Jenna Ortega’s Early Hollywood Sacrifices | Spokane News

Spokane News Today | 2 Min | The Daily News Now! · Aug 14, 2026 · 1m

Jenna Ortega, star of “Wednesday,” reveals the shocking sacrifices she made as a child actor—going days without food or water to avoid being a bother on set, all fueled by fear of jeopardizing her career. By age seven, she knew acting was her destiny, and her parents quickly became her biggest champions. At nine, she landed a role in “Iron Man 3,” playing a character missing a foot—and to fully embody it, she sat on her leg all day, limped off set in tears of joy, and even stayed in her wheelchair post-shoot just in case. With credits spanning “Richie Rich,” “You,” “Elena of Avalor,”…