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Selena Gomez is no longer a Disney actress. That will become especially apparent in early 2013 when Spring Breakers hits theaters. In the film – which Selena described as “racy” this week in a radio interview with Elvis Duran – Selena joins a bikini-clad Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Benson as young women who get in trouble with the law, only to then get bailed out by a drug dealer and forced to do some of his dirty work. This one is for you, Justin Bieber … “The movie is different,” Gomez said in that same interview. “I will be 20 this year. I am an actress; I love my job. I want to do things that are gonna challenge me and push me and make me think, ‘Oh, this is different, this is interesting, the script’s great.’ Harmony [Korine], the director is amazing and I got to work with a great cast, so it is what it is.” Included in that cast is James Franco. “He’s great. He’s very smart. I was completely intimidated,” Gomez said of the former Oscar nominee. “He gave me things that pushed my performance. I really, really appreciated it.” Selena also appreciates her fans, as well as her status of a role model. She says she embraces it. “In some aspects I’ve given that title and I take full responsibility for it,” Selena said. “I worked for Disney Channel. My show was the best thing that happened to me. “I got to have a great fan-base. There were girls, who were my age, 16, when I started and now they’re 19, 20, with me so we kind of grew up together. So in a way, some of my fans have already grown with me.”

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Selena Gomez Embraces Role Model Status, Racy New Role