The 'Wednesday' star is praised by social media users for the sweet way she encourages her 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' co-star to maintain her boundaries amid paparazzi's requests to take her sunglasses off.
- August 30, 2024
AceShowbiz - Jenna Ortega is a queen of standing up for other women. The actress, who previously showed her support for her "Scream" co-star Melissa Barrera amid the latter's controversial posts, has been lauded for encouraging Winona Ryder to maintain her boundaries amid paparazzi's demands.
The two actresses, who co-star in "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice", have been promoting their new movie together. They were in Italy for the premiere of the film at the Venice Film Festival, where they posed together during a photocall on Wednesday, August 28.
In a video shared by Entertainment Weekly, photographers repeatedly requested that Winona remove her sunglasses for the photo session. The 52-year-old appears to contemplate taking off her eyewear, looking hesitant for a moment, but her younger co-star assured her that it was completely okay to leave them on if she wanted to. "No, you don’t have to," Jenna seemingly told the "Stranger Things" actress.
Seeing the sweet interaction in the video, fans couldn't help but be moved by their friendship. "Comforting her and reassuring her that she does not owe the paps anything is such a beautiful exchange between a newer and older generation. I'm glad young people are exercising their boundaries, and also encouraging their older co-stars to do the same," one person commented on the clip.
Another weighed in, "There's something very comforting about the younger generation encouraging the older generation (who were raised to please & say yes) to maintain their boundaries no matter what." A third gushed, "Jenna telling Winona to ignore the photographer's request to take off her sunglasses is some queen s**t."
"This melted my heart!" a fourth person admitted. "A lot of women have to work hard to stop trying to please people out of fear as being called 'difficult.' It's lovely to see a young woman support and understand what another woman is going through."
Echoing the sentiment, another wrote, "It's so cool to see the exchange between generations. These younger artists are more aware of boundaries and didn't grow up with abusive paparazzi culture, and I'm sure Jenna learned some cool stuff from Winona too."
Someone else agreed as saying, "She is right, you don't have to. Winona is conditioned from years of pap interactions. Jenna is a different generation who stand up for themselves."
