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-Thank you for coming back to the show.

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We have to talk about "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice."

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But, also, are you filming "Wednesday," season 2 right now?

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-Yeah, I'm currently filming "Wednesday," season 2.

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I go back -- [ Cheers and applause ]

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-Yes! I can't wait for that. -Yeah, of course.

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I came here just for you.

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-Thank you, buddy, I appreciate that.

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And you're producing it now this season.

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-Yes, I am. Yeah. -What is that like?

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-Oh, my God, it's been the best.

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I've never really done that on a TV show before,

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and we had talked about it first season.

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And it's so nice being a part of these conversations

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because I love what I do, and I love my job,

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but I'm able to be a part of the background stuff.

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So, you know, I get to decide,

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like how blue somebody's gonna be

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or where the brains go on the floor,

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what the prosthetics look like. -Yeah.

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-It's so exciting. It's so much fun, actually.

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Yeah, I'm learning so much. It's so informative.

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-That's fantastic. That's great.

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And does it come right back to you when you get in the carriage

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and you're like, "Okay, this is how Wednesday acts"?

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-Yeah, I was -- I was a little terrified just

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because it had been years since "Wednesday,"

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since we shot the first one.

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We did that like 2 or 3 years ago in Romania.

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So I didn't really know how I, uh...

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I just was, I think, overthinking it.

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But as soon as you put on the costumes by Colleen Atwood,

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you get hair and makeup done,

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and then you take all the expression out of your face,

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it's like, "Oh, okay. I kind of..."

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-"Yeah, I know how to do this." Yeah. Yeah.

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I know you're a big fan of horror films.

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Now you're in the genre of horror.

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What was the first movie -- do you remember? --

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that got you hooked?

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-Well, I remember the first movie that terrified me.

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I think the first movie that terrified me was "Child's Play."

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Because I was like -- -Chucky.

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-Yeah, Chucky. Oh, God.

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-I still can't see it -4 or 5 years old.

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I remember I accidentally watched it.

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I was like peaking around the corner

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'cause I was very stubborn, and my parents were gone,

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you know, parent-teacher night,

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and my uncle was watching us,

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and they couldn't find me for 30 minutes

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'cause I was rocking back and forth in a corner,

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like, "He's gonna get me!" [ Laughter ]

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Swear to God. -Most frightening thing ever?

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-Swear to God, I was in my sibling's closet.

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-Wow. -Yeah.

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-Oh, my gosh. It really traumatized you.

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So now you're -- you're making them.

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Now... -Yeah.

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[ Laughter ] -You're making that happen.

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-You gotta face your own fears. -You really do.

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-It's really weird, too, 'cause on "Beetlejuice,"

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we did all practical effects,

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so it's like toys and, you know, interactive things,

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which is so much better than staring

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at a tennis ball when you're acting.

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-Yeah, yeah, you actually get to really act and see.

-Yeah, yeah, you're actually get to really act and see.

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-Oh, yeah. I see everything that's happening in front of me.

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But it's also -- it's doll-like.

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So, Chucky was a doll, and then now I'm acting with dolls.

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It's very strange. -Did I read somewhere that you

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have a synthesizer or, like, a piano or something?

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-I have a synthesizer. Yeah, I do.

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-And on set, you play and just have people play with you?

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-Sometimes. Sometimes I like to bring my synthesizer to set

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because I feel like music is the best way

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to get to know somebody.

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And, you know, you come on these sets

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and you see people that you've never met before,

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and then you're super close to them for two months,

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and then you never see them again.

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So I got the synthesizer

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because I wanted to play music for people

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or get a feel for what they like,

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and then I can make them playlists

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and get to know them a little bit better.

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-And I also read somewhere that you like to compose.

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-I would love to be a composer.

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I love film scores.

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I love everything about film scores.

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And composing, it's just so interesting to me.

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-You have to do this. You have to do this.

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-Yeah, yeah.

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-"Beetlejuice" has one of the most iconic scores of all time.

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I thought this would be kind of a fun game to play,

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if you would like to play a game with me here.

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-Yeah, let's do it. -It's a trend on TikTok

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where people try to rank different things

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without knowing what's coming up.

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And I thought maybe you could rank

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some iconic film scores tonight.

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Would you be up for that? -Yeah, yeah.

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-All right. So here's how this works.

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I'm gonna give you a film score,

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and you have to rank it, okay? -Okay.

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-Without knowing what the others are, okay?

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And once you do it, you have to lock it in, okay?

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-All right. -You cannot change the score.

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Here's the first film score.

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"Star Wars."

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-Oh. -John Williams.

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Where does it rank?

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♪♪

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-Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. -Hmm.

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-Remember, there's other ones out there.

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-Can I do -- Ooh.

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-And John's watching. Just saying.

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[ Laughter ] -Here's the thing!

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Here's the thing! John Williams, obviously,

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one of the best to ever do it. The greatest.

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-Let's see where you rate him. -I'm not a crazy

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"Star Wars" person. [ Audience groaning ]

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I'm so sorry!

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Wait. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

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It's the first one, though.

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It's the first one. So give me...

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-Oh, my gosh, one of the greatest scores of all time!

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I can't believe you did that to my man J.W.!

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Oh. All right.

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"Titanic." [ Audience "Ohs" ]

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This is James Horner. This is legendary.

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-Oh, my God. I'm so terrified

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'cause I feel like people are gonna be so mad at me.

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-Yeah. Yeah. [ Laughter ]

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Especially John Williams. [ Laughter ]

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-But when I say that, do you understand where I'm going?

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-Yeah.

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♪♪

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[ Audience exclaiming ]

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[ Applause ]

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-Okay.

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Oh, it's redemption day.

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"Jurassic Park," John Williams again.

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[ Audience exclaims ]

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Wow! You immediately said 3 for "Jurassic Park"?

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-It's a perfect little centerpiece.

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-But it's such an iconic...

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-But all of these are iconic is the thing,

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so what if you pull out an even more iconic one?

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-Some are better, according to Jenna Ortega.

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[ Laughter ]

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-You know what?

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-Here's another important thing to remember, too.

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"Jurassic Park" holds more nostalgic value to me

Jenna Ortega Got Scared by Michael Keaton Dressed Up as Beetlejuice, Talks Wednesday Season 2