The supernatural mystery series Wednesday has set a new record on Netflix upon its premiere. The series garnered about 341.23 million hours of views on its debut week alone.This has set a record for the most hours viewed in a week and the series currently holds the record for the biggest debut week ever for an English Language TV series on Netflix. About 50 million household viewers watched the series as per Netflix.RELATED: This Was The First Wednesday Addams: 8 Details About Lisa Loring's Life (Including Why She Quit Hollywood)The phenomenal series directed and executive produced by Tim Burton is currently at the top spot for 83 countries and regions. Needless to say, the star of the show Jenna Ortega became an instant crowd favorite.Hollywood’s rising star Jenna Ortega admitted that she has been a fan of Wednesday Addams even before she got cast on the series to play the macabre anti-hero on Wednesday.The actress added that she has been compared to the braided fictional character her entire life. She said that people always told her that she reminds them of Wednesday. Ortega believes that her very dry and monotonous nature gives off a Wednesday vibe.

Jenna Ortega Has Been A Fan Of Wednesday Even Before The Series Materialized

Aside from the attitude, the 20 years old Latina actress also added that she and Wednesday have pretty similar fashion sense. She is also into button-ups with white collars and also loves dark colors, and she even admitted that it pains her to wear colorful outfits sometimes. Not just colors in particular but in terms of dressing up as well.

Ortega confessed that her favorite lines from the series is from the scene where she had to go to the school dance and then her character was asked what she needs to get dressed, and her character answered with “a bullet to the head”. She particularly loved this line as she said it something that she would have said herself.

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Although the actress was able to resonate with the character, preparing for the role is still a little complicated. Relating to her character is one thing, but acting does not necessarily come easy.

Ortega’s preparations for the Netflix series included hours of learning how to play cello and fencing. She believes that any additional thing that she needed to learn feels like she was pretty hard on herself. She said that she wanted to get everything right as she’s focused on perfectly portraying her character.

Preparing to portray the goth and rebellious teen queen of comebacks is not an easy feat since one has to be mentally prepared for the character and Ortega flawlessly played Wednesday.

Jenna Ortega Avoided The Topic Of Wednesday Around Christina Ricci On Set

Former Wednesday actress Christina Ricci is also part of the Netflix series Wednesday. She portrays the role of character of Marylin Thornhill on the Netflix reboot. Jenna Ortega and Christina Ricci had tons of interactions and scenes on the series, but the current Wednesday actress never asked Ricci for any advice for the role.

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Ortega said that when they were on set together, neither of them brings up the topic Wednesday to each other. In Jenna Ortega’s interview with costar Emma Myers for the MTV News, she said that she thinks that Ricci does not really want to get in the way of her performance as Wednesday since she does not want to look overbearing.

Ortega also added that she also does not want to bring up something that happened over 30 years ago just for her own sake. Aside from those reasons, Jenna Ortega wanted her own take on the character as she does not want to overdo the former Wednesday. She basically does not want to copy Christina Ricci’s Wednesday.

Christina Ricci’s Reaction To Jenna Ortega’s Portrayal Of Wednesday

Christina Ricci admitted that she feels happy whenever she hears people say that Wednesday has been a big part of their youth, since it is a big part of her life.

Although the actress is attached to her Wednesday character, the 43 years old actress who also had a role in The Matrix Resurrections was impressed with Ortega’s version of her previous character. Ricci said that Ortega is truly incredible in making the fictional character a modern badass.

Comparison between their Wednesday characters is inevitable, but Ricci is not a fan of pitting girls against each other. During Christina Ricci's Elle interview, she said she believes that Ortega’s take of Wednesday as a modern badass is her thing and hers is a different one.

Although Ricci confessed that she loved being Wednesday and she’s proud of her portrayal of the role, she thinks that Ortega is such a brave actress who gives her former character justice.