Jenna Ortega’s scenes in Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste music video were largely improvised as she only found out about the role just days before.
In one scene, Jenna leans in to kiss her lover, who suddenly morphs into his ex-girlfriend Sabrina, and she slices through the illusion with a pink chainsaw.
The 23-year-old actress told Esquire magazine: “I swear to you, nothing about that music video was choreographed. Like we were just running around. We had no time to prep or really talk about it.
“The kissing sequence was: I would stand there, I would kiss a man. They would tell me to hold it. I stayed in that position. Sabrina would come in. She would kiss me, and then we just did that a few times.
“So, it was like a carousel of lovers.”
The Wednesday star loved how “camp and fun” the chainsaw action was.
She said: “The chainsaw sequence. I would say that just felt really camp and fun, and we had nice little outfits on.
“I think the chainsaw had some crazy name and reference to Sabrina as well. It was called like the Espresso 3000 or something.”
The gore fest comes with a warning at the start, which reads: “Parental advisory and viewer warning: The following video contains explicit content and depicts graphic violence which may be offensive to some viewers. View discretion is advised.”
Espresso hitmaker Sabrina, 27, always knew she wanted Jenna to co-star in the promo alongside her.
At the time of its release, she wrote on Instagram: “This song is so special to me and I’m incredibly grateful to everyone that helped me bring one of my most ambitious videos to life.
“I had one person in mind for this and that was the one and only @jennaortega. Watching her on screen is a true dream come true and I’m so inspired, impressed, and amazed by her.”
Taste featured on Sabrina’s chart-topping album Short n’ Sweet.