Selena: The Series | Behind The Moment: Making Of The Amor Prohibido Music Video | Netflix

In this episode, discover how one of the most iconic music videos of Selena y Los Dinos, Amor Prohibido, was recreated for Selena: The Series. From the comments of Hiromi Kamata, the director, to those of Rodrigo Basurto, the choreographer. Go from the wardrobe anecdotes, to the props, or how the incomparable setting of Joshua Tree National Park, in California, USA, was recreated in Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico. The second season of Selena: The Series arrives on May 4, only on Netflix.
Behind The Moment offers an inside look at what went into the preparation and filming for some of the most unforgettable scenes in Selena: The Series.
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[@jezzelefajardo8886]

The last episode of Season 2 made me bawl my eyes out. 😭😭😭

[@Hisdaughter85]

I watched it this morning and was the same, it was a hard watch

[@shaungerald23]

I think it was a better ending than the movie. Having her smile and fade into the darkness. Sad but beautiful at the same time.

[@alyssasehn]

YO SAME 😭

[@dante7273]

I still haven't watched it

[@dannyb20vtec28]

My mom would have been so stoked for this, she loved Selena. Rip momma

[@ferniefernandoortiz1242]

I’m sorry for your loss

[@MansterrHigh]

Aww🌹💕 con tanto amor

[@chrisstaley682]

Same with me. I get emotional thinking of all the love of Selena my mom and I also shared. I know how u feel.

[@dannyb20vtec28]

Chris Staley thanks for all the love guys... she was a white girl , but spoke fluent Spanish she was with my dad for 20 years before she passed and she had me when she was 18 and I still remember me being in a car seat and her jamming out to Selena. And us watching the movie.. good times. Take care guys

[@glopan12345]

I feel same for my grandma :(

[@marcydarcyyy]

I just watched season 2 and I’m just devastated all over again. It’s all so unfair, she was such a beautiful person who was loved not just be her fans but her family. It’s like she was the glue that held everyone together and I’m just so sad for them because they have to live without her.

[@downtownswingin]

Christian did an awesome job! It’s hard to replicate a timeless classic song and music video. I think Selena herself would be proud.

[@mayacampos100]

yes I agree ! i’m tired of people saying “she doesn’t have selena’s body movements” it’s not easy to replicate exactly what someone is doing

[@sierra7119]

Season two is gonna be sad because we all know what’s gonna happen :( Christian nailed it this time around .

[@EvanTomiko]

Amor Prohibido...this is when I heard Selena for the first time when she was alive. Selena lives forever 💕

[@cassac1800]

Everyone did amazing job...Christian did great in this series...Beautiful way to pay tribute...and yet show new fans on who Selena truly was...always in our hearts...

[@exceedindreaming7226]

She did such a great job as Selena!! They all acted so well I love this series and cast

[@j69confessional]

That’s so cool they filmed in Mexico! And the whole crew seems to be local!! Makes me appreciate the show even more!

[@lilianamedina1724]

She really does embody selena's spirit. I teared up watching this mini clip. It took me back to my fanatic self when I was little. I can't wait to see!!!

[@caomhan84]

That was my first reaction. The little smiles, the winks, the overall sweetness... She either studied footage very close, or she's blending part of her natural demeanor with her acting. Either way, she's got it. She might look different, but the spirit shines through.

[@EvanTomiko]

Making this series wonderful with a pandemic event makes me appreciate it more.

[@bigboy0494]

Thank you guys for all of your hard work, keeping her memory alive forever! Siempre Selena 🎤❤️

[@Travelsandmore333]

I wonder if Selena’s family has footage of the behind the scenes of the original Selena video? 😭

[@nobodyyouknow_968]

I hope they have..or maybe on EMI latin production

[@nunyabizniss3131]

That would be bomb ass

[@iamm.c1980]

for sure they have

[@a.c9369]

@@nobodyyouknow_968 they have. Search for selena quintanilla puro tejano. Puro tejano is a show who covered a lot of selena's behind the scenes

[@nobodyyouknow_968]

@@a.c9369 amor prohibido?i thought its only in nome queda mas?

[@jujub4553]

Christian did/does an amazing job as Selena. I really love Selena the Series. It’s sooo good

[@Hisdaughter85]

Everyone did such an amazing job with recreating the music video, one of my favourite parts of the series 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@amandabahma9700]

I love Selena and all of her music. She was an idol everyone could look up to. I even looked up to her. She’s a great tejano singer. R I P Selena.

