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Jenna Ortega Is Tired of ‘Unintelligent Teens’ in Movies and TV

“I wish they were given a bit more credit,” Ortega said of teenagers onscreen, as Wednesday star Jenna Ortega is convinced Gen Zers are woefully underserved onscreen.

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The “20 year-old” celeb has clapped back at the stereotypes of adolescents in film and TV shows, unpacking the assumptions behind particular labels that adolescents are inherently “unintelligent.”

“I think for me, because I look a bit younger, I’ve been acting for a little over a decade now, so I’ve just been a teenager pretty much in stories,” Ortega said during the “Hot Ones” YouTube series. “I feel like it’s always the ‘bratty teen,’ the ‘bad-mouthed teen,’ or a lot of times ‘unintelligent,’ which I don’t think is true.”

The “Scream VI” actress continued, “I think it’s hard, too, nowadays with all this new lingo coming around but I feel like my generation, because there is so much accessible to them on the Internet, there’s just more opportunities for them to learn. I wish they were given a bit more credit. We can be smart sometimes.”

Why are teenagers in movies always written as complete idiots?

Hollywood is great at stereotypes. And it SEEMS like it’s “always” like that, but I’ve never seen one stereotype held true 100% of the time. Some are how cops are portrayed, how bikers, tattooists, sailors, high school teachers, small town farmers, hipsters, surfers, drug users, drug dealers, pool hustlers, Nascar fans, Native Americans, Orientals in comedies, etc.

The fact is the movie and TV producers want you to KNOW what kind of personality is being portrayed so they over emphasize the character traits. And most of the time characters end up as “Stereotypes” of their characters type. Sure, you may meet some people who the stereotypes fits but way more often real life people are usually a blend of different kinds of people. Hollywood is not usually fair to anybody.

Ortega previously called out the need for younger creatives to take charge, especially when it comes to authentically writing youthful roles onscreen.

“I really see my young generation taking more control of themselves in the industry — whether it’s learning to write sooner, direct sooner, or produce sooner,” Ortega added “I think it’s really empowering and important because, right now, teenage voices are still being told in the majority by older white males.”

The “X” star continued, “The more that happens, we’ll acknowledge that girls are much more than a lame stereotype.”

Ortega especially praised Netflix’s “You” set for being especially “empowering” to her during her Season 2 stint as Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) confidante Ellie.

“My voice was heard and that was very empowering to me because I’ve been on sets where being a young woman of color, I don’t always get a say in what my character is doing or what’s happening on screen, but I was very included on the set and that was really nice,” Ortega told Teen Vogue at the time. “I love it when it can be a collaboration [where] everybody’s working, it’s not just solely one person. It was very freeing as an artist.”

Ortega was supposed to reprise her role in Season 4 of the thriller series but “Wednesday” production got in the way. The star admitted she was “devastated” she could not film both projects simultaneously, but hinted she may be back for Season 5.