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Carly Levy

Jenna Ortega Tears Up While Discussing How Social Media Has Negatively Impacted Her Career

Jenna Ortega in Scream

Jenna Ortega’s career has been skyrocketing ever since she was cast as the title role of Netflix's smash hit Wednesday. Along with her stand-out role in the Addams Family spin-off, she also had her role expanded in Scream and she is now part of the cast of Beetlejuice 2. Overall, it's safe to say that she's become quite the star over the last year. However, social media is one of the major prices of fame, and the Netflix star tearfully explained how such websites have negatively impacted her career.

Before Jenna Ortega played Wednesday Addams, she was working “crazy, crazy hours” for Disney Channel in the comedy series Stuck in the Middle. However, getting to star in a hit Netflix series with a huge following has brought her to a new level of popularity. And with that newfound fame also comes the benefits and challenges of social media. While speaking on Variety’s Actors on Actors with The Great’s Elle Fanning, the 20-year-old star explained how social media can negatively impact an actor’s career when it comes to studios comparing one actor to another, saying:

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