Jenna Ortega Is Excited To Be Taken More Seriously After 'You' Role

Jenna Ortega is dishing on her involvement in You season two.

The 17-year-old actress is starring in the show alongside Penn Badgley and she recently dished about how much she loved the first season.

“The day after I finished bingeing You, I got a call that they were looking for a girl around my age to be on this show that I had fallen in love with,” Jenna told People. “I just remember looking at my mom and saying, ‘I have to book this part.’”

And now that the episodes are out, she can’t wait to be taken more seriously as an actor, and not be typecast.

“I’m just happy people get to see me in a different light, because as an actor, the last thing you want is to be pigeonholed into one category,” she said. “I’m excited for people to take me more seriously.”

You season two is streaming on Netflix now!