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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Jenna Ortega's finds her fame and success to be "surreal"

    The 21-year-old actress stars alongside Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', and Jenna has revealed that she relished the experience of working with the duo on the new movie


    She told 'Extra': "It's a very surreal life that I lead."

    Jenna jumped at the chance to star in the new Tim Burton-directed movie.

    The actress said: "I was losing my mind ... freaking out ... Never did I ever think that they were going to bring 'Beetlejuice' back."

    Winona, 52, also relished the opportunity to work with Jenna.

    The Hollywood star explained: "She's truly such a magnificent, like, insanely talented, brilliant person and just the most authentic person that I've known. It was such a joy, it really was. I've never had that kind of sacred bond."

    Jenna is best known for playing Wednesday Addams in the hit Netflix series 'Wednesday', and the actress previously admitted that she can see similarities between her real-life self and her on-screen character.

    Jenna confessed to having a similar sense of humour to her on-screen character.

    Speaking to PEOPLE, she explained: "People have been telling me I look like her since I was six years old. And I have a pretty dark sense of humour!"

    Despite this, Jenna needed to make some adjustments in order to play Wednesday.

    She said: "I had to do things a bit different with my physicality and the way I carried myself.

    "She almost has a social awkwardness. So when she does toxic, manipulative things, you know it's not coming out of malicious intent."

    Jenna also heaped praise on co-star Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in the 'Addams Family' movies in the early 90s.

    She explained: "It was really intimidating because I have so much respect for her as an actress, and being dressed up how she was 30 years ago, it was a little awkward.

    "But I felt safe with her on set almost immediately. She was really sweet about it, and such a generous actress."

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