is pretty sure she auditioned for ‘s role in . The actress said she was 15 when she went in for the interview. “I think it was Chani, I think it was Zendaya’s,” Ortega recalled in a .
“But they weren’t saying that, everything was very secret.” Ortega added that she remembers being “really excited” because Denis Villeneuve “is one of my favorite filmmakers.” Ortega is now 21, which would date her potential audition as six years old.
In addition to Zendaya, the critically acclaimed first installment of the sci-fi series went on to also star Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard and Dave Bautista. released earlier this year. Elsewhere in the interview, Ortega spoke about her experiences filming Netflix’s with legendary director Tim Burton.
Burton also directed the upcoming — the sequel to his 1988 film — in which Ortega stars as Astrid Deetz, the daughter of Winona Ryder’s Lydia. “On we were just trying to get to know each other a bit,” Ortega said of her relationship to Burton. “On Beetlejuice.
..he seemed a lot more playful and I think it actually helped our relationship a lot.
..it was just a very joyous, happy shoot.
” Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s , which released its first season in 2022. The team is currently in production on season 2. “We’re shooting episodes 201 and 204 right now and there’s a lot happening in those episodes and they feel very prominent,” Ortega said.
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