Jenna Ortega, 21, Opens Up About Age Gap Sex Scene With Martin Freeman, 52
‘IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE AWFUL’
Jenna Ortega, 21, finally broke her silence about that scene in her and 52-year-old Martin Freeman’s movie Miller’s Girl, in which she plays a student romantically infatuated with her teacher. After a clip from the movie that showed the two actors simulating sex in the film made the rounds online, several social media users expressed their disgust, considering the pair’s age gap. Online discourse ensued: Martin Freeman himself addressed the so-called controversy, calling the film “grown-up and nuanced” and adding it was a “shame” people couldn’t see it as such. Now, Ortega has finally weighed in, telling Vanity Fair in a recent interview, “It’s not supposed to be a comfortable movie. It’s supposed to be awful at times.” Ortega added that movies should show “f---ed-up experiences at one point or another,” since “Art isn’t always meant to be pleasant or happy, and everyone skips off into the sunset.”