After taking the internet by storm with the first season of the Netflix hit Wednesdayseries star Jenna Ortega takes control and tries to implement some of her own ideas for season 2. She has been open in the past about what she would like from the series in the future, especially when it comes to introducing more horror elements to the show. However, as the producer of the second season, she can make it a reality. During a conversation with Elle Fanning on Variety actors about actors Ortega revealed that in the second season, the romantic subplots would be cut in favor of more scary moments.
1 season Wednesday saw the titular daughter of the Addams Family transferred to her parents’ alma mater at Nevermore Academy, where she doesn’t really fit in with her peers and instead focuses her efforts on solving a murder mystery looming over the city of Jericho. However, during her time at school, she falls into a love triangle between Tyler (Hunter Doohan) and Xavier (Percy Hynes White), which seemed out of place for a typically emotionally distant character and more appropriate for a typical teen drama. Ortega even revealed that she would change lines she felt were completely out of place for the character, instead trying to stick more to Wednesday’s macabre nature.
Creek VI The actress has always imagined the series would embrace its darkness a little more, and Season 2 looks set to do just that. “We decided we wanted to lean a little more into the horror aspect of the show,” she said. “Because it’s so light-hearted and it’s such a show with vampires and werewolves and superpowers, you don’t want to take yourself too seriously.” Naturally, this also means less focus on romantic storylines, allowing the medium to be the medium and potentially making more room for her other relationships to shine, as with her roommate Enid (Emma Myers). “We’re turning down any romantic attraction for Wednesday, and that’s really great.”
Ortega felt that producing was a natural development of her role in Wednesday
Ortega’s presence in the industry is growing rapidly. Within scream franchise, she’s become a key part of the new core four of the still excellent horror franchise, and she’s set to reunite with director Tim Burton For Beetlejuice 2. Become a producer Wednesday However, it seemed natural because of the discussions she already had with everyone from Burton to the writers. She felt comfortable collaborating with the team behind the series and generally gave high marks when it came to making her feel heard:
“We have already thrown out so many ideas, and I am a very practical person. I want to know what’s going on. And with a character like Wednesday so beloved and so legendary, I don’t want to misunderstand her. So I try to have as many conversations as possible. On set, with the writers and Tim. [Burton], we all got together and decided: “Well, what works and what doesn’t?” It was naturally already very collaborative.”
Wednesday it likely won’t return for a second season until 2024, a prospect made even more uncertain by the ongoing writers’ strike. Even though the new season was so far away, it was important to Ortega that discussions with the writers started early to iron out some details and understand what the new episodes would bring to the table. Although she initially turned down the role of Wednesday several times, it proved to be not only one of her most successful roles, but one that was liberating in her eyes. More information from the star and more creepy, weird elements The Addams Family world, may well make the second season even better than its predecessor.
Stay tuned here on Collider to learn more about Wednesday Season 2 as it comes out. The entire season 1 is available to watch on Netflix now. Check out the trailer below.
Source: Collider
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