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- Jenna Ortega Stars like Wednesday Addams on Wednesday
- The actress talked about why she thinks the show reasoned with a younger audience in a new interview
- She also raised how she believes that social media affects today’s world
Jenna Ortega believe in Wednesday Have reasoned with the audience for more reasons than one.
The actress, 22, who plays as a titular character, told BBC In an interview published on Wednesday, July 30, that she believes that the Netflix show has found success because it explores themes about “where we find our sense of society now.”
“I was not in the 70s, but I hear stories about people who turn on their neighbors’ doors, and the bikes go the whole city and just expect to meet someone at a certain time in a certain place,” she said.
Ortega believes that people today do not talk personally, instead “interact and find their society online” – something she said “can be very isolation.”
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The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Star said that social media makes people exposed to “so many votes and so many opinions.”
“Much more than you would usually be, or that people are supposed to be exposed to,” she said. “So I find it harder to find a sense of self. Young people are struggling to find,” What makes my voice stand out? What is it about me in this world and this society today that gives me a sense of purpose or control or authority? “
During a behavior on The interview Podcast with New York Times Last August opened Ortega The negative experiences she has had with social mediaEspecially when she was little.
“I hate Ai,” she said. “… I liked being 14 (years old) and making a Twitter account because I would, and see dirty edited content of me as a child? No. It’s scary. It’s corrupt.”
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“It’s wrong. It’s disgusting,” added Ortega. “… here, however, is the problem. We have opened Pandora’s box. That’s what it is. It is out there now. We have to deal with the consequences.”
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Season 2, part 1 of Wednesday Will debut on Netflix on Wednesday, August 6, followed by Part 2 on Wednesday, September 3. Season 1 off Wednesday is available to stream in full on Netflix.
