Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega appeared on First We Feast's "Hot Ones" to take on the spicy wing challenge.

[Cate Blanchett](https://mashable.com/video/cate-blanchett-hot-ones), [Neil Patrick Harris,](https://mashable.com/video/neil-patrick-harris-hot-ones) and [Bryan Cranston](https://mashable.com/video/bryan-cranston-hot-ones). Hard to say, but she's definitely up there with the likes of [Hot Ones](https://mashable.com/article/best-hot-ones-episodes) she devours increasingly spicy wings while calmly answering questions about [Wednesday](https://mashable.com/article/wednesday-review-netflix), [Scream VI](https://mashable.com/video/scream-vi-trailer-super-bowl), and what it's like to work with Tim Burton, all while barely flinching as the spice-level ramps up.

"Wednesday" star Jenna Ortega is calling for smarter Gen Zers onscreen in depictions of modern teenagers.

The star admitted she was “ [devastated](https://www.indiewire.com/2023/03/jenna-ortega-devastated-to-not-star-in-you-season-4-1234815044/)” she could not film both projects simultaneously, but hinted she may be back for Season 5. “I think it’s really empowering and important because, right now, teenage voices are still being told in the majority by older white males.” “I feel like it’s always the ‘bratty teen,’ the ‘bad-mouthed teen,’ or a lot of times ‘unintelligent,’ which I don’t think is true.” “I love it when it can be a collaboration [where] everybody’s working, it’s not just solely one person. It was very freeing as an artist.” I wish they were given a bit more credit.

Netflix series Wednesday star Jenna Ortega spoke out against the stereotypes about Gen Z. during her latest appearance on the Hot Ones, on Thursday.

Netflix series Wednesday star Jenna Ortega spoke out against the stereotypes about Gen Z. Later, the You actress elaborated on why she calls the horror drama her 'second home' and a past interview, in which she joked that there's something about her face that 'people always want to throw blood on it.' The Grammy nominated star, 20, was asked if there's a Gen Z Trope or stereotype about teenagers in scripts that "gets under" her skin.

Jenna Ortega, seen here at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles in February, is expressing her thoughts on teen representation in TV and film. Gilbert ...

Prior to “Wednesday,” she starred in the Disney Channel series “Stuck in the Middle” as Harley Diaz, a teenager navigating life as a middle child. Perhaps the most well known teen Ortega has portrayed is the deadpan Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s hit “Wednesday” series, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe earlier this year. Ortega is also a final girl in one of the biggest teen-centric franchises in recent Hollywood memory, having appeared in last year’s “Scream” and soon to return in this month’s “Scream VI” co-starring Hayden Panettiere, Melissa Barrera and OG ’90s “Scream” queen Courteney Cox.

'Wednesday' star Jenna Ortega finds it easy to ignore expectations as a Latina actress because "a lot of" Hollywood bosses are "out of touch".

On the show, celebrity guests are interviewed as they eat wings coated in increasingly hotter sauces. Ortega completely kept her composure throughout, ...

Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza — Latina actors, well-known for their grim sensibilities — help bolster the dimensionality of what it means to be us.

I’m deeply comforted when I see Cardi B conduct red carpet interviews in her Bronx Spanglish mélange and calling it “ [muy ra-ta-ta](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV_9x1QdKUo).” In “ government’s ongoing negligence in keeping track of migrant children upon their arrival in the U.S. I relish the way Alexa Demie performs peak Latina emotional dysregulation as a tóxica on “ Despite being 100% Latina, even non-Latinos would use my distinct lack of vigor in speech as testament to my inauthenticity. What I thought would be a cordial exchange would become an amateur psychological evaluation: “What happened to her?” they’d ask. Instead, my character was an amalgamation of influences I absorbed by learning English, my second and now primary language, from watching U.S. My inexplicable interest in vampires, ghosts and the occult prompted tías to pray over me. I earned a number of nicknames over the years, the most common one being ... “We have nothing in common.” Comparisons to April Ludgate doggedly would follow me through my adult years; later came the comparisons to Julio Torres of Los Espookys. “That’s why I’m so lively and colorful.”

Ortega was a guest on “Hot Ones,' the fan-favorite show where guests eat hot wings and answer questions.

“We need real substance,” she said. “Interesting.” “I see where we’re going,” she said.

Ortega took her seat in front of host Sean Evans with a lot of self-confidence since she is someone who enjoys hot sauce. “I'm feeling pretty confident, ...

