Jenna Ortega Answers Vogue's Questions While Her Inner Voice Keeps Interrupting

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Overview

In this short Vogue video, Jenna Ortega sets out to answer a series of interview questions, but a second Jenna Ortega, her inner voice, keeps cutting in. The joke is the gap between the polished answer Ortega gives on camera and the blunter commentary running underneath it. The questions cover acting, fears, fashion mistakes, zombies, and identity. The inner voice keeps poking at the answers, and by the end the two can't agree on how to sign off.

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0:12

A Derailed Introduction

The video opens with Ortega promising to answer some questions about something the audience "will just have to wait" for. The inner voice immediately mocks the "mysterious intro." It then says it finds it strange to see Ortega like this, because usually they're just lounging around together. Once Ortega gets back on track, the inner voice turns sarcastic and calls it a "great intro" that had Ortega "on a roll."

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Preparing for Emotional Scenes

The first real question asks how Ortega gets into the right headspace for a very emotional scene. While Ortega pauses to think, the inner voice says nothing is happening in there and wonders whether Ortega even remembers the question.

Ortega's answer is that an emotional scene gets the same preparation as any other: remember to breathe and listen. Ortega adds that, after doing a lot of horror, they are "really accustomed to the screaming crying thing." The inner voice calls this a "strong finish" and then offers its own method. It says it prepares by thinking of every embarrassing thing Ortega has ever done, "cuz there's a lot." Asked for an example, it asks whether the list should go in chronological or alphabetical order.

Ortega then apologizes for the inner voice. They explain that they usually try to keep it on mute but are "trying to be a better listener." The two then argue over whether the inner voice is annoyed. It insists it isn't, and Ortega accuses it of "doing the voice."

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Fears and White Lies

Asked about their most irrational fear, Ortega answers: "That my innermost thoughts would be revealed to Vogue." This time the inner voice agrees that the answer is true.

When the interviewer asks about a recent little white lie, Ortega says they can't remember. The inner voice calls this "playing it safe," and the interviewer is called a "little instigator."

1:56

Fashion Regrets and the Permanence of Photos

The longest exchange is about outfits Ortega later second-guessed. Ortega says this happens "all the time." There are so many striking couture pieces that it's easy to assume a look will work the same way on them, but at five feet tall, Ortega says, "it doesn't work that way."

The inner voice describes what follows. Five minutes later comes a "mental breakdown" in public, along with the feeling of looking like a mess. Ortega adds that the photos then exist forever, which they wryly call "the beautiful day and age of the internet." The inner voice says this happened recently but declines to name the designer or the event. Ortega's reply is that "the dress knows."

2:33

Who Survives the Zombie Apocalypse

Asked which of them would survive a zombie apocalypse, each answers differently. Ortega picks the inner voice, and the inner voice picks itself. The inner voice says Ortega would probably feel sorry for the zombies, and Ortega agrees. Ortega adds that they would also be curious and want to interview the zombies with questions like "what's your favorite entry point?", "Do you sleep?", and "Do you find love?"

The inner voice says Ortega is more of a softy, especially when tired, and more likely to cry. It describes itself as having a "Terminator mindset," naming Terminator 1 and Terminator 2. It frames the contrast warmly and says the two of them have "really good balance."

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What Makes Someone Who They Are

The last question is more serious: what makes a person who they are? Ortega answers that "people are mirrors." In this view, we reflect everything we have seen and everything that has happened to us, including friends, relationships, and the experiences we're willing to learn from. Ortega also points to wanting to evolve and take it all in.

The inner voice adds "your thoughts," and Ortega agrees. The inner voice then asks whether that includes the thoughts you're scared to say out loud, and Ortega answers, "especially those." For a moment the two seem to be in harmony. Ortega warns the inner voice not to ruin it. It says it wasn't going to, and Ortega points out that, being their thoughts, it clearly was thinking about it.

4:13

An Unresolved Sign-Off

Ortega declares that the session went well. The two then try to close together: "I'm Jenna Ortega," followed by "I'm also Jenna Ortega." The goodbye falls apart when Ortega complains that the inner voice keeps cutting in every time they try to speak. The inner voice says "it's not that serious," and the video ends with them still debating whether to finish with the inner voice or without it.