Jenna Ortega Returns as Wednesday Addams in Behind-the-Scenes Look Wednesday second season, described as “bigger and more twisted than you could ever imagine.”
Netflix unveiled the new footage during an in-person fan event Thursday night in Atlanta. The video features original cast members Ortega, Hunter Doohan, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Luis Guzmán, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and of course, Thing (Victor Dorobantu), returning to the Nevermore Academy set.
Glimpses of several scenes shot, including Ortega’s Wednesday arriving on campus with his trademark deadpan expression, the Nevermore students gathering in a field, and Thing snooping around as usual, were shown in the behind-the-scenes footage. Tim Burton was also spotted back in the director’s chair.
“If we showed you more, your eyes would bleed and I'm not that generous,” Ortega says at the end of the video. Watch it below.
Production in progress Wednesday Season 2 officially began airing in Ireland in May. The fantasy comedy, created by Al Gough and Miles Millar, has also added a dozen new cast members, including Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter and Noah Taylor, among others.
In January, Ortega also said she was happy with this season’s scripts, after previously being criticized for publicly disparaging the series’ writing in the premiere episode.
“We’re definitely going for a little more horror,” the actress teased earlier this year. “Everything is bigger, it’s a lot more action-packed.” Beetle Juice Beetle Juice The star added that each episode “feels like a movie,” and while Wednesday’s narrative has evolved, the character “never really changes.”
A release date for Wednesday Season 2 has yet to be announced.