Selena Gomez is “high on the list” of Britney Spears’ top choices to play her in the upcoming biopic directed by Jon M. Chu.

Pop superstar Britney Spears announced recently that either Selena Gomez or Natalie Portman could potentially play her in a biopic she wants to make under Jon M. Chu’s direction.

Fans and critics are going all fired up with passionate debate about whether it would be good to have those women portray Britney.

Critics say that both Gomez and Portman, who are in their 30s, may not be able to convincingly play Spears during her teenage and early twenties heyday the period when she shot to fame with hits like Baby One More Time. They argue that casting actresses closer in age to Spears’ younger self or discovering a fresh, unknown talent could better capture the authenticity of her rise to stardom.

Many viewers feel that using a well-known actress with an already strong personal brand, like Gomez or Portman, will dilute the accessibility and unpolished quality of Spears’ narrative.