A love of characters | Jenna Ortega

A sweet little relationship

Jenna's pov:

-"great day of shooting everyone! Jenna, you leaving already kiddo?"
Ti asks.
-"oh! Yeah sorry, I've got a meeting today"
I reply as I grab my bag.
-"ooo well have fun!"
-"what's the meeting for?"
Mia asks, wiping the fake sweat from her face.
-"umm show for Netflix, I'm meeting with Tim Burton right now"
Everyone's jaws practically drop when they hear his name. My face turns red from embarrassment. It's a huge honor to even be considered for a role in one of his projects but I didn't really wanna draw too much attention to it.

-"omg good for you Jenna!"
Brittany says, squeezing me in a hug. I awkwardly laugh.
-"I'm not even sure if I'll get the part, or if he'll even like me"
-"pfft as if there's a part your not right for, I'm sure you'll blow him away!"
-"well thanks, bye guys!"
-"byeee"
Everyone says, practically in unison as they head to their dressing rooms and the crew begins picking up the sets. I head out to the garage and get in my car. I check my phone.
-"fuck, and nowww I'm gonna be late umm"
I look around my car for a bit.
-"you know what, fuck it"
I grab my laptop and head back into the building.
-"hey Jim, is there a free room available?"
-"yep build A6 if you need"
-"yep! Thanks"
I reply, darting off.

I sign a into Zoom and within a minute or so the meeting starts. Tim instantly leans back confused when he sees me. I look up at my screen and realize I still have fake blood and makeup all over my face.
-"woah, now what is that??"
Tim asks with a smile, scooting closer to the camera. I awkwardly laugh.
-"I'm so sorry, I totally forgot I still had makeup on from earlier"
-"your filming?"
-"yep! It's my last day actually"
-"wow, I love how the makeup looks on you"
He replies, leaning back in his seat as he looks at me. Huh..well that's an interesting comment considering it's blood but whatever. I laugh a bit and me and Tim joke around for a few more minutes.

-"so I've sent you a few lines of script, can you read out that scene for me?"
-"yeah, of course"
I feel a lump in my throat and my palms are a bit sweaty. I dunno why I always get so nervous during auditions.
-"I'll be reading for Weems, your principal"
-"got it"
I reply. We read out lines and it goes by pretty quick.
-"alright perfect, well we'll let you know later on if you got the role, thank you so much for your time today"
-"of course, thank you as well"
And just like that our Zoom meeting ends.
-"huh...that was surprisingly quick"
The meeting wasn't more than 10 minutes long, is that really enough time for him to see how I'll be as Wednesday? Fuck what if I messed up? I mean I was pretty awkward...

Emma's pov:

-"and next up we need...Emma Myers?"
The casting director says.
-"y-yep! That's me"
I say, eagerly (and nervously) entering the room.
-"hi sweetie, nice to meet you"
-"nice to meet you as well"
I reply, shaking their hands.
-"so..your here to audition for Wednesday, correct?"
-"yes ma'am"
I reply with a nod. She nods.
-"alright well here's your script. You'll be reading from act 1 scene 4 lines 14-30"
-"o-ok right"
I start flipping through the script. Ok seems easy enough. Just gotta be dry like Christina Ricci. We go through our lines and I know I messed up. I sounded utterly terrible I just don't think I fit the character the way they want me to.
-"ok well we'll be in touch to let you know if you get the part"
The lady says, smooshing her papers together. As I'm driving home my manager calls.
-"sooo how were the auditions Mrs Addams??"
She asks. I sigh and laugh a bit.
-"yeahhh I don't think so, god you should've seen me today. It was terrible"
-"I'm sure it wasn't that bad Emma"
-"yeah no. Totally was. I just..wanna be in the show so bad"

-"I know you do but ok so maybe you weren't the Wednesday they wanted, that doesn't mean they won't keep you in mind for another part"
I sigh.
-"I guess...anyways I gotta go. Keep me posted yeah?"
-"of course sweetie, bye"