Jenna Ortega shares fantasy ‘Wednesday’ season 2 role for Lady Gaga

Wednesday’s Jenna Ortega shares her Lady Gaga origin story, fantasizes season 2 role for Mother Monster

“I’m sure Netflix would love that,” Ortega said at the 2023 Golden Globes.

Joey Nolfi

By Joey Nolfi January 10, 2023 at 07:42 PM EST

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In Jenna Ortega‘s fantasy world, Wednesday Addams is dance, dance, dancing (with her hands, hands, hands above her head) next to Lady Gaga in season 2 of her hit Netflix series.

Jenna Ortega at Golden Globes / Lady Gaga

Jenna Ortega speculates on how Lady Gaga could join ‘Wednesday’ season 2.

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“I’m sure Netflix would love that,” Ortega told Variety ahead of the ceremony, after a reporter asked what role might be ideal for Gaga in season 2. “I think Mrs. Thornhill and Wednesday had this weird mentor relationship or kind of understood each other in a certain way, so, if Lady Gaga were to be a part, I think it would have to be two monsters that understand each other.”

Ortega — who further confirmed that Netflix was getting “a writers room together” for season 2 — also said that, before she and Gaga both went viral on TikTok because of Wednesday, they shared a mutual, professional connection in the industry.

“You know what’s funny [with] Lady Gaga? A long time ago, I worked with a hairdresser that used to work with her, and I’d just seen Lady Gaga in concert in Boston a couple of years before, and she’d made me a video saying, ‘Hey Jenna, I heard you’re a fan,'” Ortega continued. “It was a really sweet video. I doubt she had any idea who I was back then, but to see her do [the Wednesday dance on TikTok] now, it’s one of those moments you acknowledge life changes really fast. It’s crazy.”

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