Growing up in the spotlight with social media isn’t easy. In a new “Actors on Actors” episode at Variety, Jenna Ortega gets very emotional talking about the toll the toxicity of social media has taken on her in a conversation with Elle Fanning. READ MORE: Jenna Ortega Recalls ‘Weird’ ‘Wednesday’ Fan Moment With Flight Attendant On A Plane “It gets ugly,” Ortega says of her engagement with Instagram. “When I was younger, they would take us to media training — Disney 101 or something like that — where they would say, ‘You’re going to post three times a day.
This is how you build followers, engage, promote our show.’ You could go into an audition or meeting, and it was ‘How many followers do you have?'” She continues, “Even after shooting “Wednesday,” when I was auditioning, they would come to my team: “We like her, but we just don’t know if she has enough of a name.” And social media, what it does to anyone our age, it’s such a comparing game.
It influences bandwagon mentality. It’s very manipulative. After the show, I’m really nervous to post or even say anything on there or even be myself because I feel like…” “…it could be misinterpreted,” Fanning says. “Yeah.
Because I naturally tend to be sarcastic or dry, it’s very easy for me to find myself in trouble,” Ortega agrees. “I want people to be able to get to know the people behind the camera and realize that people should never be put on a pedestal.
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