Jenna Ortega performs Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s “Wednesday,” expertly embodying the character in all her gothic glory. The present has been an enormous success by all accounts, changing into Netflix’s second-most-streamed debut present after “Stranger Things” season 4, largely because of Ortega’s efficiency. But in keeping with Ortega, a few of Wednesday’s traces weren’t initially as much as her requirements.
“I remember there’s a line where I’m talking about a dress and initially she was supposed to say: ‘Oh my god, I’m freaking out over a dress, I literally hate myself,'” Ortega shared in a Netflix Q&A, which a person named @dannyrayes shared on TikTok. The line was referring to a scene the place Wednesday sees the gown she later wears to promenade, however Wednesday’s unique response to it felt inauthentic to Ortega. “I was blown away because that sounded like . . . It was just a bunch of little things like that where I felt like we were able to avoid a lot of dialogue in an attempt to make her sound human,” she continued.
In the feedback on the TikTok, viewers praised Ortega for her judgment. “Gotta give credits to actors who know their characters better than the writers sometimes,” one commenter wrote. “I’m so glad that she didn’t say that,” one other added. “Without Jenna, Wednesday would be typical ✨not like others✨ gothic teenager.”
Ortega has been very open about her love for the character. “It was a very freeing, gratifying experience, because you don’t have to care,” she stated in a Nov. 21 interview with Tudum. “If you’re in a bad mood, and you have a stink face, it doesn’t matter. . . . [Wednesday] sticks to her guns, and she’s not out to please anybody. Which, as someone who used to be an immense people pleaser, I really respect.”
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