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Ortega's Hesitation: Why Wednesday Was a Tough Role
8 Feb
Summary
- Jenna Ortega initially hesitated to accept the role of Wednesday.
- She had prior experience with teen dramas and sought something different.
- Tim Burton's unique horror style distinguished the Addams Family series.
Jenna Ortega, the star of Netflix's popular "Wednesday" series, expressed her initial reservations about taking on the iconic role.
Ortega confessed to having hesitations due to her prior extensive work in teen television dramas. She felt she had already explored that genre extensively before being offered the part.
However, the opportunity to collaborate with gothic cinema legend Tim Burton and participate in a new take on "The Addams Family" proved compelling. The series, which premiered in 2022 and released its second season in two parts in 2025, features Ortega as a teenage Wednesday at Nevermore Academy, a school for outcasts.
Burton's distinctive blend of horror, murder mystery, and a coming-of-age narrative offered Ortega a fresh artistic challenge, differentiating it significantly from her previous teen-focused roles.
