Stsuccess, fame but not only. Jenna Ortega revealed that the filming of WednesdayTim Burton’s popular Netflix series that catapulted her into the Olympus of stars, have not been simple at all. Her rhythms were frenetic to the point of her not being able to sleep anymore, bursting into fits of tears and even pulling out her hair.
The success of Wednesday
Wednesday is one of the most successful Netflix series of recent times. Wednesday Addams has conquered everyone: public and critics. AND Jenna Ortega’s performance as the famous character was acclaimed to the point of deserving the title of star. Yet she herself revealed that it cost her a lot to immerse herself in that role.
The curiosities revealed by Jenna Ortega
In a moment of Q&A organized with the director Tim Burton and reported on the pages of New York Postthe actress opened up candidly about filming the series. Filming in which the hours of acting alternated with cello lessons and fencing study. In fact, to immerse herself in character, Jenna Ortega began two months before the take to study music and become familiar with fencing. Then arriving on set where she found herself coping with a frantic pace. «I had to show up two hours before the start, work 12 to 14 hours a day. Then go home and connect on Zoom to take classes» he revealed. “Or I’d arrive at my apartment and my cello teacher was already there waiting for me. It was a continuous rush and if there was a weekend free, if we didn’t shoot the sixth day in a row that week, it was: ‘Okay, then let’s put your lessons on that day’».
I didn’t sleep, I tore my hair out
Jenna Ortega, nominated for the Golden Globes 2023. (Getty Images)
The actress also talked about the stress she faced for the scene in which the protagonist plays paint it black, song by the Rolling Stones. Despite the lessons that began before filming, in fact, she had to change teachers once she moved to shoot the scenes. “I didn’t even know where to put my hands. And then I had to make a piece designed for two cellos with one » she explained. Hence her emotional breakdown: «I didn’t sleep. I was tearing my hair out. There were so many FaceTime calls with my dad that he would see me crying hysterically».
Words that perfectly describe the hard work and stress accumulated behind the scenes. But also there firmness of the actress, adamant «in wanting to be well prepared». And the delicacy of the director, even when, positive for Covid, he had to prepare the famous dance scene: «Burton came to my trailer about two days before shooting it and said, “Hey Jenna, I know you said you wanted to do the choreography yourself. I know you get it, you’ve been working on it, I’m not worried at all. I trust you””. And, not surprisingly, it was a success. Because, despite the stress of filming, Jenna Ortega also revealed that Wednesday it is “the most overwhelming job I’ve ever done”. So far.
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