News culture After Beetlejuice 2 and Wednesday on Netflix, Jenna Ortega dreams of playing this historical figure, and she’s French!
While Beetlejuice 2 has just been released, young actress Jenna Ortega, one of the stars of the film, reveals the character she would like to play: it is a French historical figure.
A new film about one of the most famous French personalities?
New queen of Hollywood horror and favorite of Tim Burton, Jenna Ortega caused a sensation with the series on Netflix on Wednesday and is now starring in the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. During an interview on the YouTube channel Letterboxd, The actress reveals that the historical figure she would like to play is Joan of ArcIn fact, she is a big fan of the film “The Passion of Joan of Arc” by Carl Theodor Dreyer, which was released in 1928.
“Renée Falconetti’s performance in this film is absolutely insane. I think my dream character would be Joan of Arc” – Letterboxd
A wish that could perhaps be fulfilled Baz Lurhrmann, director of several biographies including that of Elvis, released in 2022. The filmmaker’s next project is a film about the Maid of Orleans, to be produced by Warner Bros..
A historical adaptation project that is not the first of the filmmaker, who wanted to immortalize Alexander the Great in the past. A film in which Leonardo DiCaprio could have played the main role, who had already acted for the director in his adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. In addition, Mel Gibson also had to participate to play the hero’s father.
However, the film will never see the light of day. The reason? Because of director Oliver Stone. In fact, the filmmaker also produced his own version of Alexandre, which forced Lurhrmann to rush the project, leading him to abandon it halfway through.
Who will play the main role?
So the director finally has the chance to make his film about a historical figure, but to do so he has to find his Joan of Arc. So far, Warner has already sent out a casting announcement to find its heroine. and if Jenna Ortega is an obvious candidate, Internet users are thinking of other Hollywood figures to interpret the French character. We find, for example, the actress Zendaya, who paid tribute to the French figure in the past during the Met Gala 2018, wears a dress inspired by the Maid of Orleans.But another actress often comes back, it is Emma Corrin. She is known for her appearances in Crown or recently Deadpool and Wolverine.