[@MelaninMuva]

Probably my favorite Selena song!

[@caomhan84]

Christian is gorgeous and has the perfect sweet demeanor to play this part. The haters are being silly.

[@lovelive2216]

Makes me so proud to be Mexican American!!! RIP Queen Selena 💜👑 🇲🇽💚🇲🇽🤍🇲🇽❤️

[@BlendedBarbieDoll]

Reading these comments I’m glad to hear season 2 was better. I’ll finished season 1 now and start season 2 RIP Selena we love and miss you

[@antoine9379]

Goosebumps and a heavy heart after watching this, I can't wait for the season 2 !!!!

[@nunyabizniss3131]

This is the coolest shit EVER..I LIVE for the recreated videos and recreated promotional pictures...Spot on Mrs Christin :)😍

[@loveinspired7]

Thank goodness she's beginning to look more like Selena now! She looks great at this video shoot! It's because of her "later" costumes...definitely. I can't wait to see this!

[@nunyabizniss3131]

She is...can tell she IS NOT THE Selena but she NOW can pass for Selena's little sister or cousin or something

[@gilbertmagana9787]

I want this music video scene in my back yard when I’m rich one day!

[@marleneram3526]

Why your back yard

[@gilbertmagana9787]

So I can react the music video over and over

[@tokermendoza3344]

I love Christian Serratos 😍

[@taiipotatoie]

Our queen was taken from us so soon. It always gets me emotional hearing her music and seeing her videos ;-; I wish she were alive today.

[@greg.pridgen85]

Omg I love this!!! The looks are on POINT

[@JoseGarcia-xp8fm]

Hiromi Kamata thanks for everything...it looks just like the real thing..everyone always gives a shout out to the actors but in this case I'm hollering at Hiromi because she is doing an amazing job.. but yes ok even the actors lol. Thanks Hiromi 👍👍

[@Ummm0735]

I Love Christian She did amazing!! Much love to the Queen Of Tejano Music Selena 💜

[@rocionavarro2310]

She was a beautiful person. 🥺😭😭🎤🎤🌹🌹

[@henrycavill799]

Hello dear ✋

[@lovelylayla2803]

@@henrycavill799 👉🏽🚪

[@henrycavill799]

That is my email account contact me ever again okay

[@henrycavill799]

@Alwaysbehappy_Love hello dear ✋❣️❣️

[@thomasjaymedrano3796]

Agree

[@idkbri]

I CANT WAITTTTTT ITS TOMMORE EKKKKKKK I CANT WAIT TO CRY SO MUCH ILY FLY HIGH SELENA

[@jessicabrown3568]

I think Christian did a good job the series is so long though but she did a good job on playing her its not about who can be like her or be her its about keeping her spirit alive and memories alive as well. Can any of you be selena or act like her? NO you cant!! We wouldnt even know who she was if it wasnt for her familia!! We have an opinion but also keep your negative thoughts about who plays her cause cant nobody look like her but Selena Quintanilla Perez herself May god bless!! In a sense i am a fan of hers i know all her songs as well even though im not mexican i learn them all!!

[@jessicabrown3568]

@Alwaysbehappy_Love your welcome im tired of people saying that these actors dont look like her. Does it even matter though!! I love selena alot but that doesnot mean im going to be her or try to be her. I was 8 when she died and i be damn if someone tries to criticize that lady Christian for doing her job as Selena get over it ppl

[@sel_strangerthings4766]

IM READY FOR THIS

[@ashrick718]

This must of been soooooooo fun to reenact. She did an amazing job

[@arthurmjjbr5373]

Anxious for it!

[@raquel1658]

Thank you Christian, thank you for your hard work for the fans❣❣❣❣

[@j3rzyboy]

Ugh I can’t wait 😁😁😁

[@domm4633]

She looks way more like the real Selena in this season compared to the first season.

[@krista.8313]

fr

[@eddyawesomes]

It's because the first season had old looks that were not as popular. People were expecting all the iconic looks right out the gate. It's called story telling ppl!

