Who is Jenna Ortega?

Just like her character "Wednesday," she's obsessed with the macabre. Dubbed Gen Z's "scream queen," this is the story of Jenna Ortega.

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00:00And I cruise through the city and I roam the streets

00:30Hi, I'm Alex.

00:39Who's that?

00:40That's Alex.

00:41It's Alexis.

00:42Nice, Alexis.

00:43It's Allie.

00:44Mom, they stole my ID.

00:48I was accidentally McDonald's girl for a year because three unrelated casting directors

00:53hired me in McDonald's commercials.

00:55And McDonald's was unaware you'd been in their last commercial?

00:58Yeah, the last two.

01:08Crumple up the flower, Jane.

01:11Good.

01:12Try to make it look new again.

01:14I can't.

01:16That's right.

01:17You can never go back.

01:26This is what happens when there are seven kids and you're stuck in the middle.

01:29Jump!

01:30Rachel!

01:31Wait until breakfast to put your feet in the food.

01:33Wait until breakfast to put your feet in the food.

01:35You guys made running from a serial killer and screaming in your sleep.

02:04Running from a serial killer and screaming bloody murder is so much fun.

02:07And I can't wait to do it again.

02:18I'm a weirdo and used to perform autopsies on little animals when I was younger.

02:25Like little lizards that I found that were dead in my backyard.

02:37How do you keep that deadpan face?

02:40I relax all of the muscles in my face.

02:42So I go...

02:43Oh my gosh.

02:50I just kind of pulled from whatever I could.

02:52I watched a lot of Fosse.

02:53I watched videos of goth clubs in the 80s.

02:56On the day, it was my first day with COVID, so it was awful to film.