Like so many big stars these days, from Zendaya to Miley Cyrus, it all started on Disney Channel for Selena Gomez when she became the lead of the sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place at the age of 15. While Gomez certainly represented Latina-American girlhood as the sarcastic Alex Russo at that time, showrunner Peter Murrieta has now shared that there were also plans for Gomez’s character to become Disney’s first bisexual lead.
The Disney Channel made history just a few years ago by having The Owl House’s Luz Noceda (who is a witch, funnily enough) earn that distinction. However, as Peter Murrieta told Wizards of Waverly Pod during this week’s episode with podcast hosts and Disney stars Jennifer Stone and David DeLuise, it could have happened much sooner.
