Fans of the “Addams Family” spinoff “Wednesday” will be excited to hear that Lady Gaga will make an appearance in its second season. Jenna Ortega, the star of the series, is overjoyed by this news and can’t wait for viewers to see what surprises Gaga’s character will bring to the show.
“It’s the best. She’s the best, definitely one of the most talented individuals I’ve ever worked with,” Ortega told IndieWire at SXSW. “It was just a really, really special environment to be there with her and Tim [Burton], two people that I respect and have been inspired by so much.”
“Then just finding out that she’s such a sweetheart and really kind and reserved, it’s very strange,” Ortega added. “I love that you never know what to expect from her, but you can always expect kindness and generosity.”
“I don’t want to give away anything about being part of the show,” Gaga told Entertainment Weekly recently. “I want to keep it extra secret — but, I love Jenna, and I really had an amazing time!”
Gaga’s ties to “Wednesday” go back to the first season when a scene featuring Ortega dancing to “Goo Goo Muck” by The Cramps was reworked with Gaga’s “Bloody Mary” and went viral on TikTok. Users posted themselves doing the same dance to Gaga’s 2011 song, and Gaga also jumped on the trend at one point.
“You know what’s funny? A long time ago, I worked with a hairdresser that worked with Gaga and I just had seen Gaga in concert a few years before. [The hairdresser got] Gaga [to make] me a video saying she heard I was a fan,” Ortega said in 2023 about Gaga joining the TikTok trend. “Gaga made me a sweet video. I doubt she remembers. But to see her do that now…it’s one of those moments you realize life changes really fast.”
About Jenna Ortega :
Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child and received recognition for her role as a younger version of Jane in The CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019). She then won an Imagen Award for her leading role as Harley Diaz in the Disney Channel series Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018). She played Ellie Alves in the thriller series You (2019) and starred in the family film Yes Day (2021), both for Netflix.