Jenna Ortega felt "uncomfortable" when she was asked to kiss the late Cameron Boyce during an audition

Speaking to French TV outlet Canal+, she said: "The last time I saw my friend Cameron Boyce - I'd known him since I was like 11 or 12, and we were supposed to kiss [in an audition] and he knew me, since I was 11 or 12. This is a few years later, 15, 16, came in, we were supposed to be love interests.

"But because he obviously felt weird and he was a bit older, he was like - we both just kinda looked at each other and we were like, 'No, we can't do this.'

"And it was so sweet because I was uncomfortable and I was having a hard time. .. And then, we wished each other well."

Jenna was "really thankful and grateful" to Cameron for speaking up, and agreed with her 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' co-star Catherine O'Hara when she said he had been a "gentleman".

Meanwhile, Jenna recently admitted she was "terrified" about joining 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' as Astrid Deetz - the daughter of Winona Ryder's character Lydia Deetz - alongside acting greats such as the 'Stranger Things' star, Michael Keaton, and Catherine O'Hara.

She said on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon': "Never in my wildest dreams. I just never could have anticipated something like that happening.

"Lydia [Deetz, Winona's character] is the coolest character on the planet. Just everything about it, I was terrified."

Michael, 72, has reprised the role of Beetlejuice for the new film.

And Jenna recalled being surprised by her co-star while she was in the make-up room.

She shared: "He came up behind me. I was getting a hair and make-up test, and I got a tap on the shoulder and I turned around and it was a jump scare for sure. He was like, 'Oh hey I'm Michael,' and he had moulds peeling off his face.

"I played it cool and then it was cool until I met him for a second time out of hair and make-up because I introduced myself again because I forgot that I had already met him."