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Jenna Ortega Says She Feels Misunderstood as Netflix Announces Third Season of Wednesday

She described losing ownership of her identity under relentless public speculation.

Overview

  • Ortega said she feels “incredibly misunderstood” and believes the public holds a completely false perception of her.
  • She described feeling that her own name no longer belongs to her and that she hates the constant speculation inherent in her fame.
  • Ortega criticized the public’s sense of entitlement to personal details of her life that they would not welcome under similar scrutiny.
  • Tim Burton lamented the loss of privacy in modern celebrity culture and recalled a time when actors’ lives remained more mysterious.
  • Netflix announced a third season of Wednesday this week, further extending the franchise that Ortega and Burton also collaborated on for Beetlejuice 2.