“They were giving me medicine between takes because we were waiting on the positive result.”
While Jenna was unaware that she was COVID-positive at the time of filming, she shared that she had woken up with COVID-like symptoms that day and proceeded to take a test. "I felt like I'd been hit by a car and that a little goblin had been let loose in my throat and was scratching the walls of my esophagus," the actress shared with the publication. VLAD CIOPLEA/NETFLIX
Once the results came back, she realized she had filmed the entire scene, which she famously choreographed herself, during her first day with COVID. Jenna toldthat because she was feeling poorly, the scene was "awful to film." She even asked if she could reshoot it after recovering from the virus, but tight production schedules didn't allow for it.NME
, MGM, the production company behind the Netflix show, shared that “strict COVID protocols were followed and once the positive test was confirmed, production removed Jenna from set.”
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