She even takes a second bite of the wing for good measure. After a bite of the second wing, Ortega declared: “Too easy. She described it as a “sweet, little baby wing.” She added, “I come from a strong family.

Jenna Ortega said that while portraying the titular character in Tim Burton's "Wednesday," she only wore black clothing.

While a bit more elevated than her [Nevermore Academy](https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a42098468/wednesday-netflix-filming-locations/) uniform, her moody looks are definitely Wednesday Addams-approved (and very on par with [the layered Alaïa prom dress](https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a42135971/wednesday-netflix-costume-design-interview/) she wore to the Rave’N Dance). “When I was working on Wednesday, I suddenly only ever wore black,” she said. [Wednesday season 2](https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a42086429/jenna-ortega-wednesday-netflix-season-2/), and while we can’t wait for the return of our fave psychic’s iconic pigtail braids (and deadpan expression, [non-blinking stare](https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a42121368/does-wednesday-blink-netflix/), and [dance moves](https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a42308146/viral-dance-scene-wednesday-netflix/), ofc), you already know that we’ll continue to take all the notes on Jenna’s off-set fashions. “I didn’t know why. but I digress. [Jenna Ortega](https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a42178249/jenna-ortega-facts/) has singlehandedly revitalized goth-glam fashion, and while I can’t thank her enough, I also can’t stop thinking about where she might’ve bought [that sheer veil](https://www.seventeen.com/fashion/a41995301/jenna-ortega-wednesday-premiere-outfit-veil/) she wore to the series premiere…

Jenna Ortega spoke out against the stereotypes about teenagers that irk her during an interview over spicy chicken wings on Hot Ones with host Sean Evans.

Interesting points: When asked if there is a Gen Z Trope or stereotype about teens in scripts that 'gets under' her skin, the 20-year-old actress was quick to call out some misconceptions about high schoolers Very informed: She also noticed that teenagers are often depicted as 'unintelligent,' which she does not reflect her generation because so much is 'accessible to them on the Internet' Getting real: After 'a little over a decade' in Hollywood and acknowledging that she does 'look a bit younger' than her peers, the You star said she is over plotlines about 'bratty' teens that 'bad mouth' everything She also noticed that teenagers are often depicted as 'unintelligent,' which she does not reflect her generation because so much is 'accessible to them on the Internet.' [After 'a little over a decade' in Hollywood](/tvshowbiz/article-11607463/Wednesday-RENEWED-second-season-following-record-breaking-success-Netflix.html?ico=topics_pagination_desktop) and acknowledging that she does 'look a bit younger' than her peers, the You star said she is over plotlines about 'bratty' teens that 'bad mouth' everything. When asked if there is a Gen Z Trope or stereotype about teens in scripts that 'gets under' her skin, the 20-year-old actress was quick to call out some misconceptions about high schoolers.

Aubrey Plaza and Jenny Ortega's SAG bit is about more than meets the eye. It's about having a chance to being able to craft our own legacies.

[Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Loses Reelection Bid](https://19thnews.org/2023/02/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-reelection/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=https://19thnews.org/2023&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter) [Iran Investigates Poisoning of Hundreds of Schoolgirls With Toxic Gas](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64797957). [Students Across Iowa Take Part in Walkouts to Protest LGBTQ Bills](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/students-iowa-take-part-walkouts-protest-lgbtq-bills-rcna72897) [Transgender Athlete JayCee Cooper Wins Discrimination Case Against USA Powerlifting.](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/transgender-athlete-wins-discrimination-case-usa-powerlifting-rcna72879) (Oh you’re interested in trans strength training? As bell hooks writes in All About Love: New Visions, ‘Capitalism and patriarchy together, as structures of domination, have worked overtime to undermine and destroy this larger unit of extended kin.'” So much of the news we get on the state legislature level about LGBTQ rights is awful, how about some good news for once? “A new generation discovers the poet laureate of puberty.” Because they are my secret weapon of vegetarian sandwiches (I do mine without the fried egg that’s on top in this recipe) that feel hefty enough for dinner and I had to share. — of our own making, in our own name? Anyway, I’ve thought a lot about this for the last few months now, because Aubrey Plaza’s grand return to the front of pop culture consciousness this fall seemingly overlapped with Wednesday’s rise for Jenny Ortega, I but couldn’t figure out how to put it into words? Have you read [Stef Rubino’s](https://www.autostraddle.com/working-out-at-a-strength-gym-has-been-great-but-these-exercises-make-me-want-to-scream/) [work yet](https://www.autostraddle.com/rethinking-the-power-of-movement-one-barbell-at-a-time/)?) In the best of ways. And something about watching traces of Aubrey Plaza in Jenny Ortega happen in real time is just… [Judy Blume Goes All the Way](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/04/judy-blume-books-are-you-there-god-margaret-movie/673091/).

