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Jenna Ortega Recalls Auditioning for Hereditary When She Was 12

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WakeNikis Apr 10, 2026 +364
Buccal fat removal is a scourge upon humanity, and the sooner it’s gone the better.
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chantsnone Apr 10, 2026 +160
I’m getting buccal implants. I’m going full cherub.
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B00G3R Apr 10, 2026 +45
Whether she did or not I don’t care much but my cheeks look like that after I started getting regular Botox treatment for TMJ. My jaw muscles reduced in size and my cheek bones are much more prominent. When my weight fluctuates on the lower side, my cheeks are hollow like hers.
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GudgerCollegeAlumnus Apr 10, 2026 +27
I was not expecting to get into this conversation here, but did that help? I tried that a couple times and it did nothing so I had to see a specialist and get the most expensive splint known to man.
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softsharks Apr 10, 2026 +13
Botox helps my TMJ soooo much
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FelineSoLazy Apr 11, 2026 +4
Happy cake day!
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softsharks Apr 11, 2026 +4
Thanks!
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acrobaticpussy Apr 12, 2026 +1
Do you think it gave you jowls at all? I’m scared since my cheeks are big, shrinking my jaw muscle will make them sag. 
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softsharks Apr 12, 2026 +2
No jowls! I think the muscles shrank gradually enough that it didn't cause any any sagging skin, but my jaw is naturally very small.
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Different-Eagle-612 Apr 10, 2026 +8
TMJ botox helped me so much more than those appliances ever did
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GudgerCollegeAlumnus Apr 10, 2026 +2
Other way around for me.
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Different-Eagle-612 Apr 10, 2026 +3
yeah sorry i did figure from your comment, i was just trying to answer the question as best as i could. it helps that my place was really good at TMJ botox. they would hit several spots in that muscle and then they went a bit into the temple area as well
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MrTwoPumpChump Apr 10, 2026 +25
It’s lighting and makeup. She doesn’t look like that side profile or on normal light. That’s Hollywood baby
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OneSeaworthiness7768 Apr 10, 2026 +26
I just looked up other recent photos to see the difference. I really don’t think it’s just makeup and lighting.
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____mynameis____ Apr 10, 2026 +16
She has always been quite guant. I think people wrongly analyse every guant look as buccal fat removal when most of it is weight loss, harsh makeup and sucking in ur cheeks while posing. + occasionally cheek fillers creating that illusion People were swearing Miley Cyrus did it but when she showed up for that Hannah Montana anniversary segment, she was looking not that different from her old self. A lot of these actresses look totally fine in their movies with more simple makeup(Sophie Turner, even Anya Taylor Joy)
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First-Business-5797 Apr 11, 2026 +2
I think a lot of it is people just knowing her from Wednesday, where she was 1. A lot younger and 2. Made up and shot to look even younger than she was
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redthehaze Apr 11, 2026 +4
Dont forget aging. Im in my late 30s and have been losing buccal fat despite being considered overweight.
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CheapEater101 Apr 11, 2026 +2
Jenna is in her early 20s though
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oh_please_god_no Apr 10, 2026 +7
It’s just contouring makeup
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OnlyTemperature4911 Apr 10, 2026 +11
Some people are just gaunt babe
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_discordantsystem_ Apr 10, 2026 +7
NO! We must comment negatively about women's bodies NO MATTER how irrelevant it is to the topic! I'm getting really sick of people thinking it's cool and progressive to constantly talk shit about women regardless of the circumstance.
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OnlyTemperature4911 Apr 10, 2026 +6
I’m just so especially sick of all these people who heard the term “buccal fat removal” like 5 minutes ago say it about every woman in Hollywood.
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Zedris Apr 10, 2026 +1
Oh you poor child
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redjessa Apr 10, 2026 +7
That is makeup. Also, Jenna Ortega is tiny and has never had a round face. Look at photos of her as a kid. It's just makeup.
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arealhumannotabot Apr 10, 2026 +2
I’ve seen stills of her as a young teen and her face looks basically the same aside from younger
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Heyplaguedoctor Apr 11, 2026 +1
I don’t understand why so many trends are “dying is fashionable”. Oldest example I can think of is tuberculosis but I’m sure it goes back further than that (Idk if she actually had that procedure or not, nor is it any of my business. On the bright side, I’m gaunt from illness so I guess I’m finally trendy?)
