Wednesday, an replace of The Addams Family franchise that sends ooky-spooky daughter Wednesday off to boarding college, was one in all Netflix’s large breakout exhibits of 2022. Star Jenna Ortega has gotten an enormous profession increase off it; she lately appeared in Scream VI and hosted Saturday Night Live.
The 20-year-old actor has additionally made headlines for mercilessly dragging her personal present in a manner you simply don’t see a lot of in Hollywood, opening up about how she modified strains she didn’t like. “I don’t think I’ve ever had to put my foot down on a set in the way that I had to on Wednesday,” Ortega mentioned the opposite week. “Everything that she does, everything that I had to play did not make sense for her character at all. Her being in a love triangle made no sense. There was a line about this dress that she has to wear for a school dance and she says, ‘Oh my god, I love it! I can’t believe I said that. I literally hate myself.’ And I had to go, ‘No, there’s no way.’”
There have been occasions on that set the place I even turned unprofessional in a way the place I simply began altering strains. The script supervisor thought I used to be going with one thing after which I must sit down with the writers and so they’d be like, ‘Wait, what happened to the scene?’ And I must undergo and clarify why I couldn’t do sure issues. I grew very, very protecting of her.
I imply, she’s a hair’s breadth away from saying she thought the script sucked! Unironically iconic.
Showrunner on Spartacus and Daredevil thinks Jenna Ortega’s feedback are “toxic and entitled”
As an outsider, I discover this all fairly hysterical. But I may also perceive how, if you happen to have been a author on Wednesday, you wouldn’t admire these feedback. Ever heard the expression, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”? That’s very true in Hollywood, the place skilled relationships make the world go spherical. And if Ortega desires a protracted profession, it may not be an important thought for her to offend individuals in her business.
That’s the tack that Hollywood veteran Steven DeKnight took on Twitter, the place he referred to as Ortega’s feedback “toxic and unprofessional.” Read what he needed to say beneath:
DeKnight obtained his begin as a author on exhibits like Buffy and the Vampire Slayer and Angel earlier than shifting on to function showrunner on Starz’s Spartacus and ultimately Netflix’s Daredevil collection. So he’s been within the enterprise for some time and I take his level about not desirous to fire up drama.
…after which he referred to as the actions of the one of many hottest stars on the town “toxic and entitled” on Twitter, so possibly he doesn’t know what he’s speaking about. What do you make of all of this?
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