Is there anything Jenna Ortega can’t do? In the new Netflix series, “Wednesday,” Ortega plays Wednesday Addams, and as part of her onboarding process, she had to learn how to play the cello. She also assumed the role of choreographer to execute one of the most memorable moments in the series.
Episode four, titled “Woe What a Night,” sees the students of Nevermore Academy, the school for the untouchables, attending the Rave’N dance. Wednesday reluctantly turns up with Tyler Galpin (Hunter Doohan). While playing “Goo Goo Muck” by The Cramps, Wednesday takes to the dance floor and throws in her sexiest move.
In a recent behind-the-scenes video, Ortega and her co-stars watch the scene, and she reveals, “I felt really insecure about it. I choreographed it myself and I think it’s very clear I’m not a dancer or choreographer.”
In a recent interview with EagleOrtega revealed more details about the sequence. Not only was this her first time choreographing, but Ortega also put the moves together just days before director Tim Burton shot the sequence.
in tweetOrtega said her dance moves were inspired by many people, including, “Siouxsie Sioux, Bob Fosse’s Rich Man’s Frug, Lisa Loring, Lene Lovich, Denis Lavant, and archival footage of goths dancing in clubs in the ’80s. Help me.” In this. “
One eagle-eyes fan also made reference to the homage to the 1960s TV series “The Addams Family,” writing: “I threw a move in there that was a tribute to John Astin Gomez. Don’t think we don’t see you. Well done.”
Loring’s tribute is also captured for a side-by-side comparison. Loring portrayed Wednesday in the original series.
Watch the entire dance scene below.
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