Jenna Ortega says learning to have the “confidence of the average white man” has “changed” her life
nme.comJenna Ortega has revealed that she had to learn “the confidence of the average white man” to pull off several aspects of her role as Wednesday Addams – see what the actor had to say below.In a new video interview with Vanity Fair, Ortega opened up about a piece of advice her cello teacher shared with her on the set of Wednesday.
When asked about a piece of good advice she’s received in her career, Ortega said: “The show that I do right now I have to play the cello, and I don’t play the cello.
I want it to look real so that cellists don’t look at it and call me mean names.”She continued: “My teacher told me that as long as I looked confident in my movements and I was strong and stoic and, you know, fully embodied the character that it would be fine.
She told me that I just needed to approach everything I do in life with the confidence of the average white man and that changed my life.
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