Jenna Ortega is no stranger to irony. The actress has long had a knack for pointing to the irony and/or hypocrisy of any situation — be it plot or emotionally driven — on-screen. It's part of what has made her acting so compelling,

The Netflix star noted that playing a teenager as an adult has some major downsides, particularly related to her character's style

The switch came when Ortega was filming the slasher movie X in New Zealand. She had just completed a scene where her head gets blown off, so she was wearing a prosthetic when she sat down for a Zoom audition with Burton, who served as the director on season one of Wednesday.