Jenna Ortega was terrified of being Merlina Addams in the Netflix series The Addams Family – Netflix / Empire (courtesy)
Missing less and less at the premiere of ‘Wednesday’a new Netflix series in which the famous director Tim Burton gives a different twist to the story of the Pazzo Addams, completely focused on Merlina’s adolescence, which is animated by the actress Jenna Ortega and in an interview with Empireconfesses that he was terrified of taking on the lead role.
When they told me I felt like I really had a panic attack, ”confesses the actress about her experience on Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’.
One of the reasons that most frightened Jenna Ortegawas that actress Christina Ricci would be part of the cast of the Netflix seriesand even confesses that she almost had a panic attack when she discovered it, this is because she was the one who gave life to Merlina Addams in the two films of the early 90s, marking the role in an iconic way.
“I was terrified. She is a really cool lady”, Ortega tells of his experience of working with the previous one Merlin Addams”the first time we shot a scene together and she had to see me in makeup like 30 years ago, it was stressful”, however the actress, who you may remember from her participation in Netflix’s ‘YOU’, confesses to being a great fan by Christina Ricci in her role as the daughter of the mad Addams.
Christina Ricci’s performance is perfect. It’s a perfect tone and I wouldn’t change anything, which is one more reason why it was difficult for me to do this job. “
Another reason actress Jenna Ortega was terrified of playing the role of Merlina Addams for it new Netflix seriesis that it will be the first time this character is introduced in a teenage stage, and not as a girl: “When you get older and say these sarcastic and mischievous phrases, it can seem less charming and more rude or hateful. It was something I was really about. suspicious “.
The fact that the series’Wednesday’from Netflix brings a new version of Merlin Addamsrepresents a great responsibility for Jenna Ortega, which is why the actress has tried to do her best to overcome the challenges of this character evolution and fascinate old and new fans.
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“Wednesday” arrives on Netflix in November
After a long wait, Netflix has finally set a release date for ‘Wednesday’, the Los Locos Addams series in which Tim Burton participates as director of 4 of the 8 episodes which will arrive on the digital screen in November and which promises to be a big hit with fans of the original story.
Get ready to see actress Jenna Ortega as the only Merlina Addams in a teen mystery and monster story coming soon Netflix on November 23 and which will surely be one of the most anticipated series of the moment in the first place thanks to the signature signature of the beloved Tim Burton.
Source: Nacion Flix
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