Netflix and Tim Burton put The Addams Family and their daughter, Wednesday, back on top. The original series on the platform, created by the famous director of hits like Edward Scissorhands, became a global phenomenon and one of the most-watched series last year.
After a long wait, the streaming service renewed the show for a second season, which took a while to arrive because Jenna Ortega, its main star, had to negotiate a new contract.
But playing Wednesday hasn't been easy. Between cello practices and long days of filming, the actress revealed that she went through really stressful moments during production. Even the character's aesthetics was a real headache and a detail that could never be left out.
In a recent appearance on Hot Ones, Ortega revealed that there was one detail in particular about Wednesday's look that Burton was always insisting on:
"Even on the first day when they were trying to establish what my hair was gonna look like we ran two hours behind because 'No her braids are uneven. This one's lower, this one's higher.' He didn't like the way that my fringe looked at the time, so he was just, 'Hey can I do... do you mind if I do that?' He asked the hairdresser very politely and just kind of did my hair himself."
Tim is known for his obsession with every little thing that appears on camera, even when his productions are so enormous. So in the case of Wednesday, given the nature of the character, it's understandable that the director was so insistent that her look would truly be perfect.
Jenna Ortega Has Seen a Succesful Career So Far
After a brief appearance in Iron Man 3, Jenna's path quickly turned to horror with a role in Insidious 2. But there's no doubt that Netflix's appearance in her career made all the difference. With a more important role in Yes Day with Jennifer Garner, the actress later appeared in one of the most successful productions on the platform, You. At the same time, she was part of an acclaimed independent film, The Fallout, where she displayed all his acting skills.
In 2022 her time to shine came with her leading roles in Scream (2022) and on X, which finished crowning her as one of the current horror queens along with one of her castmates, Mia Goth. This is how the announcement of her transformation into Wednesday Addams and the confirmation of Scream 6 established her career to make her one of the most in-demand actors at the moment.
In addition to returning for a second season of Wednesday, and surely for a seventh installment of Scream, Ortega already has another four films confirmed for the next few years, and they will surely be just a few in a long list of projects that await her.