[@iamedwardblack]

3 SELENAS IS AMAZING !!! I AM BEYOND EXCITED FOR S. 4 🌹📺🌐 💃🏻 🎶🎤💯🙏🏽🛐🧿👸🏻

[@lovelylayla2803]

@Alwaysbehappy_Love Season 2 is already out it’s so great but I agree season 3 wasn’t even made yet 💀

[@lovergurl2179]

Honey there isn’t gonna be a season 4

[@ZPGraphicDesigner]

Is so amazing how the did this so incredibly with a world pandemic on their heads. Great job cast and crew!!!!

[@alejandraalvarado997]

💜😍 💜 Me encanta

[@elizabethjovel1873]

I love it ❤️❤️❤️

[@shannonwongsopawiro4412]

Nice, can’t wait for season 2!!!!

[@nytesoul3838]

Love they used the most iconic looks though ❤

[@angelmua9188]

Wowww

[@Guzluvtaco8]

Just when you thought they couldn't bring enough hot male actors for the series, they bring Amor Prohibido dude 😘

[@urielt7]

Whose hot?

[@elirodri835]

Stop it they’re all fugly

[@lilithpeachy7721]

@@elirodri835 not the guy playing Chris

[@lovelylayla2803]

@@elirodri835 Not Selena or the dude who played Chris 💀

[@2102ana]

It was really good 🤍✨

[@jordanyeager9220]

Dam! They nailed this! I hope they cover "bidi bidi bom bom"!

[@diegolimon6351]

Christian looks a lot like Selena in this music video🤩✨👏🏼🎬!!!! Can’t wait to see Part 2💜😁🍿!!!!!!

[@leiaskywalker4216]

Awesome job everyone. I love this 😍

[@henrycavill799]

Hello dear

[@robertabasheer9526]

I agree. Everyone is being so rude with this actress. She did an amazing job.

[@cami8209]

Solo un día más para ver esta hermosa serie

[@alisonclarke1127]

Classic song classic music video I love Selena

[@mariolarios9677]

Excelente

[@user-zk5cv2bq1f]

I can’t wait for season 2 and I think they are doing great and doing their best but to make it even better you guys should so more emotion

[@juliadrury9045]

love this show so so much

[@j.lsenceve]

El carisma de la cara de selena eso es lo que falta.

[@ehianoctaviomorahernandez2624]

Qué buena noticia.😁👍

[@PerritoMestro]

Selena brillante estrella eterna en el paraíso de dios perdurable admiración para ella con todo todito mi corazón

[@thelifeismusic1519]

Wow

[@officialdropnation]

❤️ thanks for the support!

[@girlypop04]

What

[@misheru88]

THIS IS MUCH BETTER THAN JLO. VERY NATURAL. AFTER I WATCHED THIS NETFLIX UNTIL NOW I CAN'T MOVE ON. I ALWAYS BROWSE KZbin JUST TO REMEMBER HER

[@mariolarios9677]

Que padre

[@tabularasaconfirmed]

Whoever edited this to look and sound like a video made in 90s deserves a raise

[@broadwaymike92]

Both Christian and J Lo did such an amazing job honoring this incredible woman and her legacy!!!

[@christiphergarmendia8196]

Thank you Chris I love you

[@juliadrury9045]

Christian killed it💜

[@tinyshawn1991]

hngh I finished the series yesterday. so sad and beautiful ❤️🥺

[@70smusicjunkie]

I just finished it and I’m sad all over again it’s devastating what the family went through and is still going through years later

[@chrisstaley682]

@netflix thanks for this show. Christian does her so much justice.

[@iAmAlexRafael]

♥️

[@LeslieLopez-uo1qu]

Better be more series on Selena Netflix great work

[@jesusburgos1255]

They should do a spin off of A.B

[@lisalobe9665]

I can’t take her seriously playing Selena. Selena was not a white looking Latina.

[@Rockysp24]

But she's Mexican American

[@thismeowbunnybitch5901]

I might see it right now i am watching Selena the series

[@thismeowbunnybitch5901]

Yup indeed I agree

[@marth.a]

nice

[@sotoscoop]

Lifetime vibes

[@selenamonroe3807]

This is magical , it's like reviving Selena Amor Prohibido again go back to that time like if there was a hope of a new start with Selena living up until this day🌹🌹🌹 The series means a lot for me as s Selena fan and this actresses transmits Selena youth spirit, smile, happiness , joy and natural beauty , feels like watching Selena once again after all this years of grief 💯

[@apriladams988]

I loved the series and Christian did a fantastic job! What people don’t get is she ain’t gonna look exactly like Selena there is only one Selena, Christian did her justice and I enjoyed it! it is a hard to replicate people, Christian did her best and she did fantastic it’s not always be down to a T.

