Actors can get very protective over roles.
Wednesday is an undeniable hit for Netflix. One of the biggest shows in recent memory. It drew in over a billion hours of watch time for the streamer and catapulted Jenna Ortega into superstardom. From the classic dance to the quippy one-liners, the show is a delight for all ages.
Now, we’re getting a bit of a peek into how the character of Wednesday was crafted by the writers and by Jenna Ortega.
On a recent episode of Armchair Expert, Ortega spoke about how she changed many of the original scripts for the show based on how she viewed the character’s perspective. These were mostly dialogue changes but happened without consulting the show’s writers.
Ortega said, “When I first signed onto the show, I didn’t have all the scripts. I thought it was going to be a lot darker. It wasn’t… I didn’t know what the tone was, or what the score would sound like.”
So, Ortega took it upon herself to make the alterations.
Author: Jason Hellerman
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