For Netflix, the Addams Family offshoot Wednesday quickly became the new mega hit. The series, starring Jenna Ortega, set an audience record straight away and continues to do so impressive streaming numbers on.
But now Netflix is being criticized for Wednesday after Ortega revealed that she one of the best scenes ill filmed.
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Wednesday – S01 Trailer (German) HD
Jenna Ortega was on the Wednesday set with corona infection
In an interview with NME, the actress opened up about capturing the acclaimed Wednesday scene from the school disco episode with severe symptoms turned. Only then did the positive corona test come:
It’s crazy because of it my first day with COVID was, so it was awful to film. I woke up and – it’s strange, I never get sick and if I do, it’s not that bad – I had body aches.
I felt like I had been hit by a car and like a little goblin had been let loose in my throat and was clawing at the walls of my esophagus. They gave me medication between takes because we were waiting for the positive result.
Ortega also requested rotate the scene several times but due to time constraints, Netflix didn’t allow it.
Reactions have surfaced directly on Twitter criticizing Netflix for the fact that the Filming was not interrupted immediately due to Ortega’s illness became:
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Disappointing to learn that Jenna Ortega had COVID symptoms on set but was still allowed to film the dance scene in Wednesday while awaiting her positive test result. I wonder how many people got sick? And how many people these people made sick?
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Having Jenna Ortega film an entire scene while awaiting her Covid test result AND having obvious symptoms is not ‘professional’ it’s just totally irresponsible
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That’s a bad thing, right? We can all agree that this is not a moment to “endure through hardships,” it is a moment why the hell wasn’t she sent homeshe could become terribly ill or somehow infect others
Netflix just said that all Corona guidelines followed after the Wednesday star tested positive.
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