{"id":10608,"date":"2026-10-23T12:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=10608"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:46:31","slug":"jenna-ortega-admits-struggled-to-click-with-tim-burton-while-filming-netflix-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/10\/23\/jenna-ortega-admits-struggled-to-click-with-tim-burton-while-filming-netflix-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenna Ortega admits she struggled to ‘click’ with Tim Burton while filming Netflix’s Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Wednesday season 3 underway, Jenna Ortega has opened up about the struggles she faced when the first chapter was in production. And that included concerns she wasn\u2019t \u201cclicking\u201d with director Tim Burton<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Right now, Ortega<\/a> is gearing up for the release of Taika Waititi’s new sci-fi Klara and the Sun. The star appeared on the Happy Sad Confused<\/a> podcast to talk about the film, but she also opened up about the Netflix<\/a> series. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ortega is now synonymous with Wednesday<\/a> Addams, with the show catapulting her to global fame after premiering in 2022. Two seasons have been and gone, while filming for season 3 wrapped up last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

But despite its phenomenal success, Ortega admitted she wasn’t always convinced it was going to work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t think that it was working at all. And that was me being in my own head perhaps,\u201d she explained. But she also said she\u2019d never worked with someone like Tim Burton, the Netflix show\u2019s director and executive producer. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTim is very, very shy. He’s opened up a bunch. But when you initially start working with him, he does not speak,\u201d she continued. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were doing hair and makeup tests and they would try different bangs or try different lengths of braids and he would call Colleen Atwood [Burton\u2019s regular costume designer] over and he would whisper in Colleen\u2019s ear, and Colleen would come over and speak for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow knowing him, I think that was just him maybe being sensitive as to \u2018well she’s a young girl, I don’t want her to feel like I\u2019m picking her apart\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But those were the kinds of things that left Ortega feeling, \u201cOkay, well, I’m not clicking with him. He’s not speaking to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, now they know each other, it\u2019s a lot more comfortable. And Ortega pointed out, \u201cHe was just trying to give me space as a performer to figure it out myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut to be 17, 18 in a foreign country with this very big director and feel like I wasn’t connecting, I was very stressed out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n