Jenna Ortega says she didn't ask any WednesdayAddams advice from Christina Ricci: 'I don't think she wanted to get in the way of my performance and feel like she was overbearing. I felt like I didn't want to pull up something that she did 30 years ago.'
WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Wednesday season 1!Wednesday star Jenna Ortega didn't seek any tips from Christina Ricci. Ortega is the latest actor to play the iconic Addams family daughter, Wednesday Addams, in Netflix's Wednesday, which was helmed by Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and famously gothic director Tim Burton.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Ricci stars alongside Ortega in Wednesday as the secretly villainous Ms. Thornhill, who bonds with Wednesday before eventually being discovered as the one behind the murders Wednesday seeks to investigate. Ricci has previously praised Ortega's interpretation of the character, stating that she appreciates the modern elements in the character's look.
"I think when [Ricci] was on set, neither one of us said Wednesday once to each other. I don't think she wanted to get in the way of my performance and feel like she was overbearing. I felt like I didn't want to pull up something that she did 30 years ago. For the sake of my own benefit, but two, yeah, I didn't want to rip her off and I didn't want to be too much like her. Our show has super powers and outcasts and evil ghost pilgrims.
Ortega's goal to create a unique portrayal of Wednesday rather than copying what had been done before by Ricci also allowed her to lean into Netflix and Burton's modern retelling of Wednesday's story, which included the character's Latine roots being represented on-screen for the first time.
Burton has also praised Ortega's portrayal of Wednesday, stating that she has truly committed to making the character her own. Ortega's previous history as a scream queen on the rise has shown her affinity for the macabre, which Ricci clearly shares considering some of her other roles, including her recent turn in Yellowjackets.
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