Wednesday Star Jenna Ortega Reveals Why She Felt ‘Patronised’ After Season One

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Last Updated:May 29, 2025, 18:04 IST

Netflix precocious dropped the teaser for the caller play of Wednesday, which volition beryllium released successful 2 parts.

Jenna Ortega is besides an enforcement shaper for Wednesday Season 2. (Photo: Bang Showbiz)

Wednesday became 1 of the astir career-defining shows of histrion Jenna Ortega’s career. Her gothic portrayal of Wednesday Addams turned her into a planetary sensation and earned her wide recognition.

But on with the fame came things Ortega didn’t expect – pressure, attraction and the feeling that radical weren’t taking her seriously.

In a caller interrogation with Harper’s Bazaar, the histrion opened up astir however her beingness changed aft the show’s success. “To beryllium rather frank, aft the amusement and trying to fig everything out, I was an unhappy person. After the pressure, the attraction — arsenic idiosyncratic who’s rather introverted, that was truthful aggravated and truthful scary," she said.

One of the things that continues to occupation her is however her quality connected the amusement affects the mode radical spot her. Ortega admitted that dressing similar a schoolgirl and looking young made it hard for others to presumption her arsenic an adult.

“It’s ever been truly annoying, due to the fact that you conscionable don’t consciousness similar you’re being taken seriously. You know, it’s similar however you’re dressed successful the schoolgirl costume. There’s conscionable thing astir it that’s precise patronising. Also, erstwhile you’re short, radical are already physically looking down connected you," she shared.

Before she landed the relation successful Tim Burton’s Wednesday, Ortega was ever associated with lighter, cheerful roles from her clip arsenic a Disney star.

“I’ve ever been into acheronian things oregon been fascinated by them, but I was a Disney kid, and the full happening is being bubbly and benignant and overly sweet," she admitted.

Even now, that representation hasn’t afloat faded.

“I’m doing a amusement I’m going to beryllium doing for years wherever I play a schoolgirl. But I’m besides a young woman," she said.

During the interview, Ortega besides spoke astir the unfair expectations placed connected young women successful the amusement industry. She pointed retired however pistillate actors are often judged if they alteration oregon turn up.

“But you’re watching these women astatine the astir pivotal times successful their lives," she added.

Taking connected much power down the camera, Ortega is present stepping into a producer’s relation for Wednesday Season 2. “I beryllium successful connected meetings and perceive and learn. I’m inactive uncovering my footing successful that area," she said.

Netflix precocious dropped the teaser for the caller play which volition beryllium released successful 2 parts – Part 1 connected August 6 and Part 2 connected September 3.

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