Jenna Ortega Says She Auditioned for Zendaya’s Role in Dune

In addition to Wandinha, Jenna Ortega could have starred in another big franchise in the 2020s: Dune. The 21-year-old actress revealed how she auditioned for the film directed by Denis Villeneuvepossibly for the role of Chaniplayed by Zendaya.

It is worth remembering how, at the time of the audition, Ortega was only 15 years old and went through a mysterious selection process. In the end, she was left out of the cast of the production, which featured names like Timothée Chalamet (Paul Atreides), Rebecca Ferguson (Jessica Atreides), Oscar Isaac (Leto Atreides), Stellan Skarsgard (Baron Vladimir Harkonnen), Jason Momoa (Duncan Idaho), Javier Bardem (Stilgar), Josh Brolin (Gurney Halleck), Dave Bautista (Glossu Rabban), between others.

“I think it was ChaniI think it was Zendaya. But they weren’t saying that, it was all very secret,” the artist said during an interview with BuzzFeed. Right away, Jenna Ortega recalled how she was “very excited” because Villeneuve “He’s one of my favorite filmmakers.”

Why did Jenna Ortega decide to leave Twitter/X?

Actress known for productions such as Wandinha, The Ghosts Still Have Fun: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), Scream 5 (2022) and X – The Mark of Death (2022), Jenna Ortega had a large presence on the internet, especially on Twitter/Xbut decided to delete the account. After all, why did she make this decision?

During an interview with The New York Timesthe 21-year-old artist recalled how, at the beginning of her career, she received advice to create a Twitter account to build her own image in the eyes of the public, especially those who use the platform.

However, when she came across sexually explicit photos of herself as a teenager generated by Artificial intelligencedid not hesitate to delete his own account. “I hate AI. I mean, the problem is this: the AI can be used for amazing things,” he said. “I think I saw something the other day where they said that artificial intelligence could detect breast cancer four years before it progressed. That’s beautiful. Let’s keep it that way.”

I enjoyed being 14 and creating an account on Twitter Why should I have to see dirty, edited content of myself as a child? No. It’s scary. It’s corrupt. It’s wrong.

Right away, Ortega explained how she also received unwanted and “disgusting” messages, which contributed to her leaving the social network. At age 12, she received a message from a follower that contained “an unsolicited photo of a man’s genitals, and that was just the beginning of what was to come.”

“It was disgusting and it made me feel bad. It made me feel uncomfortable. Anyway, that’s why I deleted it, because I couldn’t talk without seeing something like that,” she lamented. “Then one day I woke up and I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t need this anymore.'”