Jenny Ortega Reveals Why She “Almost Passed” On Wednesday Addams Role In Netflix Global Hit

Netflix yesterday gave The Night Agent a quick Season 2 pickup only six days after the action-thriller from creator Shawn Ryan and Sony Pictures TV launched with the third-best premiere week of viewing for a new series — only behind Wednesday and Dahmer — putting the series starring Gabriel Basso on track to potentially land in the Top 5 of Netflix’s all-time most popular series.

Andy Cohen is revealing the reason why he actually yelled at Larsa Pippen after that story went viral a few weeks ago.

One of the most compelling elements of the past three seasons of Succession has been the evolving bromance between Logan Roy’s son-in-law turned handbag carrier Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) and the not-quite-so-dim-as-he-appears cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun).

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has renewed International Emmy-winning hit Indian series “Delhi Crime” for a third season. The streamer’s India operation has also renewed “Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives,” “Kota Factory,” “Mismatched” and “She” for third seasons. Netflix India has also commissioned a documentary on the life of hip hop artist and rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh who will deep-dive into the reasons behind his sudden disappearance at the peak of his career. The documentary will be directed by Mozez Singh (Disney+ Hotstar series “Human”) and produced by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain‘s Sikhya Entertainment, 2023 Oscar winners for “The Elephant Whisperers.”

Netflix’s “Wednesday” because she didn’t want to star in another TV show.The “Scream” star, 20, told the Times UK that she was unsure about signing on to the Tim Burton-helmed comedy horror series because she wanted to focus more on her film career.“I got the email, passed on it,” she said. “I had done so much TV in my life.

Jenna Ortega is so expertly cast as Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s hit series that it’s impossible to imagine anyone else in the role. However, that was almost the case.

Scream VI and Wednesday, has revealed the music she’s had on repeat during her meteoric rise to fame.“I listen to a lot of ‘Discovery’ by Daft Punk or ‘Homework’ by Daft Punk. [Those two albums] have been heavy on my playlist recently,” Ortega told NME.  “I don’t know why. I think I’m re-going through my Daft Punk phase.”Released in 1997, ‘Homework’ was the French electronic duo’s debut album, while ‘Discovery’ hit the charts in 2001.

Jenna Ortega says she almost missed out on the role of a lifetime.

dropped on Netflix, the series rocketed its way to the top, becoming the No. 1 show in 83 countries and the second most-watched English-language show in Netflix history. But as far as Jenna Ortega is concerned, she never envisioned that kind of success, let alone being a part of it.The 20-year-old actress tells  that when the opportunity first came up to star in the series, she wasn't too excited about the role.

Jenna Ortega has a plan for Wednesday Addams in season 2 of the hit Netflix show.

Wednesday dance in an SNL promo.However, the Scream VI star’s reluctance to do the viral dance from the show was only part of a promo skit for the comedy show. Appearing alongside the Please Don’t Destroy crew, Ortega is seen raising her concerns about her and the crew doing the dance – before some hilarity ensues.The skit (see below) was posted to the SNL YouTube on Wednesday (March 8), and begins with Ortega saying: “Honestly, this is really well-written, I just don’t feel like I want to do the Wednesday dance for promo because we’ve seen so much of that already and I think it’s time to do something new.”Ortega is slightly stunned when see looks up to see the dance comedy crew all dressed in her now iconic Wednesday Addams gothicly frilled black gown.

. Or is she? The star, who is set to host Saturday Night Live on March 11, poked fun at the viral power of the now-iconic dance in a promo skit ahead of her appearance, saying she's ready for “something new.”In the short video, Jenna is holding a script and chatting with the three members of Please Don't Destroy. "Honestly, this is really well-written, I just don't feel like I want to do the Wednesday dance for promo since we've seen so much of that already," she shares.

with her red carpet looks of late, as I have, you can thank Wednesday Addams, who she . According to Ortega herself, it's no accident that she appears to be channeling the character's signature creepy and kooky personal style into every public appearance she's made since the show premiered. In Jean Paul Gaultier couture.“I do think that Wednesday changed my taste a lot,” Ortega acknowledged in an interview with .

‘Riceboy Sleeps’ Scoops Top Canadian Film AwardAnthony Shim’s Riceboy Sleeps has won Canada’s biggest film award, the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The prize, decided by the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), comes with a CAN$100,000 ($72,000) cash prize. Riceboy Sleeps beat nominees Clement Virgo’s Brother and David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. The semi-autobiographical film explores the challenges of living between two cultures through the tale of a Korean immigrant single mother raising her son in Canada. Shot in the Greater Vancouver area and Korea, the feature world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022, winning its Platform Prize, and then played in Busan and a raft of other festivals. The win comes as Toronto-based distributor Game Theory Films gears up for the title’s Canadian release on March 17. The feature will also be released in Korea, Singapore and the US in the coming months.  “The Toronto film community has been so good to us since TIFF where this crazy journey first began and I hope to make more films in the future that will warrant the same type of support,” commented Shim.

Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has revealed in a new interview how she “became almost unprofessional” while on set for the hit Netflix series.On the March 6 episode of the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, Ortega shared that she had gotten involved with the script’s writing while on set for the show, at times even butting heads with the script supervisor because she felt “very, very protective” of her character.“I don’t think I’ve ever had to put my foot down on a set in the way that I had to on Wednesday because it’s so easy to fall into that category, especially with this type of show,” Ortega said of her initial pushback on the script.She would elaborate: “Everything that she does, everything that I had to play, did not make sense for her character at all. Her being in a love triangle made no sense.

Jenna Ortega has been open about how much the role of Wednesday Addams consumed her while she was filming the hit Netflix series, Wednesday, last year.

became her. The 20-year-old opened up to on his podcast about her experience embodying the spooky teen. From the beginning Ortega had questions about the script.

Jenna Ortega is sitting down for an in-depth interview and we have all the highlights for you right here!

Idris Elba opened up about those rumors he was set to become the next James Bond and revealed if there was any truth to them.

Adamari Lopez and Toni Costa partnered up to give their daughter Alaia the best possible birthday. The co-parents, who split up over two years ago, threw a birthday party to celebrate their daughter’s eighth birthday, dressing up as the Addams family and sharing an adorable and in-character video.