David Henrie Reveals Key to Lasting Friendship With Selena Gomez
David Henrie is opening up about his friendship with Selena Gomez.
The 35-year-old actor and director has known the 32-year-old entertainer for many years, as they, of course, played brother and sister on Wizards of Waverly Place, which first premiered in 2007.
After over a decade, the two on-screen siblings have reunited to executive produce the upcoming sequel series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.
In a new interview, David dished on his last relationship with Selena and how they have kept a friendship for so long.
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“It’s been wonderful,” he told People. “Despite all of her massive successes, her and I, our relationship has just withstood all that because I don’t know, we’re just real with each other.”
“We both were close before any of that stuff started. She knows I’m going to be myself with her, and I’m going to be genuine and authentic and shoot her straight,” David added. “I think there’s a freedom to that that is tough to come by.”
David also dished on how the new Wizards show came about organically, stemming from an idea from him and Selena.
“Selena and I remained very good friends from the end of the show, and I got married, she became good friends with my wife, and we would just all get together and have a glass of wine and just talk about memories,” he said. “It always found its way to Wizards, and we would then find ourselves joking about where would the characters be, what would they be doing. And it just evolved.”
“At a certain point, I started having kids and I’m like, it’s been 17 years since we started this show. And I was like, ‘Selena, let’s have this same conversation we’re having right now without wine in front of Disney and see what happens,’” David continued. “And we did, and they liked it.”
David stars as Justin Russo in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, and Selena will be making a guest star appearance as Alex Russo in the first episode.
The new Disney series debuts NEXT Tuesday (October 29) on Disney Channel. Check out the trailer here!