Jenna Ortega may still be wearing a pleated skirt on screen, but behind the scenes, she's rewriting the script for how Hollywood treats former child stars. The "Wednesday" breakout, who's part actress,

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.