‘You’ Showrunner Sera Gamble Says Jenna Ortega May Return for a Future Seasons: ‘Any Character Whose Not Dead Is Fair Game’

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Hello, Ellie? Jenna Ortega may have been absent from the last two seasons of You — but that doesn’t mean viewers will never see her face on the Netflix hit again. “Any character who’s not dead who knows anything about Joe, it’s fair game to try to exert any justice,” showrunner Sera Gamble told IndieWire in an interview published on Thursday, February 9. “And any character who is dead, [Joe] has a really active imagination.”Ortega, 20, starred opposite Penn Badgley on season 2 of the psychological thriller, which premiered in December 2019.

The Scream actress portrayed Ellie, a friend of Joe’s (Badgley), who miraculously escapes with her life. While Gamble, 39, told the outlet on Thursday that she initially “wanted to bring Ellie back,” she ultimately heard that Ortega was “doing some show” — fellow Netflix series Wednesday — and wouldn’t be available to film.

In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesDespite not reprising her role for You’s fourth season, Gamble couldn’t be more proud of Ortega’s success. “It’s been just such a pleasure to see Jenna this year,” the showrunner gushed of the Fallout star. “We have ideas for Ellie if her schedule allows her to visit us again. … These are some busy, in-demand actors.” Ortega, for her part, previously revealed she would be open to returning to the series — but only under a few conditions. “I don’t want her to come back and be extremely vulnerable and sad,” she told Teen People in 2019. “We have to remember that even though people still find Joe somewhat charming, he’s evil, he does terrible things and he gets away with them because of his gender and race and his position in society.” The California native added that she would love to see Ellie become an “even