Jenna Ortega’s Mom Seemingly Roasts The ‘Wednesday’ Actress For Smoking, Shares Its Hazards On Social Media

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter It’s the most wonderful time of the year: “Actors on Actors” season, that is! Season 18 of the beloved Variety series, which celebrates the biggest stars in this year’s Emmys race, reached new heights on social media with over 85 million total views across platforms. This round’s pairings included Jenna Ortega with Elle Fanning, Pedro Pascal with Steven Yeun and a highly-anticipated “Grey’s Anatomy” reunion for Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo. Once again, the series took over TikTok during its two-week run, racking up over 66 million views and gaining over 100,000 new followers on the entertainment trade’s account. Top performing videos on the platform include Ellen Pompeo’s realization that Meredith Grey was the original “pick me girl,” Jeremy Allen White’s curiosity over Jennifer Coolidge’s most iconic “White Lotus” line and Jenna Ortega’s emotional appeal for kindness on social media. 

Penn Badgley is returning to play infamous serial killer Joe Goldberg, and with many other characters and storylines surrounding the popular character, fans are eagerly waiting for the return of Ellie Alves, played by Jenna Ortega.The creators of the show previously revealed that the 20-year-old actress was set to make an appearance in season 4, however, scheduling conflicts made them change their plans. “We wanted to bring Ellie back [in season 4], and we heard, ‘Oh, Jenna is doing some show,’” Sera Gamble told IndieWire back in February, talking about her involvement in ‘Wednesday.’“It’s been just such a pleasure to see Jenna this year.

Jenna Ortega‘s Ellie might actually be returning in You season 5!

While many of his co-stars were in Los Angeles attending the premiere of his new movie The Flash on Monday night (June 12), Michael Keaton was enjoying his time in London, England.

Kate Beckinsale has indicated that she will likely take a social media break to mourn the loss of her beloved cat, Clive. "Clive has died," she announced on Instagram on Monday, June 12. "I don't have it in me to make a montage or even look at pictures of him yet.

Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has opened up about toxic trolls on “manipulative” social media in a new interview.As part of Variety’s Actors-on-Actors series, Ortega also became emotional when discussing the impact some of the social media trolls have on her.“Social media, what it does to anyone our age, it’s such a comparing game,” Ortega began. “It influences bandwagon mentality. It’s very manipulative.”Ortega went on to explain while she wants to channel her humour on social media, she’s careful with posts as she doesn’t want people to misinterpret them.

Wednesday actor Jenna Ortega has confirmed that her character won’t have a love interest in season two.In an interview with Elle Fanning for Variety, Ortega confirmed that the next season will focus more prominently on the horror aspect – moving away from her character having a love interest. Ortega also confirmed that she will be undertaking a producing role in the new season too.

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resolve its love triangle in season 2? Um. It might just not. Jenna Ortega, star of the massively successful Netflix hit, just revealed that the show is leaning away from romance and toward horror when it returns.

Jenna Ortega is offering an early glimpse into season 2.The 20-year-old star shared during 's latest «Actors on Actors» conversation with 's Elle Fanning that the upcoming season of the hit Netflix series would move away from romance and prioritize horror.«It’s still coming together, but we’ve decided we want to lean into the horror more. Because it is so lighthearted, and a show like this with vampires and werewolves and superpowers, you don't want to take yourself too seriously,» Ortega said.

Jenna Ortega met one of her childhood idols. The ‘Wednesday’ star had an insightful conversation with Elle Fanning during Variety’s ‘Actors on Actors,’ and revealed that she grew up idolizing her and Dakota Fanning’s career in the film industry.The actress explained that when she was younger she told her mom that she wanted to have a successful career, just like Dakota’s, who at that point had starred in multiple blockbuster films.

Growing up in the spotlight with social media isn’t easy.

Jenna Ortega and Elle Fanning are opening up about their careers.

the Hollywood Reporter. “…I know what it’s like to be a people-pleaser in this industry, and I know how unhappy or how frustrating it’s been in the past. When I went into ‘Wednesday,’ I really put my foot down and made it clear that everything that I had to say mattered and was heard.”Ortega, who starred as a version of Wednesday Addams in the Netflix hit “Wednesday,” (executive produced by Tim Burton) made waves in March for her controversial comments about her behavior on set. While appearing on the “Armchair Expert” podcast with Dax Shepard, 48, Ortega revealed that when she first signed onto the Golden Globe nominated show, which follows the gloomy Wednesday as she solves a mystery at her high school, she thought the tone would be darker. Once she realized it was more of a whimsical tone geared towards a teen audience, “I don’t think I’ve ever had to put my foot down more on a set in a way that I had to on ‘Wednesday,’” she shared on the podcast.

“Wednesday” broke streaming records around the world when it was released at the end of last year, so it’s no surprise Jenna Ortega has a fair few strange fan stories to tell.

Elle Fanning, 25, and Jenna Ortega, 20, have learned a lot from their roles as Catherine the Great and Wednesday Addams (respectively). Hulu’s “The Great” and Netflix’s “Wednesday” have educated them about their craft as actors, but also about how producing can liberate them from toxic workplace dynamics. These former child stars let each other in on how they’re navigating adulthood and the pressures of social media, a topic that makes Ortega teary. ELLE FANNING: Are you a good auditioner? I’m terrible. I fainted once. I think I was 12. But I got Pinkberry and Burger King afterwards, so I was like, “This is great!” They make me so nervous.

Jenna Ortega has revealed that she had a “weird” fan moment from a Wednesday fan during a flight.Speaking as part of a roundtable event with The Hollywood Reporter, Ortega recalled how she’s been surprised by audiences for the hit Netflix show – with fans spanning a much greater age range than she thought. In the show, Ortega plays the titular character of Wednesday Adams.She said: “Wednesday has a much wider audience than I anticipated, at least age wise, so it’s older people and younger people,” she said of the show’s fans.Ortega went on to describe how she had a “weird” moment on a plane with a flight attendant who was also a fan.She explained: “But I’ve had a couple of weird plane stories, too, where I’ve woken up to notes or things like that.“I got off one yesterday, and at the end, the flight attendant took her hair down out of the bun and it was in two braids and she took her bangs down and she said, ‘You made me do this,'” she recalled, in reference to her character’s hairstyle in the show.Meanwhile, the second season of Wednesday is set to explore more of the character’s Latino heritage.Last month marked six months since the Addams Family spin-off first arrived on Netflix, starring Ortega alongside a cast including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gwendoline Christie and Christina Ricci.Now, with the popular series being confirmed for a second season, co-creator Miles Millar has discussed the possible plot choices for the next instalment of the show with IndieWire, and shared that the writers are looking for a way to make the character’s heritage more prominent in the story.“It’s so rare to find an iconic character of this stature,” said Millar of Ortega, who has Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestry.

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Wednesday actress Jenna Ortega made headlines a few weeks back when she was spotted smoking a cigarette during an outing with fellow actor Gideon Aldon. The 20-year-old actress was captured on camera in Notting Hill, London, enjoying a drink and a smoke, seemingly oblivious to the "no smoking" sign above her.