“We’re Definitely Expanding”: Wednesday Season 2’s New “Supernatural” Characters Teased By Jenna Ortega
Wednesday star Jenna Ortega teases that season 2 will be introducing more “supernatural” elements. First releasing on Netflix in 2022, Wednesday is based on The Addams Family sitcom from the 1960s, following Ortega’s Wednesday Addams as she solves a mystery at Nevermore Academy. The show was a major hit for Netflix, and it’s been confirmed that season 2 is on the way with some changes in store for audiences.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair as the wait for Wednesday season 2 continues, Ortega teases that new supernatural characters will be introduced in the show’s next outing. The actor also touches on how she’ll be preparing to play the character again and what audiences can expect from the new episodes more generally. Check out her full comment below:
“I’ve just been reading scripts. By the time we actually start shooting, it will have been over two years since we wrapped. So internally, mentally, I’m like, ‘Okay, do I start prepping myself now?’ I don’t consider myself Method or anything like that, but I do think it’s very normal for actors to naturally acclimate or take in the surroundings of their characters, especially when you’re doing something like that for so long.
“It might be time to start getting a little more sarcastic again or watching different movies again to get into the mindset. But even reading scripts has been exciting, seeing all of the new characters that are coming in. We’re definitely expanding on the supernatural world. Our show had all sorts of werewolves and vampires and da-ta-da. And I think we expand on that a little bit.
“I mean, in the first season we had episodes that really stood out visually, like the dance episode was a really big one for people, and that setting was very particular and it felt like Prom Night, a little bit, or Carrie. Every episode [of season two] that I’ve read so far is like that. It just stands out on its own as a very memorable scene or bit or setting, which I think is what I’m most excited for, because to pull that off for eight episodes is, I think, really incredible and really lucky.”