Jenna Ortega Reveals What She Changed About 'Wednesday': 'I Grew Very Protective of Her'
etonline.comJenna Ortega is getting candid about playing Wednesday Addams on the Netflix series.The 20-year-old actress was a guest on the latest episode of Dax Shepard's podcast, , which dropped Monday, where she spoke candidly about pushing back about specific scenes and lines of dialogue she felt were out of character for Wednesday.«A job like , I was trying something completely different.
I'm naturally a very expressive person. I haven't really done a teen show like that before. It's not typically the kind of TV that I would watch, so it felt very out of place for me.
I can't watch my work, but I can go home from set and say, 'The scene that we shot today felt good.' On , there was not a scene in that show that I went home and [said], 'OK, that should be fine,'» Ortega revealed to Shepard and his podcast co-host and actress, Monica Padman.«Now, a lot of people know me from that.
It's not my proudest moment internally, which, I think, also adds an extra level of insecurity and stress because it's like, no, I'm finally getting these offers to these places that I want, but I don't want to be known specifically for that,» she said.The actress went on to share that she often does not watch her own work, which includes .
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