Selena Gomez Gets Down and Dirty in Getaway: Behind the Scenes of Her Stunt Work

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The day after the 2013 Video Music Awards in August 2013, the Moon-Man winner and Getaway actress Selena Gomez slipped right back into her busy schedule.

We can’t say the same for BFF Taylor Swift and One Direction, who both came out with awards and some controversy on the side.

Taylor, who won Best Female Video for “I Knew You Were Trouble,” was caught saying “something” while One Direction presented an award.

Likewise, the boys who won Best Song Ever were booed by some audience members during the show.

Actress Selena Gomez with a Shelby GT500 Super Snake on the red carpet at the premiere of GetawayActress Selena Gomez with a Shelby GT500 Super Snake on the red carpet at the premiere of Getaway (Credit: Visual / FayesVision / TRY CW / DVSIL / iPhotoLive / WENN)

Elegance Unscathed: Selena at the Getaway Premiere

It seems Selena is one of the few celebrities left unscathed. The singer/actress kept it elegant in a mixed-print/media dress by Vera Wang at the premiere of the American action thriller film Getaway.

She showed off her feet in Jimmy Choo’s Alias lace pumps.

Selena Gomez displays her feet in Jimmy Choo Amika lace pumpsSelena Gomez displays her feet in Jimmy Choo Amika lace pumps (Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock)

Elegance Unscathed: Selena at the Getaway Premiere

It’s an original story, not a remake of the 1972 American heist thriller The Getaway.

Ethan Hawke was 42, Selena Gomez was 21, James Maslow was 23, and Jon Voight was 74 when Getaway was released on August 26, 2013.

Selena Gomez flaunts her legs in a Vera Wang dress, Jimmy Choo heels, and Lorraine Schwartz jewelrySelena Gomez flaunts her legs in a Vera Wang dress, Jimmy Choo heels, and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry (Credit: Visual / FayesVision / TRY CW / DVSIL / iPhotoLive / WENN)

Star-Studded Cast and Premiere Night

The premiere of Getaway was held on August 26 at Los Angeles’ Regency Village Theatre. Co-stars Etan Hawke and Jon Voight joined Selena on the red carpet.

Real Stunts, Real Thrills

During the filming of “Getaway,” 130 cars were destroyed, and a dedicated junkyard was on set to store the wreckage. All car crash scenes in the movie were real, and no CGI was used.

Selena Gomez looked stunning in a dress by designer Vera Wang featuring a rose-jacquard bodice, a butterfly peplum with a black guipure-lace insert, and a magenta rose-jacquard skirtSelena Gomez looked stunning in a dress by designer Vera Wang featuring a rose-jacquard bodice, a butterfly peplum with a black guipure-lace insert, and a magenta rose-jacquard skirt

Selena and Ethan’s On-Set Adventures

Ethan Hawke, who drove a Super Snake in the movie, did donuts for the first time on set with Selena Gomez as his passenger.

Selena Gomez, who was terrified, also went on a ride with a stunt driver to experience the driving but found it even more terrifying when Ethan Hawke was behind the wheel.

Ethan Hawke as Brent Magna and Selena Gomez as The Kid in the 2013 American action thriller film GetawayEthan Hawke as Brent Magna and Selena Gomez as The Kid in the 2013 American action thriller film Getaway (Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)

Stunt Driving Experiences

“We had a stunt driver come in and teach Ethan how to do 360-degree spins because he wanted to do all of it himself,” Gomez told E! News about filming Getaway.

“First I wasn’t in the car but then I got in and he was doing and I was like, ‘You’ve done this before in another movie, right?’ and he said, ‘No, this is my first time.’ I was like, ‘Great, so this is going to be where I die.'”

Selena Gomez posing with the Shelby Super Snake Mustang, which is such a rare car that Shelby American had to make cars especially for the production of GetawaySelena Gomez posing with the Shelby Super Snake Mustang, which is such a rare car that Shelby American had to make cars especially for the production of Getaway (Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock)

The Legendary Shelby Super Snake Mustang

“I actually wanted to get a few injuries so I could be like, ‘Yeah, I’ve got battle scars from making an action movie.'”

The Shelby Super Snake Mustang is a high-performance version of the Ford Mustang built by Shelby American. It was first introduced in 1967 and has been produced in limited numbers.

Actors Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, and Jon Voight arrive at the global "Getaway" movie premiereActors Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, and Jon Voight arrive at the global “Getaway” movie premiere at Regency Village Theatre on August 26, 2013, in Westwood, California (Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock)

Selena’s Timeless Style

We’ve always admired Selena’s sense of style, which seems to grow with her. This mixed-media dress fit her well — if it could talk, it’d say, “I’m young, I’m having fun, and I’m loving it!”

Inspired Mixed-Media Dresses

Do you know what else we love? We found the following mixed-media dresses at Nordstrom!

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BCBGMaxAzria Mixed Print DressBCBGMAXAZRIA Mixed-Print Dress, $248

Maggy London Print Ponte DressMaggy London Print Ponte Dress, $108

Clover Canyon Palace Interior DressClover Canyon “Palace Interior” Dress, $246

Ted Baker London Retro DressTed Baker London “Retro” Dress, $275