Jenna Ortega may have mastered the art of gothic glamour, but even the most polished press tour looks can have their complications.
The Wednesday star, currently promoting Season 2 of Netflix’s runaway hit, made a high-profile appearance in Seoul, South Korea, where she met fans in a jaw-dropping black patent leather crocodile-embossed dress from Dilara Findikoglu’s autumn/winter 2025 collection.
The show-stopping piece, detailed with silver lace-up grommets along the corset bust, sharp-shouldered sleeves, and a form-hugging skirt, was pure high-fashion drama. Ortega paired the look with smoky eyeliner, subtle blush, nude-pink lips, and the bleached eyebrows she’s recently made part of her signature style.
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But behind the camera? A less glamorous reality.
Her longtime stylist, Enrique Melendez, took to Instagram Stories with a playful confession:
“As I let her struggle up the stairs in a super slim pencil skirt to take a video,” he wrote, alongside footage of Ortega shuffling step-by-step.
Melendez and Ortega have been collaborating since 2016, shaping a red carpet evolution that’s now as recognizable as the actress’s deadpan screen persona. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month, Melendez admitted her everyday wardrobe couldn’t be more different from the elaborate looks he selects:
“Jenna’s personal style is super simple, super streamlined. She would wear the same thing if she could every single day,” he said. “I tell her thank you, because a lot of times, it’s just for me.”
He describes her as a client who’s curious, creative, and happy to let him push boundaries.
“She appreciates the arts, a cinephile, music,” he noted. “I think after Wednesday came out, it just became her thing — goth glam — but it wasn’t something that we forced or that we tried to do, it was natural.”
Fashion Highlights from the Season 2 Circuit
The Seoul appearance was just one in a string of memorable outfits Ortega has donned for the Wednesday Season 2 promo trail. At an August 11 press conference, she swapped black leather for a mint green Simone Rocha blouse decorated with abstract painted faces, paired with a tiered skirt from the same designer’s fall collection.
Even after hours, she leans into the moody aesthetic. On July 30, for the London after-party celebrating Part 1 of Season 2, she chose a rare champagne-hued gown from DKNY’s 2004 resort line, complete with chiffon straps, a softly flared skirt, and accessories — a black snakeskin Kurt Geiger clutch, Santoni pumps, and Zales jewelry — that nodded back to her darker fashion palette.
Part 1 of Season 2 debuted in August 2025, with Part 2 arriving September 3. Netflix has already locked in a third season, with filming slated to begin November 2025 and a tentative premiere in early 2027.
But Ortega won’t be appearing in the next Addams Family project — because it’s not being made for Netflix at all.
Gough & Millar’s Next Creepy Creation Won’t Include Wednesday
On Deadline’s Crew Call podcast, the pair confirmed they’re in early development on a complete animated reboot for Amazon MGM Studios. This isn’t a spinoff, a crossover, or a wink-and-nod to Netflix’s Wednesday. Instead, it’s a from-scratch, big-screen reinvention of the macabre clan.
“We’re rebooting the animated film franchise,” Gough revealed, explaining they’re working with Amazon MGM, producers Gail Berman and John Glickman, and Kevin Miserocchi, head of the Addams Foundation and a personal acquaintance of Charles Addams himself.
That last name is key: Miserocchi has long been the gatekeeper of the Addams legacy, and his involvement suggests a version truer to the darkly witty, satirical tone of the original New Yorker cartoons — not the softened, family-friendly style of recent animated adaptations.
Why It Won’t Be Wednesday 2.0
Gough explained that what made Wednesday Addams work on Netflix was her authenticity — and how quickly humor could undercut that:
“Anytime you reach for a joke with this character, you wind up cutting that line.”
She’s also not written like a generic teen sleuth:
“She commits to solving the crime because someone has gaslighted her, or because she feels a truth isn’t being told. She also sticks up for the underdog.”
For the new animated film, none of that formula will be directly imported. The tone, story structure, and character focus will be entirely different.
Two Parallel Addams Worlds
With Netflix’s live-action hit continuing and Amazon MGM’s animated feature on the way, fans are about to see two distinct Addams Family universes unfold simultaneously — both led by the same creative team but aimed at very different audiences.
The animated project has no casting, plot synopsis, or release date yet, but if it channels the original comics’ bite while embracing modern animation, it could launch the family into a whole new era of cultural relevance.
Until then, Jenna Ortega will keep commanding attention in Wednesday’s universe — whether she’s delivering dry one-liners on-screen, navigating press events in couture that makes walking a workout, or cementing her place as the reigning queen of goth glam.
