Jenna Ortega’s goth glam fashion streak continues — but not without a hitch.Credit: Warner Bros.The Wednesday actress, currently deep into the Season 2 press tour for Netflix’s smash hit series, made a highly anticipated stop in Seoul to meet with fans. She stunned in a black patent leather crocodile-embossed dress from Dilara Findikoglu’s autumn/winter 2025 collection — a look that turned heads but also came with a bit of behind-the-scenes drama.The striking dress featured several silver lace-up grommet details through the corset bust, angular sleeves, and an ultra-fitted skirt. Ortega paired the statement piece with her signature beauty aesthetic: black eyeliner, faint blush, nude pink lipstick, and edgy bleached eyebrows.On Monday, she shared an Instagram carousel showing off the outfit, but it was her stylist Enrique Melendez who gave fans a peek at what was really going on. Posting to his Instagram Stories, Melendez revealed the fashion struggle behind the glamour:“As I let her struggle up the stairs in a super slim pencil skirt to take a video,” he captioned, alongside footage of Ortega carefully inching her way upward. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jenna Ortega (@jennaortega)Ortega and Melendez have been working together since 2016, and their creative partnership has defined much of her public style evolution. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter on Aug. 7, Melendez explained that Ortega’s personal fashion preferences are much more understated than her on-camera persona might suggest:“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.”According to Melendez, Ortega is an easygoing client who values creativity:“She appreciates the arts, a cinephile, music. 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.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDK6KTIAqIc&ab_channel=TheHollywoodReporterA Goth Glam Press TourThe Seoul event wasn’t the only standout moment from Ortega’s season 2 promo wardrobe. For the Aug. 11 press conference in the South Korean capital, she swapped her patent leather for a mint green Simone Rocha top from the brand’s spring 2025 collection, printed with abstract painted faces, paired with a layered Simone Rocha skirt from the fall 2025 line.Even at after-parties, Ortega keeps her gothic glamour close. On July 30, she attended the Wednesday season 2, part 1, celebration at The Royal Opera House in London wearing a vintage champagne-colored scoop neck dress from DKNY’s resort 2004 collection. The delicate chiffon straps and flared skirt were offset by a black snakeskin Kurt Geiger clutch, Santoni pumps, and jewelry by Zales — a ghostly yet refined aesthetic for the night.Season 2 of Wednesday has already rolled out its first half in August 2025, with the second half due September 3. Netflix recently confirmed a third season is on the way, with creators promising “more Addams Family members and family secrets” and filming slated for November 2025 ahead of a possible early 2027 release.But Ortega’s show isn’t the only Addams Family project on the horizon — and the next one won’t have her at all.Creators Launch New Addams Family — Without Netflix, Without WednesdayCredit: NetflixIn a twist that’s bound to intrigue both Netflix loyalists and die-hard spooky-season fans, Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are developing an all-new Addams Family animated reboot for Amazon MGM Studios.The pair revealed the project during Deadline’s Crew Call podcast — their first appearance since the show’s Emmy nominations — and made it clear this is not a Wednesday sequel or tie-in.“We’re rebooting the animated film franchise,” Gough said, adding that the project is in “very early stages” and being developed alongside Amazon MGM, Addams Foundation head Kevin Miserocchi, producers Gail Berman, and John Glickman.Miserocchi’s involvement is especially notable; as someone who personally knew Charles Addams, the original creator, he serves as the franchise’s “keeper of the flame.” His role could mean this animated take leans closer to the darker, satirical edge of the original New Yorker cartoons rather than the broader family-friendly tone of recent adaptations.This clean-slate reboot will have no cameos from Ortega’s Wednesday, no references to Netflix’s Nevermore Academy, and no visual callbacks to the 2019 or 2021 animated movies. Instead, it aims to launch a big-screen debut that stands on its own.Why Wednesday Works — But Won’t Be CopiedSpeaking about their creative approach, Gough explained that part of Wednesday’s success came from writing the character authentically rather than playing her for cheap laughs:“Anytime you reach for a joke with this character, you wind up cutting that line.”He added that Wednesday’s motivations are far from generic teen tropes:“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.”That same approach won’t be transplanted wholesale into the animated reboot — the tone, character focus, and setup will all be brand-new.Two Addams Families, One BrandCredit: NetflixFor the first time, two separate Addams Family worlds will exist side by side — both helmed by the same creators but built for different audiences. On Netflix, Wednesday will continue mining the gothic teen drama vein with Ortega’s deadpan sleuth at the center. Over at Amazon MGM, the animated feature has the chance to reinvent the family for the big screen, potentially bringing back the sharper, darker wit that first defined them nearly 90 years ago.There’s no casting, plot details, or release date yet for the animated film, but with Gough and Millar’s track record, fans could be looking at a new golden era for creepy, kooky entertainment.In the meantime, Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday is still front and center — whether she’s sleuthing on screen, striding up press tour stairs in a skirt too tight for comfort, or redefining goth glam one international stop at a time.The post ‘Wednesday’ Lead Jenna Ortega’s Wardrobe Slip-Up Coincides With Major Casting Shift appeared first on Inside the Magic.