Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has spilt the beans about a hush-hush audition she reckons was for the blockbuster hit Dune. The Netflix icon suspects she was in the running to play Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s grand adaptation of the classic science fiction tome by Frank Herbert.

In a recent tell-all, the 21-year-old let slip: “I think I auditioned for Dune when I was about 15.”

Ortega, a self-proclaimed admirer of both the Dune saga and Villeneuve’s cinematic magic, reminisced over her excitement…