Jenna Ortega has shut down rumours that she would possibly settle for a task within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saying she “did it as soon as” and has “moved on”.
The Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star is presently selling her new movie Demise Of A Unicorn, an A24 comedy horror wherein she stars because the daughter of Paul Rudd’s Elliot, who unintentionally runs over and kills a unicorn.
Throughout an interview with Leisure Tonight, she was requested whether or not she would think about becoming a member of the MCU, and her reply seemed to be definitive. “I did it as soon as,” she replied. “But it surely was one of many first jobs I ever did, they usually took all my traces out.”
The movie she is referring to is Iron Man 3 in 2013, the place she was briefly proven on display screen because the daughter of Miguel Ferrer’s US Vice President. She joked within the interview that her look within the film is so fleeting that she solely has “one leg” within the movie.
“They even took my identify away,” she continued. “I’m actually, I’m simply, I depend that, and I transfer on”.
The web had been speculating in current weeks that Marvel could be lining Ortega up for a task within the MCU, suggesting the likelihood that she might play Kitty Pryde, aka Shadowcat, in a future challenge, however she seems to have ended that practice of thought.
In addition to her flip in Demise Of A Unicorn, Ortega is set to look in Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist alongside Charli XCX, Natalie Portman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The film will comply with a determined gallerist who conspires to promote a lifeless physique at Artwork Basel Miami. It not too long ago wrapped principal images and is loosely scheduled for a 2026 launch.
Earlier than then, the second season of Wednesday is about to reach on Netflix earlier than the tip of 2025. Girl Gaga has been added to the solid for the season, and Ortega has described her as “some of the gifted people I’ve ever labored with”.
In a four-star evaluation of Wednesday season one, Alex Flood wrote for NME: “Whatever the troublesome relations, Wednesday finally ends up a uncommon spin-off success story. It’s creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky – and an absolute deal with.”
Elsewhere, the primary trailer for The Weeknd’s psychological thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow was launched final month, with Ortega starring alongside Barry Keoghan.
