Jenna Ortega, the star of Netflix's hit series Wednesday, has spoken out about the challenges of playing a teenager as an adult. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Ortega revealed that she finds it "annoying" when people treat her like a child because of her role as Wednesday Addams.

Ortega, 22, explained that playing a schoolgirl can be frustrating, especially when people don't take her seriously" because of her age and appearance. She also shared that she has picked up some skills from her character, including playing the synth and learning how to fence. However, she noted that the "infantilization" that comes with being an adult actress playing a teenager is one of the more difficult aspects of Wednesday

"I'm doing a show I'm going to be doing for years where I play a schoolgirl," she added. "But I'm also a young woman."

Ortega's co-star, Natalie Portman, also shared her own experiences of feeling infantilized as an actress, especially considering her height. "We're both physically tiny, so people will often treat you like a child forever," Portman said. "I'm 43 now, and people kind of pat me on the head. I don't look like a child, but I often feel like I'm treated like a kid."

Ortega added that she relates to Portman's comments "immensely." "It's always been really annoying, because you just don't feel like you're being taken seriously," she continued. "You know, it's like how you're dressed in the schoolgirl costume... There's just something about it that's very patronizing. Also, when you're short, people are already physically looking down on you."

Feeling Unhappy and Infantilized

Ortega also opened up about feeling unhappy and overwhelmed after the first season of Wednesday was released. "To be quite frank, after the show and trying to figure everything out, I was an unhappy person," she shared. "After the pressure, the attention — as somebody who's quite introverted, that was so intense and so scary."

However, Ortega said that becoming a producer on the Netflix series has helped immensely, and so has the show's production moving from Bucharest to Dublin.

"Season 2 is bigger, bolder, gorier, and a bit darker," she said of the upcoming season of Wednesday. "It's sillier in the best way possible."

Dublin was incredible," she added. "I loved everything about that experience, the cast, the crew. It was so sweet and so awesome. That island is so beautiful."

Missing Anonymity

In a separate interview with V Magazine, Ortega also spoke about missing the anonymity she had before becoming famous. "Oh, most definitely," she said. "I mean, that was just a few years ago. I'd done some shows and was working in film, but it wasn't until that show, the day of the week [Wednesday], that just catapulted everything."

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