The world may have welcomed with open arms Wednesdayturning it into a planetary phenomenon, although its protagonist does not have the same opinion of the series. Jenna Ortega He may be living through the most famous moment of his career, but of course that doesn’t keep him quiet about all the criticism he leveled at the fiction directed by Tim Burton.
The actress was already known in the United States thanks to roles such as Harley Díaz in stuck in the middle or his recent participation in horror films like X oh Shout, and her role as the eldest of the Addams has only propelled that popularity to all Netflix-infused corners of the world. The series has enchanted many sectors of the public, though it has some aspects that even its protagonist disagrees on.
During a visit by Ortega to the Armchair Expert podcast, she made it clear that filming didn’t go as she had planned. “Everything she does, everything she had to play, made no sense for her character,” the actress told Wednesday, that although it has maintained the dark and serious essence that it has already had in other versions, has focused on intrigues that sometimes put aside this attitude so characteristic.
“The fact that she was in a love triangle didn’t make sense. There was a line about that dress she was supposed to wear to the school dance and she was like, ‘Oh my God, I ‘love it! I can’t believe he said that. I literally hate myself’ and I had to say I wouldn’t say that,” she says, as a characteristic anecdote of all that has consciously changed from the original script.
Jenna’s Changes
These situations pushed the actress herself to rebel in a certain way: “There were times on the set when I even became unprofessional, in the sense that I just started changing sentences. The script supervisor would think something was wrong with me, and then I’d sit down with the other writers and they’d be like, ‘What happened to the scene? and I told them that I couldn’t do certain things, ”she is sincere.
Although in the same podcast she admitted that it was because she felt very “protective” of the character – in fact, she will be the show’s executive producer in its second season -, and she also understands that her Wednesday has arc emotion, especially in the case of its teen version. Even so, I wasn’t sure it would find a loyal following.
“I can’t see my work, but I can go home after set and say, ‘The scene we shot went well.’ Wednesday there was no scene where I came home and said “Okay, that went well”, kept counting. From what he says, it seems like Ortega doesn’t usually watch his shows and movies, although with this one he didn’t feel like he did it right. Of course, he had to be forced to have to re-record some “200 lines” of automated dialogue – dubbed script lines to replace what was filmed.
Following these statements, we can confirm that Wednesday’s second season will bet on recovering the essence of the character, perhaps with a much darker tone than its predecessor. Of course, we will still have to wait to see it, because its shooting has not yet started.
Wednesday is available on Netflix.