In many ways, Astrid is characterized as Wednesday 2.0.
They both attend creepy boarding schools located inside giant, creaky, old mansions.
In bothWednesdayandBeetlejuice Beetlejuice, the boarding school serves as the catalyst for the story.
Wednesday and Astrid are both loners who have no interest in making friends and despise the popular kids.
This isnt the case across Ortegas entire filmography.
InStuck in the Middle, her character Harley Diaz has a best friend named Ellie.
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But neither Wednesday nor Astrid are as socially active as Ortegas other characters.
Theyre both shown to be lone wolves who have ambivalence or even animosity towards their fellow students.
However, she did bring one ofBeetlejuice 2s subtlest references toWednesday.
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Delores is first introduced in the afterlife, as all of her severed body parts are reanimated.
Midway through the first season ofWednesday, the title character developed a romance withthe sheriffs son, Tyler Galpin.
Initially, Tyler seemed to be a nice guy with real affection for Wednesday.
It was a shocking twist inWednesday, but it wasnt so shocking the second time around.
InBeetlejuice Beetlejuice, Gough and Millar copied their own plot twist.
Much like Tyler, Jeremy initially seems to be a genuinely nice guy with genuine feelings for Astrid.
But, much like Tyler, he later turns out to be a serial killer plotting to betray her.
However, hes really planning to swap her life for his.
Ortegas hilariously unconventional dance choreography was inspired by The Aloof dance from the 1969 Bob Fosse musicalSweet Charity.
This dance quickly became a TikTok trend and the defining image of the hit Netflix series.
Decades from now, Ortega will still be remembered fortheWednesdaydance sequencethat briefly took the world by storm.
The climactic sequence ofBeetlejuice Beetlejuicecontains a not-so-subtle allusion toWednesdays dance scene.
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Duringthis MacArthur Park musical number, Betelgeuse uses his powers to make Astrid and Delia dance against their will.
