Selena Gomez may have a new romance brewing!
28.03.2023 - 14:41 / etcanada.com
Fans were not wrong to pick up on queer undercurrents in “The Wizards of Waverly Place”.
On the “Wizards of Waverly Pod”, Peter Murrieta, showrunner on the Disney Channel series in its first three years, confirmed longtime theories about Alex Russo’s sexuality.
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Since the show aired, many fans have speculated about the strong chemistry between the lead character, played by Selena Gomez, and her friend on the show, Stevie Nichols, played by Hayley Kiyoko.
“I wished we could have played more with what was quite obvious to a lot of us, which was the relationship between Stevie and Alex,” Murrieta told podcast host, and former “Wizards” star Jennifer Stone.
“We weren’t able to in that time, but it was pretty clear to all of us what that relationship was,” he added. “That would have been fun.”
Stone commented, “If it was just a few years down the line, we maybe could have played with that.”
David DeLuise, her co-host and the actor who played Jerry Russo on the show, added that “nowadays that could happen” on the Disney Channel.
“Disney Channel has had [LGBT+] characters, and they did it, but we got as close as we could,” Murrieta recalled. “Pretty close. It was pretty much there.”
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Last year, in an interview with Them, Kiyoko talked about playing Stevie on the show before she came out publicly herself.
“At this time, I wasn’t openly queer, and so when I was on ‘Wizards’, I think anytime I was doing a show I felt very insecure or exposing myself as a flaming lesbian,” the recalled. “But obviously [for] the fans who have watched the show, Stevie
Selena Gomez may have a new romance brewing!
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-Stevie shippers, your theory has been confirmed. Peter Murrieta, head writer and executive producer of Wizards of Waverly Place, just revealed that Alex Russo, played by Selena Gomez on the popular Disney sitcom, was supposed to be bisexual.Murrieta, who worked on the first three seasons of the show, revealed this information on the Wizards of Waverly Pod, hosted by Jennifer Stone and David DeLuise, who played Alex's best friend and dad, respectively. When asked what storyline he wishes he could have done, he said, "Easy, easy, easy, easy.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Peter Murrieta served as an executive producer and the head writer of Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” for its first three seasons, and he confirmed on the latest episode of the “Wizards of Waverly Pod” podcast that it was the creative team’s intention to make Selena Gomez’s main character openly bisexual. Gomez’s Alex had several male love interests during the show’s run, including Mason (Gregg Sulkin) and Dean Moriarty (Daniel Samonas), but Murrieta wishes she would’ve had a female love interest with the introduction of Stevie Nichols (Hayley Kiyoko) in Season 3. “Easy, easy, easy, easy,” Murrieta said when asked what storyline he wished he could’ve explored. “I wished we could have played more with what was quite obvious to a lot of us was the relationship between Stevie and Alex. But we weren’t able to in that time…it was pretty clear to all of us what that relationship was. That would’ve been fun.”
podcast “Wizards of Waverly Pod” and revealed which storyline he wanted to probe into further.“I wished we could have played more with what was quite obvious to a lot of us, was the relationship between Stevie and Alex,” the showrunner explained to the rewatch podcast’s hosts as well as the show’s stars, Jennifer Stone and David DeLuise.Hayley Kiyoko appeared as Stevie Nichols in Season 3, where she had a close friendship with Alex. Murrieta had hoped to explore their connection even more, believing he could create a queer relationship.“We weren’t able to in that time, but it was pretty clear to all of us what that relationship was,” Murrieta added.“Disney Channel has had [LGBTQ] characters, and they did it.
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