It’s no secret that Jenna Ortega is living the dream thanks to the monumental success of Wednesday’s Netflix series starring her. But the young woman revealed that she almost turned down the role!
The supernatural horror comedy about young Wednesday Addams’ coming-of-age beat Stranger Things for the most streaming hours watched in its first week on Netflix. Thus, it became the second most watched English-language series in the history of the platform.
Thanks to this role, Jenna Ortega quickly became a global star, especially thanks to the famous dance scene in the fourth episode, which went viral on TikTok after fans around the world recreated the scene with their own versions.
But now the actress reveals in the columns The Sunday Times That he was initially not interested in the role:
I got the email and ignored it. I’ve done so much TV in my life that I just wanted to do movies. I was afraid that signing another serial would prevent me from doing other things that were close to my heart.
But there is one argument that weighed heavily in the balance. Indeed, Jenna Ortega believed that only the prospect of working with Tim Burton, the director of the first four episodes, convinced her to reconsider her decision.
“Tim is such a legend and we hit it off really well. But even then, two or three times I said, “No, I think I’ve done enough.”“.
Jenna Ortega started acting at the age of nine and was a child star on the Disney Channel and played one of the main roles of Harley, which is the least of my worries. More recently, he has been seen in horror films such as Insidious: Chapter 2, Nanny: Queen of Murder, American Massacre, and The Second Season of You.
These roles, as well as the role she currently holds in Scream VI, have led Jenna Ortega to be described as the “scream queen” of the moment. Without humor, he told the Times:
“For some reason people see my face and want to put blood on it… I don’t know why. A horror movie director once told me that I looked too innocent. It was never intentional, but it’s really fun“.
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