Jenna Ortega reveals her “dream character” to play from history
nme.comJenna Ortega has revealed who her “dream character” would be to play from history.Speaking during an interview with fellow Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star Catherine O’Hara in which they were asked to name their four favourite films, the Wednesday star shortlisted The Passion Of Joan Of Arc as one of them.The silent film, which was made in 1928, was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.“An actress that I love and it’s something that I’ve talked with Tim [Burton] a lot, The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, the Dreyer film,” Ortega said.“Renée Falconetti’s performance in that is absolutely insane.
I feel like a dream character for me would be Joan Of Arc.”The other films she listed were French crime drama La Haine, Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon and the neo-Western road film Paris Texas, which starred late Alien actor Harry Dean Stanton.Meanwhile, Ortega and O’Hara also recently opened up about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘s big dance scene at the end featuring their characters Astrid and Delia.Opening up to NME about devising the moment, O’Hara explained that their moves were created by themselves, with the help of a choreographer.“You were the inspiration behind the performance art aspect of it,” Ortega then said of her co-star.
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