Jenna Ortega sees similarities between herself and Wednesday Addams
'Wednesday' star Jenna Ortega has confessed to having "a pretty dark sense of humor".
Jenna Ortega can see similarities between her real-life self and her 'Wednesday' character.
The 20-year-old actress plays Wednesday Addams in the new Netflix series, 'Wednesday', and Jenna admits to having a similar sense of humor to her on-screen character.
She shared: "People have been telling me I look like her since I was six years old. And I have a pretty dark sense of humor!"
Despite this, Jenna needed to make some adjustments in order to play Wednesday.
She told PEOPLE: "I had to do things a bit different with my physicality and the way I carried myself.
"She almost has a social awkwardness. So when she does toxic, manipulative things, you know it's not coming out of malicious intent."
Jenna has also heaped praise on co-star Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in the 'Addams Family' movies in the early 90s.
She explained: "It was really intimidating because I have so much respect for her as an actress, and being dressed up how she was 30 years ago, it was a little awkward.
"But I felt safe with her on set almost immediately. She was really sweet about it, and such a generous actress."
Jenna recently revealed that she never asked Christina for any advice on the set of 'Wednesday'.
The actress resisted the temptation to turn to her co-star - who plays an entirely new role in the series - for some tips.
She explained: "I think when [Christina] was on set, neither one of us said Wednesday once to each other. I don't think she wanted to get in the way of my performance and feel like she was overbearing."
Jenna admitted that she didn't "want to be too much like [Christina]" with her portrayal of Wednesday.
The actress said: "I felt like I didn't want to pull up something that she did 30 years ago. For the sake of my own benefit, but two, yeah, I didn't want to rip her off and I didn't want to be too much like her."
