The Real Story Behind Wednesday's Dance Scene

Netflix’s Wednesday has everyone diving deep into the world of Wednesday Addams, portrayed by the incredible Jenna Ortega. In this video we’ll be digging deep into her iconic dance at the Rave’N. Did you know that Jenna Ortega actually choreographed the entire thing herself two days before the shoot? She didn’t have time to work on it that week because she was busy learning German, taking Cello lessons, and fencing! She really had her hands full. Tim Burton refused to work with a choreographer, so Jenna decided to take the task on herself. She ended up kicking herself down the line because she would not consider herself a dancer, much less a choreographer, and has never done anything like this before. Something else that’s pretty insane is the fact that she had Covid during the shoot! She woke up that day with some major body aches and an awful sore throat, but she didn’t end up getting the test results back until later, so she ended up having to shoot the scene in that condition. She even asked to redo it when she felt better, but they just didn’t have the time. We wonder how different the scene actually would’ve been. She uses a lot of artists and musicians as inspiration for her movies – even the OG Wednesday, Christina Ricci. Did you notice the original Wednesday Addams dance movie, The Drew? We’ll be getting into all of this, and much more!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Flash Mob
00:52 Choreographing
01:26 Last Minute
01:56 Inspirations
02:28 OG Wednesday
02:59 COVID
03:19 Improvising
03:50 Goo Goo Muck
04:17 Outro

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Written by: Ace Louzon
Narrated by: K. Ryan
Edited by: V.Serhii

[bobswanson]

Truly one of my fav dances ever, so much fun and weird to watch. 100x and still has not gotten old.

[Khawlouche]

No Wayyy!!! She is such a good actress! No... SHE IS THE BEST

[flameartsalamander]

I was impressed by her dance seen the first time around and even said this would make a guy fall in love while watching the show. Now I am even more impressed knowing it was last minute.

[stanleyyelnats]

The part where she tilts her head and walks towards the camera I remember seeing on a film before but can't remember what film all I can remember is that it was a Halloween themed

[shadownight]

Im happy she know her character, would be so weird if wedensday had alot of other ppl dance whit her in sync.. Well if it had been her family it had been understandable tho too some degree. I feel like they did pugsly dirty tho turning him into a soft wimp... the boy loving chaos and explosives turned into that.. I am kind of wondering if there was ppl working on the show that didn't really know the show.

[siterstositerschannel]

I love you Jenny Ortega I watch Wednesday all the time

[lordvenjix]

Jenna Ortega's dance set to the tune of The Goo Goo Muck by The Cramps has undoubtedly become one of the most viral choreographies from the Best Netflix Fantasy Series.

[kathialaunika]

I thought she used a lil dance moves from thriller - Michael Jackson the king

[pmcgowen]

If by improvised, you mean almost an exact copy of the prom dance scene from She's All That 😂, then sure lol.

[chasehedges]

It wouldn’t surprise me if some of it was improvised.

[Jedi_Master_Ryan]

I don’t believe her for one second she made that dance up herself?? Are you kidding me?? No way!!!

[JayTopSix]

i made a video about the real real story

[elleaay]

I'll dance, dance, dance, with my hands, hands, hands, above my head, head, head, like Jesus

[deadpool]

Must be the only decent scene if thats all anyone can talk about

[trinaq]

Major kudos to Jenna for filming this scene when she had CoVid. Now that's dedication!

[Brian-yghx]

Iconic ? ALL of the internet in a chokehold ? Who writes that Crap ?

[stxrrynight]

pin me i am first...plss!! i will watch the vid now..i love ur vids and content!! i am a subscriber 💗💗💗

[rshinra]

the real story is that it's cringe AF

[TCadillacM]

She looks like she's having a seizure

[chicagoboy]

Prince did this first look it up. Thank me later.