[@abiola107]

I miss Selena best ever 💞💞💞

[@henrycavill799]

Hello dear

[@nathalyasanchez157]

Wow , me , gusta , eso ,

[@tayjones8552]

I bet Christian had fun shooting this!

[@mariolarios9677]

Saludos

[@rociorodriguez9327]

JESSE POSEY... SUPER ME ENCANTA EL ARTISTA QUE HACE EL PAPEL DE CHRIS PEREZ....EL MEJOR GUITARRISTA DEL MUNDO.......ESPOSO DE SELENA....LAS MELODIAS MUSICALES TOCADAS POR CHRIS PEREZ HABLAN POR SI SOLAS....UFFF...GENIAL

[@emilycontreras8546]

When part two came out I watched it in one day

[@alitzeleuropa9815]

Keeping working hard

[@henrycavill799]

Hello dear

[@stressmuffin]

I think that Christian looks exactly like Selena a lot of times on the show. I heard that the men’s shirts Selena wore in this video is really Chris’s shirts. In 1994-95, I used to wear some of my dad’s old clothes from the 1970’s, & mix them up with feminine pieces, like bodysuits, heeled boots, chokers. Whatever early-mid ‘90’s feminine pieces I have in my house! Selena was ahead of her time fashion wise.

[@angelalove_]

Everything about this series is so much better than the movie.

[@TJC390]

Maybe the fact that it tells a fuller story is better, but the acting, the lip syncing & the performances leave a lot to be desired. I don’t hate this show, but I’m disappointed in it. They could’ve done so much more, did it better.

[@doitright868]

Anything for Selena

[@TheLaurkenGroup]

I binged watched both seasons of the series. I liked it better than the movie, but I’d like to think that Selena was less simplistic than characterized. Her ambition and talent obviously indicated depth. I would have liked to have seen that highlighted, but I didn’t know her, so maybe that wasn’t in her wiring. That could’ve been who she was....and wasn’t. All accounts indicate she was very sweet and loving, but rather naive in many ways. I think things might have been different if she would’ve been less emotionally dependent on her family. But that was ALL she knew. They were talented and driven, but they depended on her voice, appeal & song interpretation and she depended almost solely on their support in all aspects of her life. It seemed very confining. I know control was an issue, but perhaps if they would have allowed properly vetted pros in to help with ALL aspects of their enterprise, the Selena story might be different. Just a thought. The actress portraying Selena did a fine job. Their body types were a bit different, but there were a few times in mid range shots where I thought they’d actually interspersed shots of Selena.

[@mariolarios9677]

Hola

[@urielt7]

Looks like she didn’t have someone to direct her mistakes and let her know what she was doing wrong like smiling throughout the video.

[@urielt7]

Alwaysbehappy_Love as a hardcore Selena fan I would’ve appreciate more effort on her part. Seems like she was more excited for the shoot to be done

[@TJC390]

Plain & simple, she half assed it and no one else cared. I do like Christian in other things she’s done, but something is missing with this show.

[@decruzfamily7511]

Me to no cap

[@fern5470]

3:30 background vocals wow

[@genrod-gal7265]

Sorry but this is the Walmart version. I mean it’s not going to be exactly 100% but she could of learned the song better so her lips matched the words.

[@eenchantress5113]

Her body is so hourglass ❤

[@patriciorodriguez1020]

If the director would love the song as much as she does she could have taken better care of the lipsync

[@nicolefitzgerald1722]

Real talk.

[@yoharimarie]

Was that christian actually singing in the background at 3:30 because if it was then wow 😆

[@FANNTV101]

This is her biggest thing in her acting Carrier

[@alexgzz7672]

She can’t even act 😭😭

[@evelynramirezgomez6818]

The series would have been so much better if they put original videos like the interviews. And award ceremonies

[@steelstreet3765]

I am 42 and still watching while some of the people under 39 failed!

[@fercho3689]

Also, I’d wish Christina knew the lyrics and try to sing them to look more realistic

[@nicolefitzgerald1722]

I thought it was only me that noticed. But she did a good job though.

[@TJC390]

The lip syncing was really off. She didn’t know the words & tried to make up for it by smiling too much. Selena didn’t do that.

[@elirodri835]

I know it was so cringe!!

[@mountopia77]

Rip