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Smooth-Solution-716 Apr 10, 2026 -12
Its confirmed she never did any. It is just bleached brows, just look at her recent red carpet with non-bleached brows
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WakeNikis Apr 10, 2026 +21
Look at her cheeks in that photo and then look at her Cheeks in the first Wednesday movie.  Last time I checked, bleaching your brows doesn’t make your cheeks gaunt
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Smooth-Solution-716 Apr 10, 2026 +6
Look at her cheeks now and look at her child actress pictures. Or red carpets after season 1 of Wednesday aired. No difference
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lueur-d-espoir Apr 10, 2026 +2
Women lose fat in their faces naturally as they age. Some more so than others so we cant always tell.
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BrooklynLivesMatter Apr 10, 2026 +25
She's only 23!
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DirtzMaGertz Apr 10, 2026 +21
I would say it's pretty rare for a 23 year olds face to change that drastically naturally 
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albertsheinstein Apr 10, 2026
If you lose weight the fat in your cheeks would reduce. The same thing is happening to my face right now.
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DirtzMaGertz Apr 10, 2026 +2
I mean c'mon. She's always been thin and her cheeks and jaw line did not look like that.  
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albertsheinstein Apr 10, 2026
Yeah but someone can appear thin but have a higher body fat percentage. I actually looked thin but my body fat percentage was like 25% so it’s possible
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Filibust Apr 10, 2026 -1
Srsly. She was so cute before.
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Material-Brief-8114 Apr 11, 2026 -4
She was 12. 
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Filibust Apr 11, 2026 +3
…..I was talking about how she looked only a year ago…..
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Material-Brief-8114 Apr 11, 2026 +4
There's a very informative post on IG that I saw where a fan did a comparison of her facial structure from 2023 to today useing existing photos with similar angles and lightning. It hasn't changed. Her styling and makup has though. Alot of people who compare photos use images that are different angles significantly different ages, and usually smiling vs not smiling. 
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tinyrickstinyhands Apr 11, 2026
Being an ignorant twit is far worse yet here you are
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WakeNikis Apr 11, 2026 +2
Tough but fair.
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Immediate-Tutor8672 Apr 11, 2026 +8
Thank god they cast correctly.
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peoplemagazine Apr 10, 2026 +40
TLDR: Jenna Ortega once auditioned for one of the scariest horror movies of the lat 10 years. Ortega, 23, told Kid Cudi on an episode of the Wave Original podcast *Big Bro with Kid Cudi* released on Thursday, April 9 that she auditioned for the 2018 horror film *Hereditary* as a child and could sense the movie would be a hit. "Some things I just think, 'Okay, well whatever suits the project best.' I do remember — I didn't understand it, when I came in — but I think I auditioned for *Hereditary*, which obviously \[I\] wouldn't have made any sense for, especially my disposition as a kid," Ortega said when Cudi, 42, asked her to name a movie she almost starred in.
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2099AD Apr 10, 2026 +27
It's okay; *Hereditary* >!isn't a role to lose one's head over!< Edited to add spoiler tags. The movie's 8 years old, but... eh.
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TonyTobak Apr 10, 2026 -14
Midsommar is way better imo
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Other-Emu1829 Apr 10, 2026 +8
2 different stories. Why do they need to be compared.
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Yourfakerealdad Apr 11, 2026 +3
For real lol also what a random ass thing to say when literally nobody brought it up
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TonyTobak Apr 11, 2026 +1
Same instructor and the other guy said Hereditary wasn’t a role to lose one’s head over, and I only just now realized it was a joke about that scene lol
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k2nxx Apr 11, 2026 +14
wtf is she doing to herself wtf
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Altruistic-Potatoes Apr 10, 2026 +20
Now she can audition for Uncle Fester
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Traditional_Fox7696 Apr 11, 2026 +1
I see the resemblance
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BeanieMcChimp Apr 10, 2026 -11
This is fascinating! I need more stories like this! People Magazine is killing it with these earth shattering scoops!
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arealhumannotabot Apr 10, 2026 +25
Um do people know they’re in an entrainment sub? This isn’t the place for hard journalism
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andy4775 Apr 10, 2026 +9
That person you're replying to is a dodo brain but they haven't realized it yet. They may never even realize it.
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pharaohsanders Apr 10, 2026 -7
This article is in the news feed.
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BeanieMcChimp Apr 10, 2026 -13
It’s not a spam spot for advertisers like People Magazine, and when it comes to entertainment news there’s interesting and entertaining material to post or fluffy dribble like this. I’d prefer less fluffy dribble. But hey if you’re into advertisers like People taking over the sub to drive eyeballs to their garbage publication then you do you.
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