Wednesday’s Jenna Ortega says Netflix series had one line of dialogue she refused to say

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 20-year-old actor plays Wednesday Addams in the hit Netflix series – a new re-imagining of Charles Addams’s iconic Addams Family. “I felt like we were able to avoid a lot of dialogue in an attempt to make her sound human.” Fans of the series praised Ortega for making the cut, with many agreeing that it wouldn’t have worked for her usually deadpan character. Jenna Ortega in ‘Wednesday’ “Gotta give credits to actors who know their characters better than the writers sometimes,” one fan wrote on TikTok. And then I didn’t sleep for two days.” Wednesday has been a huge hit for Netflix, and recently beat serial killer drama Dahmer to a major viewership milestone.