Jenna Ortega isn’t looking to join the MCU any time soon — especially after an uncredited role in “Iron Man 3.”
The “Wednesday” actress told ET in that she has been there, done that when it comes to the MCU, even if her role in the 2013 franchise installment was uncredited.
“I did it once,” Ortega said when asked if she would want to be in a Marvel film. “It was one of my first jobs I ever did. They took all my lines out. I’m in ‘Iron Man 3.’ I take up the frame. I have one leg. And I’m the vice president’s daughter.”
She added of the experience, “They even took my name away. I count that, and then I move on.”
Ortega’s “Death of a Unicorn” co-star and MCU “Ant-Man” actor Paul Rudd seemed flummoxed at how Ortega was uncredited in her bit part. Rudd, who was interviewed alongside Ortega, cited how “lucky” Marvel would be if Ortega led one of their films.
“Marvel is very good at laying those bread crumbs and so it might very well be that you come back,” Rudd said to Ortega. “They are going to create something for you because they should be so lucky to have Jenna Ortega in their franchise.”
In the meantime, Ortega is focusing more on her scream queen status than any possible superhero roles. Ortega told Collider that “Wednesday” Season 2 is like Tim Burton’s version of “Full Metal Jacket,” with other references including “Carrie,” “Prom Night,” and Burton’s own “Beetlejuice.” (Ortega also starred in its 2024 sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”)
“Visually, I can say we have some of the most fun we’ve ever had,” Ortega said of collaborating with director Burton again for “Wednesday” Season 2. “I feel like we kind of had a little bit more trust, and therefore, we felt like we could do bigger, more elaborate sequences, which is nice.”
She teased an entire episode “based off of slashers” and one sequence in particular.
“It’s crazy to talk about one frame like this, but there is a frame of Pugsley rolling his eyes back with this contraption around his head — that’s all I can say — and it reminds me so much of ‘Full Metal Jacket,’” Ortega said. “It’s insane. So bizarre.”
SOURCE: IndieWire
