Not only did Jenna Ortega act Wednesday, she was interested in making the character authentic and made changes to the script on set.
During her appearance on Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard, Ortega shared what parts of the scripts she modified.
“I don’t think I’ve ever had to gas on a set like I did on Wednesday because it’s so easy to fall into that category, especially on this type of show,” Ortega said. “Everything she does, everything I had to play, didn’t make any sense to her character at all. Being in a love triangle made no sense. There was a line about this dress she has to wear to a prom and she’s like, ‘Oh my god I love it! I can’t believe I said that. I literally hate myself.” And I had to say, ‘No, there’s no way.'”
The Scream VI actor added, “There were times on set where I even got unprofessional in a sense where I just started switching lines. The script supervisor thought I was going to do something and then I would have to sit down with the writers and they would say, ‘Wait, what happened to the scene?’ And I would have to go through and explain why I couldn’t do certain things.”
Ortega said she was “protective” of the character she was portraying, and while she disliked some of the “emotional” arcs on the show, she knew it was necessary. The Netflix series star also said the viral dance scene was originally intended to be a flash mob scene.
“It was originally supposed to be a flash mob and she was supposed to start dancing and everyone was supposed to see it and dance with her. And I vetoed that because why would she be okay with that?” I said, ‘Either cut it off or have someone knock out Wednesday and then it’s done,'” she revealed.