After generating controversy, Jenna Ortega acknowledges that she could have spoken more carefully
Jenna Ortega is reflecting on the past controversial comments she made regarding the script for Netflix’s Wednesday.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, the actress, 21, opened up about her intentions when she said she would alter lines for her titular character in March 2023.
At the time, Ortega was met with backlash from people who felt she was disrespecting screenwriters, but she explained that was not how she viewed the situation at all.
“To be fair, I think I probably could have been — I probably could have used my words better in describing all of that,” she said.
“I think, oftentimes, I’m such a rambler. I think it was hard because I felt like had I represented the situation better, it probably would’ve been received better.”
The Miller’s Girl star said she was surprised that her remarks upset so many people, labeling the experience as “dystopian.”
“Everything that I said felt so magnified,” she added. “I felt like a caricature of myself.”
The lesson she took away from the experience: “You’re never going to please everybody,» she said. A self-admitted “people pleaser,” Ortega went on to note that understanding others’ perspectives is also important.
“I got sick of myself last year,” she joked. “My face was everywhere… so it’s like, fair enough, if I were opening my phone and I saw the same girl with some stupid quote or something, I would be over it too.”
