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“I actually related to the character in a lot of ways, from her way of making new friends in unconventional places, and feeling a little isolated and not understood sometimes,” Selena Gomez

tells Deadline’s Crew Call about what drew her to the part of Mabel Mora in Hulu’s _Only Murders in the Building. _ “On top of that, I’m obsessed with true crime,” she adds. Listen to our

conversation with the star, EP of the show and co-creator John Hoffman: Says Hoffman on landing Gomez as the straight-comedy woman to Steve Martin and Martin Short’s goofy Charles

Haden-Savage and Oliver Putnam: “The show is built on classic meets modern.” From the onset in the first read through, “[Gomez] was driving her own natural comedic flair, and that’s well

honed,” Hoffman adds. “She’s got her own there, she’s got a style and a way in which she lands a line, and lands a joke,” he continued. “There’s not a dishonest bone in her body. She’s pure

comic gold.” WATCH ON DEADLINE Hoffman tells us how he arrived at the series through Martin, Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal. Being a Brooklyn native, he was stoked to take on _Only Murders

in the Building, _one of his inspirations being _Rosemary’s Baby. _ “There hasn’t been a great signature apartment building show or film since then,” Hoffman says. In fact, the creator

teases that Season 2 will serve up a 1970s sensibility and “serial killer attitude.” Gomez also talks about her love of producing, her thoughts on a musical episode, and her upcoming

projects. In regards to the high stakes of Season 2, Gomez says, “Doing another season of a show that genuinely had the reaction it had is a little nerve-wracking. I got nervous because I

was like, ‘How can I top it? How can I be better?’ “ Adds the multi-platinum performer: “With my full confidence in my body, this is a millions times better than Season 1. We’ve just got our

characters down, we really have a well-blended cast, it’s really diverse. You’re going to be surprised.”