Wednesday would mean she couldn’t appear in the latest season of You.The actor was believed to be returning to You for season four, however, her lead role in fellow Netflix show Wednesday meant she was effectively barred from getting on set.
Filming the show during the pandemic meant that it wasn’t easy for Ortega to leave Romania, where the Addams family spin-off was being shot.“I was devastated,” she said of the situation in a red-carpet chat with Entertainment Tonight. “You’re talking about Sarah Gamble, love her, easily one of my favourite sets that I’ve ever, ever been on.“I was so devastated when they reached out because I miss Ellie and I had been wanting to go back to Ellie for such a long time.
But, I was in Romania, shooting Wednesday. I couldn’t travel back and forth with the pandemic and everything like that.”She added: “When you’re committed to a show, there was just no way it could have worked out.
But that one, bummed me out.”You’s showrunner Sera Gamble has also talked about Ortega’s absence, telling IndieWire: “We wanted to bring Ellie back and we heard, ‘Oh, Jenna is doing some show.’ It’s been just such a pleasure to see Jenna this year.
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