Behold! Jenna Ortega, 'Hot Ones' hero, unflinching master of the devil's wings: 'I'm feeling pretty confident'

She can survive Ghostface, [at least once](https://ew.com/movies/scream-vi-hayden-panettiere-jenna-ortega-first-look/). [Jenna Ortega](http://ew.com/person/jenna-ortega/)'s a tough sonovagun. She can [power through COVID to dance](https://ew.com/tv/jenna-ortega-wednesday-viral-dance-routine-two-days/) like everyone's watching. And that is one of them." ) "Typically I can handle my stuff, so I'm curious."

Jenna Ortega kept her cool on this week's Hot Ones. The Wednesday star barely raised an eyebrow at even the spiciest chicken wing, even adding extra hot ...

"It's just the proper way to do a slasher." Ortega paused only slightly after trying the infamous Da Bomb sauce that many guests struggle to move past, but then completed the round of wings with grace. "Fighting the nostalgia that everybody feels for the '60s Wednesday and the '90s Wednesday, while also feeding into that," she continued in reference to her approach to the character. "People would tell me I had no soul, so I felt like trying to get them back was kind of the start." Like the other women who have taken on the role, Ortega brought a sense of morbid humor and deadpan delivery to the beloved character. "But Wednesday doesn't actually have that."

Los Angeles: Actress Jenna Ortega has shared her two cents on stereotypes about Gen Z. In a new interview, the breakout 'Wednesday' star spoke out against ...

“So I think that I personally have so much fun pushing the boundaries and doing all of the things that, you know, the Latina character ‘shouldn’t’ do. Prior to this, Jenna talked about how she feels that “a lot of” Hollywood bosses still lack awareness of today’s issues. “It goes back to the ‘your own worst critic’ thing.

The 'Wednesday' star calls out Hollywood bosses for stereotyping teenagers as vapid. NBCGetty. Jenna Ortega spoke her true mind over hot wings on Thursday, ...

Ortega played Harley Diaz, again in the role of a misfit teenager. Ortega has played many roles as a teenager before, and in her estimation, the roles are generally stereotyped versions of a teenager, lacking real substance. The film co-stars Hayden Panettiere, Melissa Barreras, and veteran ‘Scream’-er, Courteney Cox.

Jenna Ortega has been well-known since Tim Burton's Wednesday came out. The comedy follows Wednesday Addams as she enrolls in Nevermore Academy and works to ...

In Scream VI in 2023, she will return to the character of Tara. It is predicted that Wednesday’s remuneration would increase given the success of the first season. This naturally prompts us to wonder how much money Jenna gained from the show and how it influenced her overall income.

Jenna Ortega has blown up through her role in Netflix's 'Wednesday' but she's been acting for years. Here's a look into her career and how she earns her ...

Jenna Ortega has a hit with Wednesday, but the Addams Family series prevented her from joining Penn Badgley in Netflix's You season 4.

[Wednesday also broke numerous viewership records](https://gamerant.com/jenna-ortega-wednesday-netflix-record-top-10-series/), making the hit series a more significant boost to Ortega's career. [Wednesday season 2 has been renewed by Netflix](https://gamerant.com/wednesday-season-2-renewal-confirmed-netflix/), hopefully, the following season won't be as hard on Ortega. [Ortega's iconic Wednesday dance sequence](https://gamerant.com/jenna-ortega-wednesday-dance-scene-inspiration/) was performed while the actress awaited a COVID test that later came out positive. As a result, [Ortega isn't in You season 4](https://gamerant.com/jenna-ortega-netflix-you-season-4-wednesday/). [Netflix](https://gamerant.com/tag/netflix/)'s Wednesday brought its supernatural world to life by filming in Romania, far from You's filming locations in Paris, London, and Los Angeles. Wednesday may have boosted Jenna Ortega's career, but taking the role came with a few drawbacks.