Overview
- Ortega told Kid Cudi on his Big Bro podcast on Wednesday that she was ready to leave acting after her children’s TV run.
- She said she and her team discussed quitting for months as she started high school and faced meeting casting directors who did not know her work.
- Landing Ellie Alves on Netflix’s You in 2019 reignited her passion for the job and set up later breakout roles that included Scream, X, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Wednesday.
- She also revealed she auditioned as a child for Ari Aster’s Hereditary and said she handled not getting the part as a normal rejection.
- Recent coverage notes the pressure that followed Wednesday, a rare four‑month break she initially found scary, and some outlets report a scheduling conflict may have kept her from returning to You.