Jenna Ortega Says Cameron Boyce Stopped an Audition Where They Were Supposed to Kiss as Teens and Felt ‘Uncomfortable’: ‘No, We Can’t Do This’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jenna Ortega remembered the late actor Cameron Boyce supporting her during an uncomfortable audition.
Speaking to her “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” co-stars Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara during an interview for French outlet Canal+ (via People), Ortega said she was having a hard time during the audition because was supposed to kiss Boyce during it.
They were not only friends, but they were also teens at the time. Boyre died in his in sleep 2019 at 20 years old after having a seizure. “The last time I saw my friend Cameron Boyce — I’d known him since I was like 11 or 12, and we were supposed to kiss [in an audition] and he knew me, since I was 11 or 12,” Ortega told her co-stars. “This is a few years later, 15 or 16, we came in and we were supposed to be love interests.
But because he obviously felt weird and he was a bit older, he was like — we both just kinda looked at each other and we were like, ‘No, we can’t do this.'” “He was so sweet because I was uncomfortable and I was having a hard time,” Ortega added, noting that she was “really thankful and grateful” that Boyce spoke up during the audition and put her comfortability above landing the job. “And then, we wished each other well.” Earlier this year, Boyce’s parents told People that it “means everything” to them when his friends and former colleagues share stories about the late actor because “they still keep his legacy alive” and “people still want to hold onto him.
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