts,

or club charts. Oh wow.

And I was like, I'm not even

old enough to get in the club. Old enough.

But I was like, thank you.

That was so cool. [Zoe laughing]

How Selena Gomez built Rare Beauty.

Oh, that's a great question.

Oh, I actually love that.

I'm really.

Yes, so initially Rare Beauty came to mind when I thought

I could maybe step into a space that I really enjoyed,

however, knew nothing about.

[Zoe] Hmm.

And I wanted to create a brand that was easy to use,

that was really good products, and then before that

I kind of really started my Rare Impact Fund.

Through that we basically worked on the brand for,

you know, it's been five years.

It's the gift that keeps giving.

[Zoe gasping]

I'm just so grateful.

I have a great team.

I'm so happy, we've raised so much money

for mental health resources for across the world,

and I'm really proud.

That's amazing,

and good makeup. Thank you.

Yeah, I love it.

Good makeup.

Can Selena Gomez dance?

Can she dance? [Selena laughing]

Oh boy.

I don't know, it's kind of,

Girl.

Like not, I would say that you're a little sharper.

I can move, I'll say that.

I, no, I promise you that stuff looks

very intimidating. You look amazing.

It's, but also like you just, you look super,

like sexy dancing. Thanks.

It's very like.

Do I look like that?

No, not like that, but you look cool, you look cool.

I look technical, I'm like.

No, you, wait 'til you see her in this movie.

You'll see why we're arguing.

[Zoe laughing] You're incredible in this,

and I had to just get whiplash

for one of my numbers. [Zoe laughing]

Does Selena Gomez have tattoos?

We just discussed this.

Yes, I have 15 and I did the same thing you did.

I put them in, you know, strategic places.

Yeah.

And then others are just out there.

My back tattoo is one of my favorites.

It's a rose.

Yeah.

It's done by Bang Bang in New York.

Shout out.

Woo.

And yeah, that's all.

Are you done?

Do you think you're gonna get more tattoos?

I don't think I'm getting more right now.

Zoe. Okay.

All right.

Da da da da.

Now, ooh, what languages does Zoe Saldana speak?

Sorry, that's what I'm guessing.

Ah, okay.

Spanish, English, and now I've picked up some Italian

and when we were shooting Emilia,

I was able to pick up sometimes 30%

of what they were saying, and then when they would realize

that I was picking it up, they would get

really, really slangy so that I couldn't understand.

[Selena laughing]

Isn't that crazy?

That's actually really funny.

Who does Zoe Saldana play in Star Trek?

I feel like I don't know anything about Star Trek,

and I feel so bad though. [Zoe laughing]

It's okay, it's okay.

It's like, you were born like, 50 years later

after Star Trek. No.

I play Captain Uhura.

Okay.

And she's, as you know, linguist communicator.

That sounds really important.

Very important, yes.

She speaks alien languages, by the way.

That's cool.

Yes.

So then you should add that to your languages you speak.

Exactly, I speak Vulcan.

What sunglasses does Zoe Saldana wear in Lioness?

Oh wow.

How, that was, that came up in the search?

You guys wanna know that bad?

I believe they were RayBan.

Oh, nice.

The Aviators? Yeah.

Yep. Love classic.

It's the CIA, you know, sunglasses.

[Zoe laughing] Love that.

[Zoe] What is Selena Gomez lucky number?

Oh, I think when I was younger, I used to say seven

because it's, my birthday's 7/22.

Uh huh.

And I was born like a similar time,

so I think it was seven, but I said that when I was young.

I don't know if I have one now.

[Zoe] What is Selena Gomez favorite movie?

Oh, that's so hard.

Because you have like 10, like I am the same way.

I've said One True Thing, I've said Almost Famous.

I've said, oh, I mean, I loved American Hustle and.

So good.

You said When Harry Met Sally as well.

Oh yeah, that was one of.

There's too many, I'm sorry guys.

[Zoe] What is Selena Gomez, Selena Gomez's?

Okay.

Selena Gomez favorite snack.

What's your favorite snack?

Pickles.

Ooh, you are such a Texan.

Oh my God. I know, fried pickles,

to be exact. Really, fried pickles?

Yeah, sliced.

I never got into the fried pickles, but I can understand.

I don't know how we can be friends.

[Zoe laughing]

Well, spending four months this past summer in Texas.

Yeah.

Oh yeah. And either you're

eating pickles or you're drinking pickle juice in the heat.

It's true.

The sodium. And that blew my mind, yes.

It's very good.

It blew my mind.

Yeah.

It's such a Texan thing.

What is Selena Gomez favorite blush shade?

Ooh, Joy, and there's one called Happy as well,

but those two are like a nice pinky nude

and I really enjoy those colors.

Oh, nice.

That's what I use all the time.

Here we go.

Oh my God, there's more.

I thought that was it.

How did Zoe Saldana change the world?

By being amazing. I.

[Zoe laughing]

You and my mom seem to think so.

Aw.

No, I, that's just bizarre you guys.

I'm not changing the world.

The world is changing me.

[Selena] Is Zoe Saldana in Guardians 3?

Yes, but I'm not a Guardian anymore.

I'm a Ravager.

Oh, what does that mean?

I don't know.

Okay.

Well she belongs to like another crew

and they ravage the universe, I guess.

[Zoe laughing]

I don't know. Oh, okay.

I like that.

But it was pretty cool.

It was pretty cool playing it.

Okay.

Ooh, is Zoe Saldana in a James Bond movie?

No.

People confuse me a lot with other actresses

like Thandiwe Newton and I've gotten once,

once I got Halle Berry.

So maybe that's why people think that, and that's okay,

but I've never been in a James Bond movie.

You would be sick.

You would be.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

What are you talking about?

I'm like, too small, I think.

Are you kidding me?

Like I'm too, like little, for some reason.

You would kill in a James Bond movie.

[Selena and Zoe laughing]

Okay, maybe.

[Producer] I think it came up because you said

you would wouldn't mind directing one.

Yes, that's what it is.

Okay, maybe one day.

Like, would you direct one day?

I would.

I just, I don't know if I'm there yet.

Not yet, I'm not there yet, I.

But that would be cool.

But right, it would be amazing if you have like,

a really good crew and you are, you find a good story

that you want to say.

I would love to direct, and I just think it's great

when women, you know, step outside of, you know, the mold

that has always been established for them,

and I love when women kick ass

and they're in like an action driven sort of genres.

I just think it's so bold and awesome.

So maybe, maybe like to do like a James Bond

or a Heat kind of movie.

I would love that.

I love that.

Oh, was Zoe Saldana in Drumline?

Aw, yes, it was a movie that.

Oh, I know, I remember.

What do you mean?

You were like an itty bitty.

This, it was so fun and I, funny thing about that,

I auditioned for that movie two months after 9/11

and I didn't wanna get on a plane.

I was so scared to get on a plane.

So I drove from New York all the way to Atlanta to do it

'cause I had booked a movie and I just drove there

and it was beautiful, 'cause it was like the first road trip

I had taken across the United States,

and it was amazing. Yeah.

And it was like the first time I had Chick-fil-A.

Oh, that's so cute. [Zoe laughing]

It blew my mind.

I was like,

What are these cows on billboards?

Well, that's all the boards.

Thanks for having us.

Have a good night,

or day. Bye.

Wherever you are in the world.

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