United Kingdom, April 9 -- Jenna Ortega almost "called it quits" in acting before landing her role in You.

The 23-year-old star, who got started on children's TV shows like Richie Rich and Stuck In The Middle, considered walking away from her career on screen before she was cast as Ellie Alves in the second season of Netflix thriller You.

She told Kid Cudi's Big Bro podcast: "I didn't know what else I was gonna do. I've never really considered anything else, more so recently, just out of sake of curiosity and wanting another life experience.

"But when I was a teenager, I'd gotten off a children's show, and I didn't know what I was going to do. I had to prove myself and meet all these new casting directors who didn't know who I was.

"I...