Jenna Ortega admitted that she refused to comply with the requirements of the scriptwriters and changed lines on the set of “Wednesday”

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Actress Jenna Ortega, best known for her role as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix series, spoke in more detail about working on the image. The girl made unauthorized changes to the appearance and character of her heroine, and this happened right during the filming process. The young star made the announcement on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s “Armchair Expert” podcast. Ortega shared that in some cases she had to go against the script in order to make her character more authentic. According to her, a number of the writers’ demands “didn’t make sense for her character at all.”

Being in a love triangle didn’t make any sense to her. There was also a line about the dress she wore to the school dance, she had to say: “Oh my god, I love it! I can’t believe I said that. I hate myself.” And I had to say that this would not happen, ”the actress recalled.

In addition, Jenna completely changed the scene, which later became incredibly popular among the audience. After the release of the series, the Wednesday dance has become a real trend in social networks and the media space. Many users began to share videos in which they repeat Ortega’s movements.

It was originally a flash mob. She had to start dancing and everyone had to pick it up and start dancing with her. And I refused to do it, because… Well, why did she have to agree to this? Jenna said.

Orgtega noted that because of her actions, the lead writer began to think that she was “up to something”, and therefore she had to separately talk to the writing team and explain why she was changing lines. Jenna said she was protecting Wednesday this way. At the same time, in some moments of the script, which also seemed inappropriate and too emotional to her, she still did not interfere.

The Addams Family spin-off Wednesday, starring Ortega, was released on the Netflix streaming platform on November 23 and instantly broke the record for viewing English-language shows. In the first week after the premiere, the series was watched more than 341.2 million times. And recently, the showrunners of the project talked about plans for the second season.