- "Wednesday" star Jenna Ortega has expressed some regrets over her now-iconic dance routine.
- "I thought there was so much that I should have done," she told Entertainment Tonight.
Jenna Ortega shared her thoughts about her now-iconic dance scene from "Wednesday" on the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Tuesday evening.
The 20-year-old star has gained legions of fans all over the world since the series debuted on Netflix in November as a result of her performance as the titular morose daughter from "The Addams Family."
A good chunk of that popularity is thanks to the star's unique moves on the dancefloor which were put on full display in episode four of the Tim Burton-directed show, as Insider previously reported.
The scene quickly went viral on TikTok with swathes of users — including Lady Gaga — getting in on the trend of replicating Wednesday's dance.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight ahead of the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday, Ortega reflected on her routine in light of its popularity on social media and said that she actually has some regrets.
Asked if she expected it to go as viral as it did, Ortega said: "No, even that I still can't believe."
The "Scream" star added that while some of the moves were carefully choreographed, others were completely improvised on the day.
"That was one of the scenes I stay awake at night thinking about because I thought there was so much that I should have done and could have done," she continued.
"So the fact that anyone is showing appreciation and try it themselves, it's not fathomable to me."
Ortega went on to say that even though she is aware of how huge the show has been on social media, she hasn't been watching fan videos because she doesn't think TikTok is "a healthy place to be."
She said: "No, I can't be on TikTok. I can't look into all of that stuff. I think, good or bad, it's probably not a healthy place to be."
Ortega previously revealed she was sick with COVID when filming the scene. The star told NME that she had the virus during production.
"It was my first day with COVID so it was awful to film. Yeah, I woke up and — it's weird, I never get sick and when I do it's not very bad — I had the body aches," Ortega said.
"I felt like I'd been hit by a car and that a little goblin had been let loose in my throat and was scratching the walls of my esophagus. They were giving me medicine between takes."
Ortega also noted that she didn't have a positive test result at the time, which is why she was still allowed on set.
Ortega attended the awards ceremony as she was up for her first Golden Globe nomination, sharing the category of best performance by an actress in a musical or comedy TV series with Kaley Cuoco, Selena Gomez, Jean Smart, and Quinta Brunson.
Brunson took the award home for "Abbott Elementary," which also won two other awards.