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

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday

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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