is saying she “could have used [her] words better” when she spoke about changing lines for her character and questioning the writers’ intentions in a . Speaking to for a cover story that posted online on Tuesday, Ortega said, “I probably could have used my words better in describing all of that. I think, oftentimes, I’m such a rambler.
I think it was hard because I felt like had I represented the situation better, it probably would’ve been received better.” The actress previously told podcast that she got “unprofessional” when trying to make Wednesday Addams feel more authentic to her. “There was times on that set where I even became almost unprofessional, in a sense, where I just started changing lines,” she said in part.
“The script supervisor thought that I was going with something, and then I would have to sit down with the writers and they would be like, ‘Wait, what happened to the scene?’ And I would have to go through and explain why I couldn’t do certain things. I grew very, very protective of [Wednesday], but you can’t lead a story and have no emotional arc because then it’s boring and nobody likes you.” With hindsight, she told , the protection she felt for her character also reflected her flexing her independence on set.
“Women have to be princesses,” she said. “They have to be elegant and classy and so kind and..
.then when they’re outspoken, they can’t be tamed and they’re a mess.” The actress also spoke about her .