Jenna Ortega says she’s never had to “put my foot down” more on a set than she did while filming the first season of Netflix’s Wednesday — and she’s not talking about the fancy footwork in her character’s viral dance number.

During her March 6 appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Ortega admits to completely changing lines of dialogue in the show’s scripts without consulting the writers beforehand.

“Everything that Wednesday does, everything I had to play, did not make sense for her character at all,” Ortega says. “Her being in a love triangle made no sense. There was a line about a dress she has to wear for a school dance and she says, ‘Oh my God, I love it! Ugh, I can’t believe I said that. I literally hate myself.’ I had to go, ‘No.'”

Ortega recalls moments on set when she “became almost unprofessional” in how much she changed lines. “The script supervisor thought I was going with something, and then I had to sit down with the writers, and they’d be like, ‘Wait, what happened to the scene?'” she says. “I’d have to go and explain why I couldn’t go do certain things.”

The actress says she “grew very, very protective” of her character, which inspired script changes to ensure both the show’s believability and Wednesday’s likability. As Ortega explain, “You can’t lead a story and have no emotional arc, because then it’s boring and nobody likes you. When you are little and say very morbid, offensive stuff, it’s funny and endearing. But then you become a teenager, and it’s nasty and you know it. There’s less of an excuse.”

Prior to reading all of the scripts, Ortega thought the show “was going to be a lot darker” than it turned out to be. “When I read the entire series, I realized, ‘Oh, this is for younger audiences,'” she says. “I din’t know what the tone was, or what the score would sound like.”

Of course, rewriting lines was just one difficult aspect of filming the first season of Tim Burton’s Addams Family spinoff series. While filming the aforementioned dance scene, which Ortega choreographed herself, the actress was exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. Her positive result did not come through until after the scene was finished.

In a previous interview with NME, Ortega said the scene was “awful to film,” adding that she probably would have “done it a bit better” if she’d felt better. “I asked to redo it, but we didn’t have time,” she said.

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Well she did good

She gonna be one of the good ones

Blind Item MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023

"There had been a lot of discussions about getting this still young actress across the country after her gig last night and show up at the Oscars. Then, when word got out about how she threw an entire writing staff under the bus, not to mention a showrunner, there was no more talk about her attending. Lets see how fast those parts dry up for her"

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Nah she standing on the love of the art, I ain't mad she did right by revealing the fu*k sh*t and it shows she knows her craft

I read somewhere that she would go off script first, then do it the way they wanted.

Each time they ended up going with her version

She better be careful. Seems like Netflix doesn't like it when actors are loyal to the source material. That's what got Henry Cavil kicked off The Witcher.

Ghostface k*lla said I read somewhere that she would go off script first, then do it the way they wanted. Each time they ended up going with her version

Thats gangster, she's passionate about her craft. Hopefully that will get her far in her career.

Blaze 718 said She better be careful. Seems like Netflix doesn't like it when actors are loyal to the source material. That's what got Henry Cavil kicked off The Witcher.

Hmmm he’s no longer the Witcher?

L33 said Thats gangster, she's passionate about her craft. Hopefully that will get her far in her career.

The real directors who love the art will fuq with her she will get quality roles

Ghostface k*lla said I read somewhere that she would go off script first, then do it the way they wanted. Each time they ended up going with her version

you got a good point there I was reading a producer was talking sh*t on twitter saying she was unprofessional diva etc. he trying to start a f*ght with a 20-year-old?

the show was good better than I thought she k*lled it.

ozzie1012 said you got a good point there I was reading a producer was talking sh*t on twitter saying she was unprofessional diva etc. he trying to start a f*ght with a 20-year-old? the show was good better than I thought she k*lled it.

She is admitting to it now sort of so the producer has no leg to stand on

She probably rewrote the cringe woke bs

She did her thang but idk how this gone work. She talking big out here and I’m all for it but sound like it’s gone shake up some thangs for her.


But she in great position to have control and talk her sh*t

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself and I don't mean in a regretful way.

NAKHI ALLAH said She is admitting to it now sort of so the producer has no leg to stand on

That's good she seems more professional than the producer going online and talking sh*t

TF they gonna do, recast her?

Let her ovaries hang

yall really obsessed with this little girl.

ozzie1012 said you got a good point there I was reading a producer was talking sh*t on twitter saying she was unprofessional diva etc. he trying to start a f*ght with a 20-year-old? the show was good better than I thought she k*lled it.

he's already copping pleas

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I wanna eat it

I like when women take initiative like this.
Ortega s*xy as a motherfu*ker.

My love of females is too high.

Blaze 718 said She better be careful. Seems like Netflix doesn't like it when actors are loyal to the source material. That's what got Henry Cavil kicked off The Witcher.

Superman got him to leave the Witcher.. why you just making sh*t up?

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they still wanted gim for the show bad...

seatownslayer said Superman got him to leave the Witcher.. why you just making sh*t up? view image they still wanted gim for the show bad...

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There are plenty of stories saying that the writers were upset with him for wanting to stick to the source material.