in front of Wednesday In season two, Jenna Ortega expressed some regret over controversial comments she made about the show’s writing in season one.
The Emmy-nominated actress reflected on the backlash she received after publicly claiming that some of the storylines and lines conceived for Wednesday Addams “didn’t make sense.”
talk Vanity FairOrtega acknowledged, “I probably could have used better words to explain it all. I think I often speak very disorganizedly. I think it was difficult because I felt like if I had expressed the situation better, it probably would have been received better.”
She added: “Everything I said felt exaggerated…It felt like a dystopia. It felt like a caricature of myself.”
Ortega spoke candidly about his experience working on the Netflix series, saying he felt he had to make some changes to his character during filming without consulting the writers.
Dax Shepard and Monica Padman Armchair Expert “I don’t think I’ve ever had to be so vocal on a set,” Ortega said during a 2023 podcast. Wednesday.”
“Everything that Wednesday does and everything that I have to do, it just didn’t make sense for her character. Her being in a love triangle? It didn’t make sense,” she explained. “There was a line about a dress she has to wear to the school dance and she’s like, ‘Oh my God, I love it. Oh man, I can’t believe I’m saying that. I really hate myself.’ I had to say no.”
Ortega also said that he frequently changed his lines during filming.
“On set, I even started changing my lines and acting unprofessional in a way. The script supervisor thought I was trying to change something, but I had to sit down with the writers and they were like, ‘Wait a minute, what happened in that scene?’ And I had to explain why I couldn’t do certain things,” she said.
The 21-year-old actress will return for season two, this time with more creative input as a producer, and Ortega has already said the show will take a darker direction, “upping the horror element” and ditching the romantic storylines.
“We’re going to eliminate any romance, which is really great,” she said. “We’re going to make it bolder, we’re going to make it darker.” She added that as a producer, she began working with writers early on to prepare for season two.
“We didn’t want to mislead a character like Wednesday who is so beloved,” Ortega said.
Wednesday It is scheduled to return to Netflix in 2025.
