Regarding the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jenna Ortega has actually been there, done that.
The Wednesday actress recalled filming a small role in 2013’s Iron Man 3 after Entertainment Tonight told her during a recent interview, “I’m hoping that we are able to get Jenna Ortega into the Marvel Universe.”
“I did it once,” Ortega responded. “It was one among the primary jobs I ever did. They took all my lines out. I’m in Iron Man 3 for a fast second. I take up the frame, I actually have one leg and I’m the vp’s daughter.”
Her Death of a Unicorn co-star Paul Rudd, who can be an MCU veteran, chimed in together with his hopes that Ortega will someday return to Marvel.
“Marvel is superb at like, sort of laying those bread crumbs,” he said. “And so it’d thoroughly be that you just come back. That they will create something for you, ’cause they ought to be so lucky to have Jenna Ortega of their franchise.”
Nevertheless, the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star isn’t jumping at the thought. “They even took my name away. I count that, then I move on,” she added.
Since her transient Iron Man 3 role at 11 years old, Ortega has gone on to construct a reputation for herself, starring in dozens of projects, including multiple Scream movies and the hit Netflix show Wednesday.
Iron Man 3, which starred Robert Downey Jr. because the title character, follows Tony Stark as his world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin and starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. It grossed greater than $1.2 billion on the worldwide box office.
