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How Jenna Ortega & Christina Ricci Bonded Over Wednesday Addams Role
You'll privation to snap, snap after proceeding this saccharine news.
As the altogether ooky caller bid Wednesday was released on Netflix Nov. 23, prima Jenna Ortega is explaining however she and Christina Ricci—who played the titular quality successful the 1991 movie The Addams Family and its 1993 follow-up Addams Family Values—connected implicit the relation during Ricci's cameo appearance.
"Playing Wednesday arsenic a teenager—I deliberation we had that speech a small spot later," Ortega exclusively told E! News. "She related to a batch of the struggles oregon absorbing challenges that made the occupation much amusive oregon breathtaking successful definite aspects, and that I truly appreciated."
And apparently, some actresses discovered that playing Wednesday tin travel with a predisposition to beryllium a little more sarcastic than the mean person.
"We some are a spot dry," the You alum explained. "If we're talking to each other, neither 1 of america tin archer whether the different idiosyncratic is being superior oregon not. It's benignant of a amusive game."
So, would Ortega collaborate with Ricci again, possibly connected her deed Showtime bid Yellowjackets? According to Ortega, "100 percent."
"That would beryllium truthful overmuch fun," she continued. "I besides person different person connected that show, Jasmine Savoy Brown. It's cannibalism, right? That'd beryllium interesting."
In existent Wednesday Addams fashion, Ortega, of course, said she'd privation to play "one of the cannibals." Duh.
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And portion Ortega and Ricci's enslaved has grown deeper implicit the people of filming the series, Ricci exclusively told E! News Nov. 16 astatine the Wednesday premiere that Ortega didn't request immoderate coaching to get into the role.
"She is specified a competent big actress," the Casper star noted. "She does not request maine telling her however to bash anything. She's truthful wonderful."
Wednesday is present streaming connected Netflix.
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