The first trailer for Netflix and Tim Burton‘s new Addams Family series, Wednesday, was released today and features Jenna Ortega shining in the titular role. Ortega is quickly becoming a big name in horror, having starred in both Scream and X earlier this year. She also appeared in the horror comedy American Carnage and Dave Grohl’s horror comedy Studio 666 this year, and previously starred in The Babysitter: Killer Queen. Needless to say, Ortega is already earning the title of “Scream Queen” at age 19. While the young star has big shoes to fill with names such as Christina Ricci having played Wednesday Addams in the past, fans are loving Ortega in the new trailer. In fact, she’s currently a trending topic on Twitter.
“We’ve never seen her as a teenager girl,” Ortega previously explained. “You know, it’s funny and sweet and almost charming to hear this eight-year-old’s obsession with murder and blood and guts. As she gets older, that nasty attitude or [those] biting remarks, it’s almost kind of hard not to make it sound like every other teenager girl So, it’s like how do we establish this character and give her the same fire without letting her become something that she’s not? Also, it’s an eight-hour series so, for an emotionless character, there has to be some sort of an emotional arc.”
You can check out some of the tweets praising Ortega below..
Casting Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams was THE right move. pic.twitter.com/z7p0l5H3sb
The new Wednesday Addams looks so good! We continue to stan Jenna Ortega! pic.twitter.com/RGW5U9lDtG
jenna ortega’s contribution to the horror genre in 2022 alone is insane pic.twitter.com/P6JpHBywVj
Jenna Ortega single handedly saved netflix with wednesday
jenna ortega as wednesday addams is perfect casting pic.twitter.com/I8bZzG70Uh
JENNA ORTEGA THE OWNER OF HORROR GENRE. pic.twitter.com/2Fvf60Mz7w
art definition: jenna ortega as wednesday,yes i got goosebumps right here. pic.twitter.com/czR6f5u3MK
jenna ortega doing X, scream, the fallout and wednesday in a single year. pic.twitter.com/MkObFmypOd
jenna ortega is the new horror IT girl pic.twitter.com/AAtjSl8mhp
jenna ortega,, she’s an icon, she’s a legend and she is the moment pic.twitter.com/EBYfkP0I5C
jenna ortega in horror is my favorite genre. pic.twitter.com/UiXSlM2L10
JENNA ORTEGA WORLD DOMINATION
