Netflix's latest spooky offering, Wednesday, has been a huge success, but the show was thrown into chaos during filming after the main star, Jenna Ortega, fell ill.
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Jenna, who plays Wednesday Addams in Netflix's Addams Family spin-off series, revealed that when she was shooting the show's iconic dancefloor scene, she tested positive for Covid. She explained to NME: "It's crazy because it was my first day with COVID so it was awful to film."
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"I woke up and – it's weird, I never get sick and when I do it's not very bad – I had the body aches. I felt like I’d been hit by a car and that a little goblin had been let loose in my throat and was scratching the walls of my esophagus," she continued.
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"They were giving me medicine between takes because we were waiting on the positive result."
Following her positive result, Jenna was removed from set, halting production of her scenes.
© Photo: Getty ImagesJenna Ortega tested positive for Covid during filming of Wednesday
The 20-year-old, who previously starred in You, shared she wasn't happy with the performance she gave while unwell, telling NME: "I asked to redo it but we didn't have time. I think I probably could have done it a bit better."
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Not seen the show yet? You're in for a treat. Wednesday is the latest adaptation from The Addams Family world and has an all-star cast including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gwendoline Christie and Luis Guzmán.
© Photo: Getty ImagesJenna Ortega wanted to reshoot scenes of Wednesday
The series follows Wednesday Addams as she joins a very spooky school. The official synopsis reads: "The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.
"Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorised the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore."
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