{"id":22799,"date":"2024-09-01T14:25:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T12:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=22799"},"modified":"2024-09-01T15:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T13:40:02","slug":"qa-with-jenna-ortega-astrid-beetlejuice-beetlejuice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/09\/01\/qa-with-jenna-ortega-astrid-beetlejuice-beetlejuice\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A With Jenna Ortega (Astrid) – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

QUESTION: Do you remember the first time you saw the original film?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JENNA ORTEGA:<\/strong> I actually don\u2019t think that I remember the first time that I saw the film, but it was such a recurring presence I feel like in a lot of children\u2019s lives. But I do remember\u2026 Well, I was scared of everything when I was younger, and I would have recurring nightmares of Beetlejuice, where he would show up, you know? I had bunk beds at the time and he would swing down and offer me grape juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTION: What was the casting process like for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JENNA ORTEGA:<\/strong> Tim wanted to meet with me and we had been meeting and discussing the second season of Wednesday<\/em> for a while. So, when he asked to meet with him again, I thought that we were discussing that. I had this notebook with pages of ideas that I had for the second season. And then he just kind of gave me the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice<\/em> script and we went from there. He said, \u201cIf you\u2019re interested, you\u2019re interested. If you\u2019re not, no worries. Don\u2019t worry about it.\u201d The script was really, really funny. I remember being hesitant, because the first one is such a classic. You don\u2019t want to ruin anything or mess things up. But with the original cast coming back, and Tim, obviously\u2026 He was really, really passionate about it. It\u2019s something that he\u2019s wanted to do for years. And with the experiences I had on the set, I feel really, really good about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTION: So, with <\/strong>Wednesday<\/strong><\/em>, this is your second collaboration with Tim. What\u2019s it like working with him again?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JENNA ORTEGA:<\/strong> I would say collaborating with Tim for the second time now, I think it\u2019s pretty similar to the first time in terms of\u2026 he just trusts you, whoever he casts. You\u2019re allowed to make awful decisions and you\u2019re allowed to make funny decisions\u2014he just kind of encourages you to do what you want, but he always guides you in the right direction. He\u2019s very obviously excited and I feel he\u2019s been really, really, especially creative this time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTION: What was your first reaction reading the script?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JENNA ORTEGA:<\/strong> I remember when I read the script, I had just come from meeting with Tim, and I was sitting on rocks at the beach. And I sat there on the beach in the sun during the winter, so it was cold. But I was reading about all these characters that I had grown up watching and had been familiar with all my life. I just remember feeling really nostalgic and happy, and excited, more than anything. Regardless of whether or not I was going to be a part of it, I felt like, \u201cThis is going to be a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTION: So, what\u2019s it like, having Winona Ryder as Astrid\u2019s mom?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JENNA ORTEGA:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been a fan of Winona for a very long time. I think she\u2019s worked on some of the coolest projects. I feel anytime I see a film that I\u2019m interested in, she just appears. And I think, \u201cOh, of course! She was a part of that.\u201d She truly has been one of the sweetest coworkers I\u2019ve ever had. I feel like I\u2019ve learned so much from her. And she\u2019s so giving and so vulnerable, but just a really good person. I never knew if I would have the opportunity to work with her, but I\u2019m really grateful and glad that I did. And I would love, love, love, kill to work with her again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTION: Astrid is about the same age as her mom, Lydia, when we met her in the first film. Now, Lydia has gone on to become famous for communicating with ghosts. With everything she goes through in this crazy story, what do you think we would find Astrid doing if we were to meet her in 20 or so years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JENNA ORTEGA:<\/strong> In 20 years, Astrid would be an activist and philanthropist, doing work for the rainforest. And a little bit hippie! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTION: If you were to discover a perfectly crafted model of a town in your attic, what would it be and who would you hope to summon from it if you could?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JENNA ORTEGA: The story of Alice in Wonderland<\/em> has always been really exciting to me\u2014I\u2019d summon Alice and then force her to take me into her world down the rabbit hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTION: If you were to somehow summon a portal to the Afterlife and go through, what would your version of the afterlife look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JENNA ORTEGA: I can\u2019t envision another Afterlife other than Tim\u2019s! This movie is so ingrained in my childhood and my work that my brain refuses to go elsewhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n