Netflix’s recent hit, Wednesday, has gone viral all over platforms like TikTok for an interesting dance sequence. Now, star Jenna Ortega reveals that she came up with the dance herself in just two days.
In a conversation with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Ortega revealed that she had a conversation with executive producer and director Tim Burton about the scene.
“He came to my trailer about two days before we shot it and said, ‘Hey Jenna, so I know you said you wanted to choreograph this yourself’ because I refused to see a choreographer. He was like, ‘I know you’ve got it, you’ve been working on it, I’m not even worried about it. I trust you.’
“And I said, ‘Oh, yeah. You know, it’s all so good.’ And I had not gone over it at all. I was doing cello that week, fencing that week. I just didn’t have time.
“I was kicking myself, I felt like such a fool. I’m not a dancer, I don’t do any of that, I have no experience in that field. And then yeah, I didn’t sleep for two days.
“I watched videos of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Denis Lavant in Beau Travail. I found archival footage of goth kids dancing in clubs in the 80s. Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen, just anything I could get my hands on, and then on the day I thought, ‘All right, well let’s just see what happens.'”
The dance has since gone viral all over TikTok, especially when paired with the song ‘Bloody Mary’ by Lady Gaga.
The Netflix original, Wednesday, has also since become a massive hit for the streaming platform. No confirmation was given regarding a second season yet, but Netflix’s head of US and Canada scripted series Peter Friedlander told Variety that he was “optimistic” about it.
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