Jenna Ortega almost had Zendaya's role in the 'Dune' films. The 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' actress said in a recent Buzzfeed interview that she was pretty sure she went out for the role when she was 15 and auditioned for a part in the film. "I think it was Chani, I think it was Zendaya's. But they weren't saying that, everything was very secret." Ortega added that she remembers being "really excited" for the possible opportunity citing Denis Villeneuve as "one of my favorite filmmakers."
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00:00Jenna Ortega almost could have had Zendaya's role in the Dune films
00:05The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice actress said in a recent BuzzFeed interview that she was pretty sure she went out for the role when she was
00:1215 and auditioned for a part in the film. I think it was Chani
00:15I think it was Zendaya's but they weren't saying that everything was very secret
00:20Ortega added that she remembers being really excited for the possible opportunity
00:24Citing Dune director Denis Villeneuve as quote one of my favorite filmmakers in addition to Zendaya the critically acclaimed first
00:31installment of the sci-fi series went on to star Timothee Chalamet Rebecca Ferguson Oscar Isaac Josh Brolin
00:38Stellan Skarsgård and Dave Bautista
00:40Dune part 2 released earlier this year elsewhere in the interview Ortega spoke about her experience filming Netflix's Wednesday with legendary
00:48director Tim Burton Tim Burton also directed the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in which Ortega stars as the daughter of Winona Ryder's
00:55Lydia of her relationship with Burton Ortega said on Wednesday
00:59We were just trying to get to know each other a bit on Beetlejuice
01:01He seemed a lot more playful and I think it actually helped our relationship a lot
01:05It was just a very joyous happy shoot Ortega is also currently in production on Wednesday season 2
01:11We're shooting episodes 201 and 204 right now, and there's a lot happening in those episodes and they feel very prominent
01:18It feels like every day
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