Selena Gomez continues her tough girl streak as a car-jacking criminal in new action movie Getaway
By SHYAM DODGE
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She shattered her Disney princess image earlier this year with a gritty R-rated role in Spring Breakers.
And now Selena Gomez is taking her new-found gravitas a step further as she portrays a car-jacking street hood in upcoming action movie Getaway.
In new stills from on set of the film co-starring Ethan Hawke, the freshly 21-year-old actress can be seen making quite a dramatic departure from her once squeaky clean image.
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Hardened criminal: Selena Gomez plays a carjacker in the upcoming action movie Getaway
Getting serious: Selena holds onto Ethan Hawke as they narrowly escape an explosion
The crime story follows Hawke, 42, who plays a washed up race car driver Brent Magna, who is roped into helping out the mysterious man behind a chilling voice (Paul Freeman) when his wife is kidnapped.
But the real twist in plot - at least for fans of Wizards Of Waverly Place - comes in the form of a game-changing role for Selena.
The young actress stars as a character known only as The Kid, who inadvertently becomes Brent’s sidekick when she attempts to steal his vehicle.
Growing into herself: The 21-year-old is developing into a versatile actress
Thousand yard stare: Hawke plays a washed up race car driver who is forced to commit crimes to save his wife
Under fire: The two stars are placed in one life-threatening situation after another in the action-packed film
In the official trailer for the film, the pop singer is seen attempting to hold up Magna by gunpoint, whilst wearing a grey gangster hoodie.
But through a series of twists and turns in the narrative The Kid is soon aiding Magna in his quest to save the life of his spouse.
The Kid and Brent are involved in several car chases and fight sequences, including a scene depicting Selena tucking and rolling out of a moving vehicle.
Light it up: Selena flees from an explosion
Massive collisions: The film-makers boast that over 130 cars were totaled during shooting
The production boasts of wrecking 130 cars in the process of filming chase scenes, enough to warrant its own junkyard.
In a behind-the-scenes video provided by the film's website, Hawke explained: '[In] this movie you can tell some metal was scraped against some asphalt.'
While director and producer Courtney Solomon simply stated of the film: 'You get on a rollercoaster you've never been on before.'
And the director of photography Yaron Levy promised that everything you see on screen is real, explaining: 'There is no CG in the car scenes, everything is real.'
Sparks fly: Hawke's vehicle is sandwiched in between two malicious cars
Drive: Both actors look in shock after a series of unfortunate events
Hawke added: 'These guys are the best stunt team I've ever been with. These guys were testoterone mad... [We] wrecked a lot of cars.'
Getaway, which also stars Jon Voight, is scheduled for release on August 30.
Meanwhile, Selena is currently attempting to balance the many facets of her career as she released her chart topping album Stars Dance at the end of last month.
In addition, the popstrel was briefly linked with on/off beau Justin Bieber but things seemed to have cooled off once again.
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