Jenna Ortega has opened up about feeling “incredibly misunderstood.
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 22-year-old actress asserted that the public’s perception of her is “not at all” accurate.
“I think that’s part of my struggle with that side of the job, because you feel incredibly misunderstood,” she explained. “It’s almost to a point where it feels like your name doesn’t belong to you. I almost don’t even resonate with it anymore.”
“I hate assumptions, and a big part of this job is that people are going to make assumptions about you,” she added.
The star believes that too much information about performers is disclosed to the public these days.
She said: “We know too much.”
“And the people feel entitled to those bits and pieces of your life where if they were put under the same microscope, they wouldn’t feel nearly as comfortable.”
Jenna also shared her fear of being recognized in public, especially when people call her name on the street, and she occasionally hears “vile things.”
The star said: “Somebody shouting your name in public is insane.
Sometimes I feel uncomfortable when it’s grown men approaching me.
“Like, you don’t stop for somebody because you’re going to be late for something and they’re calling you a ‘c— w—-‘ in front of your mother,” she said. “It’s horrific.”
However, Ortega revealed that she can go out in public “unseen” if she wishes.
She said: “Sometimes you go out, and it’s a mess. And other times, I could be walking for hours and no one gives a s***. If you really want to go unseen, you can do it.”
Jenna has worked with the famous horror filmmaker Tim Burton on the second season of Netflix’s Wednesday. She is impressed by how polite he is when he works.
She said: “He’s so polite. He knows everybody’s names. He trusts the team.
“When I initially started working with him, I would ask him for notes and critiques. He wouldn’t give any. It’s not because he wasn’t trying to be helpful, but he was allowing me the space to find what was going to work for me.
“It created a greater confidence in myself. I think he really brings out the best in people and allows them to think out of the box, so you want to get weirder and weirder with it. It’s such a joy when someone brings that out of you.”
