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title: "Jenna Ortega expresses doubts about 'Wednesday' success during production"
description: "Most outlets highlighted Jenna Ortega's admission that she doubted the success of the show 'Wednesday' during its first season production. The News International and Minute Mirror both noted her surprise at the show's global reception, with the former emphasizing her doubts and the latter mentioning her difficulty in connecting with the character initially."
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# Jenna Ortega expresses doubts about 'Wednesday' success during production

updated 23 Oct 2026, 1:46 AM PKT · 22–23 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets highlighted Jenna Ortega's admission that she doubted the success of the show 'Wednesday' during its first season production. The News International and Minute Mirror both noted her surprise at the show's global reception, with the former emphasizing her doubts and the latter mentioning her difficulty in connecting with the character initially.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Minute Mirror** — [Jenna Ortega admits she doubted ‘Wednesday’ would succeed](https://minutemirror.com.pk/jenna-ortega-admits-she-doubted-wednesday-would-succeed-649508/) · 23 Oct 2026, 1:46 AM PKT
  > Actress Jenna Ortega has revealed that she never expected Wednesday to become a global hit, admitting that she struggled to connect with the Netflix
- **The News International** — [Jenna Ortega makes surprising confession about 'Wednesday' success](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1420940-jenna-ortega-makes-surprising-confession-about-wednesday-success) · 22 Oct 2026, 11:48 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Jenna Ortega opened up about the success of Wednesday.As the actress plays Wednesday Addams in the hit series, she revealed that she had her doubts about the show during the production of season 1.Appearing on the episode of Happy...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 22–23 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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