• Jenna Ortega spoke about her uneasy first encounter with Paul Mescal.
• An ink mark on Ortega’s dress suggests she suffered a wardrobe malfunction.
• She would make her debut at SNL this Saturday.

When Jenna Ortega encountered actor Paul Mescal at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards last month, she was awestruck.

On Thursday, March 9th, 2023, the actress, age 20, spoke on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon about her uneasy first encounter with The Lost Daughter actor, age 27.

“I was kind of freaking out because [Zendaya] was sitting next to Paul Mescal, who I think is so talented and so good,” The Wednesday star told Fallon of the Oscar nominee.

“And I was so nervous to meet him and I knew he was going to be at my table. And I remember he introduced himself to me when I wasn’t expecting it.”

She recalled feeling uneasy as Mescal drew near. “He was like, ‘Oh, Hi! Nice to meet you. I’m Paul.’ And I was nervous, I kind of couldn’t look him in the eye so I fear that it was bit like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Aftersun was great’,” she said, reenacting their conversation.

An ink mark on Ortega’s dress suggested that she suffered a slight wardrobe malfunction when she attended the Scream VI premiere on Monday night, which before the interview.

The Scream actress will host Saturday Night Live for the first time this coming weekend.

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