For Winona Ryder, one of the strangest things of all is how Gen Z actors aren’t actually “interested in movies.”

Ryder, whose own stardom began at age 14 with her film debut in 1986’s “Lucas,” told the Los Angeles Times that the younger generation of stars today don’t respect film history.

“I don’t mean to sound so hopeless,” Ryder said. “There are a few that are just not interested in movies. Like, the first thing they say is, ‘How long is it?'”

And so begins the guessing game of whom Ryder could be referring to.

The “Stranger Things” and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” actress quickly started ruling out potential anti-cinephiles, beginning with fellow film-obsessed actress Jenna Ortega. Ryder told the outlet that Ortega referenced Mikhail Kalatozov’s 1964 film “I Am Cuba,” which per Lat “immediately impressed” Ryder.

“Ryder says she almost wept hearing Ortega reference specific shots from the classic,...