Jenna Ortega is making her debut as Wednesday Addams in Netflix's new series 'Wednesday,' which also returns original star Christina Ricci.
-- who played the heroine in the '90s films -- to the franchise in a new role. Presented with the unique opportunity to seek wisdom from Ricci, Ortega admitted that once they stepped onto set, their focus was on the present and not the past.virtual junket in October."It was weird, it was like an unspoken agreement that we had. When we first locked eyes, we were just, 'Let's never talk about her.
"I don't think I've ever really said the word, 'Wednesday,' around her actually until a couple of weeks ago," the actress noted. series, Ortega's Wednesday attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago -- all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore Academy.
star."Because it's like, she's observing what it is, what you're doing and it is one of her more popular characters and... she's created quite the legacy to live up to." "And the show is very reminiscent of her take. It just goes to show that there's respect there," she acknowledged.
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