Jenna Ortega Found Wednesday School Uniform ‘Very Patronizing’

Jenna Ortega just lately opened up about her ongoing time on the Netflix sequence Wednesday, and why she wasn’t initially a fan of the present’s faculty uniform and the celebrity it introduced.

What did Jenna Ortega say about her profession and Wednesday?

Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar as a part of a latest profile, Ortega opened up concerning the stage of fame the present introduced her. Ortega, who’s now a family identify due to her standing as a horror “scream queen” and Wednesday, mentioned she grew to become an “unhappy person” after the present catapulted her into superstardom.

“To be quite frank, after the show and trying to figure everything out, I was an unhappy person,” Ortega mentioned. “After the pressure, the attention — as somebody who’s quite introverted, that was so intense and so scary.”

Ortega additionally opened up about how the character of Wednesday, a schoolgirl, usually leaves her conflicted. She believes enjoying Wednesday would possibly restrict what Hollywood believes she will be able to do, and might usually really feel like she isn’t taken critically consequently, particularly in a “patronizing” costume like Wednesday is commonly seen in.

“I’m doing a show I’m going to be doing for years where I play a schoolgirl. But I’m also a young woman,” mentioned Ortega. “You know, it’s like how you’re dressed in the schoolgirl costume. There’s just something about it that’s very patronizing. Also, when you’re short, people are already physically looking down on you… girls, if they don’t stay as this perfect image of how they were first introduced to you, then it’s ‘Ah, something’s wrong. She’s changed. She sold her soul.’ But you’re watching these women at the most pivotal times in their lives; they’re experimenting because that’s what you do.”

(Source: Harper’s Bazaar)