The Rave’N Dance, like most school dances shown on television, looks a lot more expensive than a typical high-school prom.
“I’m not a dancer,” Ortega told NME, and I’m sure that’s obvious.” She said she got the song about a week before it was time to shoot.Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams.(MGM, which produces Wednesday, told NME that “strict COVID protocols were followed and once the positive test was confirmed production removed Jenna from set.”) Although Ortega believes she could’ve execute the scene better if she’d been healthy, there was no time to reshoot the dance.
Ortega told NME that she binged the video for “Happy House,” from the band’s third album Kaleidoscope—and that she might’ve cribbed a few moves from Siouxsie Sioux for her own number
With an inspiration like that (and a family legacy for choreographic excellence) it’s no wonder that for Wednesday, wowing the high school class was a snap