Alex Russo, Selena Gomez’s character, would have her bisexuality explored in Wizards of Waverly Place
Alex Russocharacter played by Selena Gomez in Wizards of Waverly Place (2007), would experience gay romance in the teenage series. The information was revealed by Peter Muriettaproduction showrunner, on the podcast Wizards of Waverly Pod (via Omelet).
The idea was blocked by disneybut the sexuality of Alex it was something very natural for those working on the series: “I would have liked to play more with what was quite obvious to many of us. We didn’t get it at the time, but it was very clear to all of us what that relationship was.”
Muriettahowever, did not give details about the decision of the disneyalthough other productions had LGBTQIA+ characters: “A disney channel there were other characters, and they did it. But we got as close as we could… I mean, it was pretty close. Almost there.”
The relationship to which peter refers to is with steviecharacter played by Hayley Kiyoko who joined the cast in the third season of the series.
Source: Rollingstone
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