Jenna Ortega will reprise her role as the wicked daughter of the Addams Family in “Wednesday” for season two, Netflix has officially announced, and the star already has an idea of who she wants to go back to Nevermore Academy with.
On the 2023 Golden Globes red carpet on Tuesday night, Ortega spoke to Variety about the show’s success as well as his surprise that Lady Gaga joined part in the trend of fans recreating Wednesday’s dance on TikTok.
Wednesday dances to The Cramps’ “Goo Goo Muck” in episode 4, while Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary” is the TikTok trend.
The actor made light of the fact that Netflix would “Love” having Lady Gaga join the ensemble and suggested that she take on the role of Mrs. Thornhill (Christina Ricci), a monster from the first season who understands Wednesday.
Ortega declared: “I’m sure Netflix would love that. I think Mrs. Thornhill and Wednesday had this weird mentor relationship or kind of understood each other in a certain way, so, if Lady Gaga were to be a part, I think it would have to be two monsters that understand each other.”
The actor continued by claiming that Gaga had actually sent her a brief video a few years prior because they shared a hairstylist.
“You know what’s funny [with] Lady Gaga? A long time ago, I worked with a hairdresser that used to work with her, and I’d just seen Lady Gaga in concert in Boston a couple of years before, and she’d made me a video saying, ‘Hey Jenna, I heard you’re a fan.’
“It was a really sweet video. I doubt she had any idea who I was back then, but to see her do [the ‘Wednesday’ dance on TikTok] now, it’s one of those moments you acknowledge life changes really fast. It’s crazy,” Ortega said.
The “X” and “Scream” actor described it as a “sweet” gesture because it is “crazy” that Gaga performed the “Wednesday” dance on TikTok after the singer probably didn’t know who she was at the time.
