Jenna Ortega has a bone to pick with Marvel.
The Wednesday star revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published on Friday, March 14, that Iron Man 3 was one of her first roles — but her part was cut from the movie’s final release.
“It was one of the first jobs I ever had,” Ortega said. “They took all my lines out.”
Ortega added that the only part of her that’s visible in the scene is “one leg.”
After Ant-Man star Paul Rudd added that sometimes Marvel likes to lay “breadcrumbs,” Ortega pushed back, “They even took my name away.”
Luckily, being cut from the film hasn’t had a negative impact on Ortega’s career —the second season of her hit series Wednesday is set to debut this year on Netflix, and the actress has already warned fans that they need to be prepared.
“I kind of want her to be darker,” Ortega told Entertainment Tonight in December 2022. “I want her to get more in the nitty-gritty of things and not play things so safe, because there are a lot of lines about her saving the school and doing whatever, but for me, her main drive with the monster is of a competitiveness. Kind of, ‘Man, how’s this guy doing this?’”
In February 2024, Ortega, who will also serve as a producer on the show’s second season, told Vanity Fair the show will “expand” on the supernatural themes. “I mean, in the first season, we had episodes that really stood out visually, like, the dance episode was a really big one for people, and that setting was very particular and it felt like Prom Night, a little bit, or Carrie,” she said. “Every episode [of season 2] that I’ve read so far is like that.”
She continued: “It just stands out on its own as a very memorable scene or bit or setting, which I think is what I’m most excited for, because to pull that off for eight episodes is, I think, really incredible and really lucky.”
And that’s not all — in January of this year, Ortega told E! News Tim Burton “really had a ball” in terms of the show’s gory content in season 2. “Everything is very graphic, and it’s very exciting and inspiring to work with someone like that who gets you excited about the shots that you’re doing every day,” she said.
The second season of Wednesday will also feature a guest star – none other than Lady Gaga, whose song “Bloody Mary” was used in several TikTok videos celebrating the first season.
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