Jenna Ortega's 'badass' take on original female lead franchise vs. spinoffs

Jenna Ortega boldly turned down to star in gender-flipped spinoffs, putting her powerful take on the table on more female-led franchises.

During a recent interview with MTV amid the ongoing promotions of her upcoming movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Ortega, 21, shared her assertive opinion on whether she might consider an offer from director Tim Burton to revive Edward Scissorhands as the gender-flipped Edith Scissorhands.

However, the Wednesday star explained that she would get to work in franchises creating entirely new stories with original female characters, who are central to the narrative, rather than to star in adapting existing male-centric franchises by creating new versions where the main character is female.

"I love that there’s a lot more female leads nowadays, I think that’s so special. But we should have our own," she said. "I don’t like it when it’s like a spinoff — I don’t want to see like Jamie Bond. You know?"

"I want to see another badass," the young actress said, candidly rejecting the idea of a gender-flipped spinoff series.

Although Ortega won’t have to worry about the James Bond franchise switching genders as long-time franchise producer Barbara Broccoli has always said 007 will remain a man.