Jenna Ortega has opened up about Hollywood and politics and how always being “politically correct” can “lack honesty”.In an interview with Vanity Fair, the Wednesday actress her belief that actors having to be politically correct and how it can affect their integrity.
She also opened up about her Scream VI co-star Melissa Barrera, who was fired from the horror franchise following social media posts in support of Palestine.“The business that we work in is so touchy-feely,” the actor told the publication. “Everybody wants to be politically correct, but I feel like, in doing that, we lose a lot of our humanity and integrity, because it lacks honesty.”She continued: “I wish that we had a better sense of conversation.
Imagine if everyone could say what they felt and not be judged for it and, if anything, it sparked some sort of debate, not an argument.
Am I describing world peace?”A post shared by Jenna Ortega (@jennaortega)Last November, Barrera was dropped from her role as Sam Carpenter in the Scream franchise after the film’s production company Spyglass Media felt that her posts on social media had the potential to be perceived as anti-Semitic.In a statement shared with Variety at the time, Spyglass media said: “Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech.”Ortega left the Scream franchise a day after Barrera’s firing, with the actress citing scheduling conflicts as the reason for her departure.
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