Jenna Ortega Thinks She Auditioned for Zendaya’s Role in Dune

Jenna Ortega is fairly certain she auditioned for Zendaya‘s function in Dune. The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice actress mentioned she was 15 when she went in for the interview.

“I feel it was Chani, I feel it was Zendaya’s,” Ortega recalled in a BuzzFeed interview. “However they weren’t saying that, every part was very secret.” 

Ortega added that she remembers being “actually excited” as a result of Denis Villeneuve “is considered one of my favourite filmmakers.”

Ortega is now 21, which might date her potential Dune audition as six years previous. Along with Zendaya, the critically acclaimed first installment of the sci-fi collection went on to additionally star Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard and Dave Bautista. Dune: Half Two launched earlier this 12 months.

Elsewhere within the interview, Ortega spoke about her experiences filming Netflix’s Wednesday with legendary director Tim Burton. Burton additionally directed the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — the sequel to his 1988 movie Beetlejuice — during which Ortega stars as Astrid Deetz, the daughter of Winona Ryder’s Lydia.

“On Wednesday we had been simply making an attempt to get to know one another a bit,” Ortega mentioned of her relationship to Burton. “On Beetlejuice … he appeared much more playful and I feel it really helped our relationship loads … it was only a very joyous, pleased shoot.” 

Ryder reprises her function for the film, together with Michael Keaton and Catherine O’Hara. “Winona was so welcoming,” Ortega mentioned. “I really feel actually, actually fortunate to have been capable of create such a bond together with her on set.”

As for Keaton and O’Hara, Ortega additionally sang their praises.

“I’ve been such a fan of Michael Keaton for such a very long time that I feel really seeing him in individual I went inside myself as a result of I weirdly bought shy,” she mentioned, including that seeing Keaton carry out the Beetlejuice character “was the primary time I feel I noticed somebody fully disappear, no little bit of themselves concerned, in order that was fairly particular.”

Ortega added, “Catherine O’Hara is considered one of, if not the funniest individual, I met in my life.”

Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s Wednesday, which launched its first season in 2022. The staff is at the moment in manufacturing on season two.

“We’re capturing episodes 201 and 204 proper now and there’s loads occurring in these episodes and so they really feel very outstanding,” Ortega mentioned. “It seems like daily we’re tackling an enormous scene.”

Additionally for the interview, Ortega quipped about a number of private particulars, together with the reveal that her first superstar crush “was Barack Obama” and that she was confused and tickled by the (fully fabricated) rumors that she was courting Johnny Depp.

“It’s so insane to me, like, I by no means spoke on that, I by no means mentioned something like that,” Ortega mentioned. “I assumed that that was fairly hilarious.”