sentences:  In 1995, Mexican actress Salma Hayek was chosen to play the role of Selena in a biopic film produced by the Quintanilla family and Warner Bros.However, Hayek turned the role down; she said she felt it was "too early" to base a movie on Selena and that it would be emotional because Selena's death was still being covered on U.S. television.Over 21,000 people auditioned for the title role, becoming the second largest audition since the search for Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).