After rising to fame with her portrayal of Wednesday Addams, Jenna Ortega has opened up about growing up in the public eye and the pressure she feels with social media in a chat with actress Elle Fanning.
Jenna Ortega established her fame playing young Addams in the Netflix series 'Wednesday', although her experience in fiction has not been a bed of roses and she has also encountered some controversy.
The actress suffered an emotional crisis during filming due to the long work hours and some disagreements with the scriptwriters, she has been very honest about her point of view above all.
So much so that Ortega has been heavily criticized on social media and has even been the subject of banners during the Hollywood writers' strike for revealing the things she refused to do because the script didn't make sense.
Now, Jenna, 20, has joined Elle Fanning, 25, in one of Variety's 'Actors on Actors' talks where they have both reflected on being child actresses and manipulation on social media.
"Social networks are a comparison game. They influence the drag mentality. They are very manipulative," Jenna has commented and has confessed: "After 'Wednesday', I get very nervous with the idea of posting or even saying something on social media or being myself because I feel like..."
"It can be misinterpreted," Fanning has completed.
"Yes, because I tend to be sarcastic or dry and it's very easy for me to ask for trouble. I want people to be able to meet the person behind the camera and realize that no one should be put on a pedestal," Ortega continued. when suddenly her voice cracked: "The more I've been exposed to the world, the more people have tormented me and taken advantage of it. They see your vulnerability and they twist it in ways you don't always expect."
That's when the 'Scream' actress couldn't help but break down in tears and burst into tears.
"It's something very difficult to balance because, how can you be honest without endangering your own health and safety? It's very easy to feel almost out of control," Jenna confessed, who has assured that she had no intention of getting emotional.
"You have to protect yourself and also know when to push it away and know that it doesn't matter. That's not the real world," Fanning has comforted her.
Jenna smiled and confessed: "Even so, I still have this really intense drive to be human, honest, and authentic. Another thing about this industry is that you put yourself in front of a camera and people want you to be something else that you are not and they It feels gross. And I don't want to feel gross. I'd rather people see me cry and do whatever than be something I'm not."
