Jenna Ortega Admits Shooting Schedule And Prep For 'WEDNESDAY' Made Her "Pull Her Hair Out" And "Cry Hysterically"

“WEDNESDAY’S CHILD IS FULL OF WOE”

That old adage is not just fancy goth words to start off Netflix’s hit show, ‘Wednesday’. It seems that the star of the show, Jenna Ortega, had some major issues with a few things when it came to the prep and shooting of the TV Series directed by Tim Burton for Netflix.

In a recent Netflix Q&A session, Ortega revealed that the show had an intense shooting schedule and that in addition to the multiple cello and fencing classes she took to properly embody the character, it pushed her to the breaking point. 

"It was show up to set two hours early, do that 12- to 14-hour day, then go home and then get on a Zoom and have whatever lesson that I had," Ortega recalled, per Variety. "Or show up to my apartment, [and] my cello teacher was already waiting for me. It was just constantly going, and if you could on a weekend, if we weren't shooting the sixth day that week, it was, 'All right, well then, we'll get your lessons in on that day.'"

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While Ortega began her fencing and cello lessons months before arriving in Romania to shoot the series, Ortega explained that the scene in which her character performs the Rolling Stones' 1966 hit "Paint It Black" on cello was particularly difficult because it required her to play a piece meant for two cellos all by herself. 

"I did not get any sleep. I pulled my hair out," she said. "There's so many FaceTime calls that my dad answered of me hysterically crying."

The actress said she was "very adamant about being as well prepared" for the performance as possible because she wanted Burton to be able to use footage that prominently featured her playing. She added, "That's so much more believable if you could see your face."

"I didn't know where my hands were even supposed to go," Ortega said. "And then I had to make two cellos come out of one cello, which was ridiculous."

Last October, Ortega called her experience becoming Wednesday "the most overwhelming job I've ever had" during a conversation for Interview magazine with her Wednesday costar — and previous Wednesday Addams — Christina Ricci. 

"I would call my parents every night in a panic because I felt like it was different from any job I had ever done before where I typically have that time to sit into the character," she said at the time. "We didn't really have time for rehearsals. I remember it being very stressful and confusing. I did the best I could, but that's probably the most overwhelming job I've ever had."

We personally feel Ortega did a very good job of bringing the character of Wednesday Addams to the small screen and expect to see her return for a Season 2 for Netflix sometime next year.

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