Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega admit they don’t have anything they're dying to know about each other—because they feel they've already covered everything. Join the ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ stars as they get real about their careers and personal lives, from the wild experience of seeing people dress up as their characters for Halloween to discovering just how similar their styles really are. Watch as Winona shares the most liberating career advice she’s ever received and Jenna reveals her hobby of hanging out with her three chinchillas. Plus, the pair commiserate over how painful red carpet shoes can really mess up the experience.
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ releases in theaters September 6, 2024.
#WinonaRyder #JennaOrtega #ELLE #AskMeAnything #Beetlejuice#Beetlejuice
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ releases in theaters September 6, 2024.
#WinonaRyder #JennaOrtega #ELLE #AskMeAnything #Beetlejuice#Beetlejuice
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00:00The thing I missed most was you.
00:03That's true. It's true. I miss you every day.
00:07I know, it's awful.
00:10I'm Winona Ryder.
00:11And I'm Jenna Ortega, and today we're going to let Elle ask us anything.
00:17Before we start, is there anything that either of you are dying to know about her?
00:21Oh my gosh.
00:22What?
00:23I feel like we've...
00:24We've covered all of those bases.
00:25Oh yeah, we've covered a lot of things together.
00:28Describe your style in three words. How?
00:31I don't know.
00:32Yeah.
00:33I've had the same things for years. All my pieces are so well-loved.
00:37I probably should get new ones.
00:39I often wear jeans and a t-shirt, but I get self-conscious that people are just going to think I'm wearing the exact same thing every day.
00:47Yeah, that's my problem though. I wear the same five articles.
00:50Right, right.
00:51I'm wearing a skirt today and that's a big deal.
00:53I feel like we're very similar that way.
00:55Yeah.
00:56The next question I have is what is your favorite red carpet look?
00:58I think Dior incredible dress that I wore to the Golden Globes.
01:04It was just super detailed and it was super comfortable.
01:08That becomes a big thing, you know?
01:11I mean, you can be talking to an absolute hero of yours, and if your feet are killing you, it really messes up the experience.
01:22Yes, it does.
01:23You know?
01:24That's so true because you're so in your head, you can't focus on what is being said because you just want to sit down.
01:30So that's become...
01:34That's so true. That is so true.
01:37What's your first memory of Beetlejuice?
01:40My mom once dressed as a crayon box and all me and my five siblings were different colored crayons.
01:45So for four or five years of my life, I was a different colored crayon for Halloween.
01:49And I saw people dressed up as your guys' wedding outfit.
01:53I saw Lydia in the red dress and everything.
01:56And I remember thinking it was really cool, but being a little bit scared by Beetlejuice's makeup.
02:00Right.
02:01It's a good costume. It's an easy, super...
02:03Really great costume idea. I like that crayons.
02:07No, but also the other one.
02:11When we were making that movie, we had no idea what it was going to become.
02:17But I have seen people, and I know you have too with Wednesday.
02:22Seeing people dress up like you is a wild, wild thing.
02:27What's a hobby of yours that would surprise people?
02:29I don't know if this is a hobby, but I do love Columbo.
02:33Like episodes of old detective shows from that era.
02:37Just because it's new in my life right now. I'm a mother right now.
02:40I've got three chinchillas.
02:42So I guess maybe my hobby is trying to get my chinchillas to come out of their cage and lay on my chest while I read a book.
02:50What makes you gravitate towards the horror genre?
02:54I don't think I gravitate towards it. I feel like it gravitates towards me.
02:58I keep doing these horror movies, but it's not intentional. It just happens to be what comes my way.
03:03I guess I have a deep appreciation for the genre, so I think I probably, without realizing it subconsciously, am reading a script.
03:11I'm drawn.
03:12I'm not interested in this. Just waiting for gore. It's just cool.
03:16Yeah.
03:17What was your first job?
03:19Well, I wasn't really paid, but my dad worked in an antiquarian bookstore that was high scale.
03:27He cataloged the first known love letter that was on an Egyptian leaf.
03:33And I got to work in the mail room.
03:36They taught me how to properly package books to send.
03:41But I wasn't paid maybe like a quarter or 50 cents, you know, which felt like such a big deal.
03:50Or an extra rollo.
03:52How do you decompress after a taxing scene?
03:57I feel like I just sit and stare at a wall.
03:59Like, what can you do?
04:01You work these full long days, and then you're being called again early in the morning.
04:05Do you go home, learn your lines for the next run, and go to bed?
04:08I feel like maybe because I started when I was so young.
04:11Me too.
04:12You're just trained to understand.
04:14We're so trained.
04:16It's funny because oftentimes the scene that you would anticipate being taxing isn't taxing at all.
04:21It's the really simple scene that takes eight hours for no reason.
04:24I know.
04:25Three pages.
04:26But I don't really do much to decompress.
04:28I mean, I like to go for walks or do anything like that to clear my mind.
04:32I'll listen to music, and I'll go for a long walk.
04:34And that's probably the best answer I could give you because it's pretty plain.
04:40What's the best career advice you've ever received?
04:42Don't do it just because it's a paycheck.
04:45I very specifically remember being offered a movie.
04:49I don't want to say what it was.
04:50It was like the first time I was ever offered a larger sum of money.
04:54And I was getting a lot of pressure to do it because it would establish your, you know.
04:59If you're not into it, you're not into it.
05:01Something that really helped me.
05:03I used to think when I, especially when I was a teenager,
05:07that there was this sort of school of thought where you had to suffer to be a good actress.
05:15And you had to know what that felt like.
05:17And you end up subconsciously doing that to yourself.
05:21I remember being told, you don't have to do that.
05:25Like, you know, that was like very liberating.
05:30I remember I kind of learned that through therapy.
05:32That you, that it's valid, you know.
05:36It is valid.
05:37Yeah.
05:38Which actors inspired you to pursue your career?
05:41Well, the initial one that I always say is Dakota Fanning and Denzel Washington
05:45because I watched Man on Fire as a child.
05:47Right, I remember this.
05:48Dakota was working before Elle.
05:51Yes, she was.
05:52And she went to school and she was a Girl Scout.
05:56Really?
05:57And she like had this normal life, which made me really happy.
06:01I think she turned something down because it conflicted with her Girl Scout situation.
06:05They're such nice girls.
06:06I think it's probably a testament to how normal they are.
06:09We love you, Fanning girls.
06:10We love the Fanning sisters.
06:11Yeah.
06:12What did you miss most about your Beetlejuice character?
06:15When I did the first one, I kind of, I was so similar to Lydia.
06:20I actually recently found a picture of me and my brother a month before I auditioned.
06:26And I looked exactly the same.
06:28I had like the L'Oreal blue-black hair.
06:32Right.
06:33But this last one, the thing I missed most was you.
06:38It's true.
06:40It's true.
06:41I miss you every day.
06:43I know.
06:44It's awful.
06:45It's a terrible thing to know you now because I never get to see you.
06:49I know.
06:50What is your dream role?
06:52I would love to direct.
06:54I would love to do something else with you.
06:56I don't know.
06:58I think if it's just an interesting script and interesting character.
07:00We've talked about the Safdie brothers.
07:02Yeah.
07:03We've talked about Jim Jarmusch.
07:04So I don't know if it's about specific.
07:06Actually, now that I'm saying this, I don't think it's really specific roles.
07:09Yeah, it's more with the people.
07:11Yeah.
07:12It's so crazy.
07:13We have like the same taste.
07:15Yeah, it's very strange.
07:17Yeah.
07:18Well, thank you so much for watching.
07:20That's all we have.
07:21Be sure to go watch our movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
07:23Please.
07:24It's really good.