After playing the famous eldest daughter of the Addams family in the series merlin from Netflix, the actress Jenna Ortega surprised everyone by revealing that she had to intervene at the time of the recordings of the famous series because she considered that certain actions did not go with her character.
His sincere words were acclaimed by many, although they also earned him harsh criticism. To avoid being in the middle of all the controversy that was generated, the actress with Latin roots chose to delete her Twitter account.
The character of Merlina Addams gave Jenna Ortega the chance to be recognized internationally, since the unprecedented success of the series earned her the respect, admiration and even affection of the public.
But a couple of days ago, during his participation in the Armchair Expert podcast, The American actress revealed that her work in the series is not something she is proud of. In addition, she declared that she had to impose herself on the set, as there were lines or scenes in the script that did not seem consistent with the dark personality that she had in mind to interpret.
Now a lot of people know me for that. Internally, this is not my proudest moment. Which I think also adds an extra level of insecurity and stress. Because it’s like, I’m finally getting these deals at these places that I want, but I don’t specifically want to be known for it.
I don’t think I had to put myself as firmly on a set as on ‘Merlina’. Everything Merlina does…it didn’t make any sense to her character. Being in a love triangle? It did not make sense. There was a line about a dress she had to wear to a school dance and she was like, ‘My God, I love it.’ I can’t believe she said that. I literally hate myself. I had to say: ‘No!’
There were times on set where I became unprofessional and started changing lines. The script supervisor thought he was going to do something, but then I had to sit down with the writers. They told me: ‘Wait. What happened to the scene?’ And I had to go and explain why I couldn’t do certain things.
Also, the star scream He confessed that he modified the scene of the iconic dance, since it was supposed that when he saw her start her movements, everyone would start dancing with her, but Ortega vetoed this idea by asking that this scene be removed, or if he did, then he would have to appear hitting someone.
Source: Okchicas
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