Jenna Ortega reveals her discomfort after the success of “Wednesday”, and raises the pressures linked to celebrity and her new challenges as an actress.
Wednesday's overwhelming success
Who said celebrity made happy? In a new interview with Harper's BazaarJenna Ortega said the opposite! The young woman revealed that she was “An unhappy person“After Wednesday's worldwide success, a real tidal wave that propelled her acting career to new heights.
The first season became the most watched English series on the platform, with 252.1 million views, far ahead of Stranger Things 4, second with 140 million.
“”To be completely honest, after the series and trying to understand everything, I was an unhappy person“Said Ortega.”After pressure, attention – for someone rather introverted, it was so intense and scary.“”
The weight of celebrity
Although she has been playing since her childhood, Jenna Ortega has become a feeling overnight. And unsurprisingly, this popularity made her a target on social networks, where each of her actions, as well as her following career choices, were scrutinized and criticized. The actress said herself “incredibly misunderstood“At the height of his notoriety.”I have the impression that harassment is very popular at the moment“She explained.
Having been the victim of rumors opened my eyes.
Jenna Ortega describes the overwhelming success on Wednesday as a double -edged gun. Among the advantages, she was able to discover herself new passions, such as playing the cello, and asserting a more marked taste for Gothic. However, there are also drawbacks: “I play in a series that I will do for years, where I embody a schoolgirl. But I am a young woman.“”
Jenna Ortega is also aware that her role in Wednesday is likely to limit the perception that the industry of her actress palette, which is why she quickly accepted several eclectic films at the end of the first season. Among them, there are Death of a Unicorn, Hurry Up Tomorrow with The Weeknd, Klara and the Sun by Taika Waititi, and The Gallerist with Natalie Portman. As a child star child who seeks to become a serious adult actress, she says: “We just don't have the impression of being taken seriously.“”
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A delicate balance
She adds about her schoolgirl costume: “There is something very condescending to be dressed like that. And then, when you are small, people already look at you from high physically … and girls, if they no longer correspond to the perfect image that we have attributed to them from the start, so it's' ah, something is wrong. She changed. She sold her soul. ' But we look at these women at a crucial moment in their lives, they experience because that's what we do.“”
Despite everything, Ortega says to himself “very grateful“Towards fans around the world that she did thanks to the series. She therefore tries to build a career that is both faithful to her admirers and her own desires.
“”I want to be able to give them back, but I also want to do things that feed me creatively“She explains.”So it is finding a balance between films that can interest them and others that interest me. I want older, more daring and different roles. And then, I want to be able to align all my roles and see something different in each of them.“”
Season 2 of Wednesday will be broadcast in two games on Netflix, from August 6 to September 3.
