While Anything But You is set to dominate Netflix’s
The film is Miller’s Girl, where Ortega played a student having a romantic relationship with her professor, played by The Office/The Hobbit’s Martin Freeman. This movie created a lot of buzz when it was first introduced, and steamy Ortega scenes began circulating around the internet.
However, the film itself is…not very good, despite its initial high profile. Miller’s Girl has a 29% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a not-much-better 42% from fans. Plus a dismal 5.2/10 on IMDB.
Ortega’s non-Wednesday roles since that series debuted have been a bit hit or miss. She was part of the Scream VI ensemble (an important part, it turns out) which has a 76% score (though she just dropped out of the sequel). But her other film besides Miller’s Girl, Finestkind, has a 30% critic score and few may have heard of it, due to it being a Paramount
Ortega has quite literally six other movie and TV projects lined up for the next few years, a high profile one being Beetlejuice Beetlejuice the…Beetlejuice sequel which will see Michael Keaton return to the role alongside Ortega.
Netflix is positively dying to get Wednesday back on screens for season 2, and I do wonder if Ortega’s busy schedule may be a touch problematic. I have to believe that she’s prioritizing her highest profile project by a mile, however. Many may not realize it but over time, Wednesday season 1 has become Netflix’s most-watched single season by viewers ever, topping even the previous season of Stranger Things. 252 million views, 1.7 billion hours watched. Insane, and no wonder Netflix is prioritizing the second season above all else. We’ve started to hear about casting for season 2, Steve Buscemi and Thandiwe Newton so far, so things are taking shape, it seems.
As for Miller’s Girl, it’s debuted at #4 on the charts and I bet it might rise higher than that (though it won’t beat Anyone But You). It does not seem worth your time, even if you do like Ortega, but Netflix isn’t going to tell you that with its obtuse and quality-obscuring rating system for its movies and shows. But make your own judgement.
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