Jenna Ortega refused to recite Tim Burton’s dialogue in a scene from ‘Merlina’

The fourth installment of the series ‘merlin’ Netflix made history on the streaming platform thanks to the iconic dance scene that ended up becoming a social challenge in which singer Lady Gaga also participated, but this episode also has an important detail as the protagonist Jenna Ortega is refused to say a dialogue written by Tim Burton.

In a recent interview for The independentthe famous actress revealed that she did her best to bring her own perspective and personality the daughter of the Addams Locosculminating in not only performing the iconic dance from chapter 4 of ‘Merlina’ but also going against one of the film industry’s most famous directors.

Jenna Ortega refused to utter a sentence from chapter 4 of ‘Merlina’ and in an interview she recounts the event in detail: “I remember there was a dialogue where I was talking about the dress and initially Merlina was going to say ‘By God, I’m getting excited about a dress, I literally hate myself for it'”, however this shot never made it to the screen as the director had envisioned.

By God, I’m getting excited about a dress, I literally hate myself for it”: is the phrase from ‘Merlina’ that Jenna Ortega refused to say.

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Instead the shot of chapter 4 of ‘Merlina’ where the young woman was originally about to confess her emotion in receiving the black dress to go to the ball, shows only the face of the protagonist who reveals a little of that emotion with the her expression, making it clear that she is not a cold and insensitive girl as shown in almost the entire storyline of the series.

On the other hand, the actress Jenna Ortega confesses that within the script of this series there were “too many little things like that, where I felt we could avoid a lot of dialogue in an attempt to make it human”, so he did what he could to bring his own point of view on this character that made her so famous.

‘Merlina’ among the most viewed of the year on Netflix

Before the end of 2022, Netflix revealed the top 10 most popular which was presented from January to December, and to the surprise of the audience, “Merlina” managed to sneak into the top positions of the list as one of the most successful productions of this year that has just ended, immediately below ‘Stranger Things’ which with its fourth season takes first place.

‘Merlina’ has enjoyed great success on Netflix, leaving behind the miniseries ‘Dahmer’ with Evan Peters’ so it is to be expected that soon the streaming giant will confirm that there will be a second season with Jenna Ortega, but the truth is It is that at the moment it is not entirely clear and we just have to continue waiting.