‘Wednesday’ Season 2 starts production with Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper and other cast changes
After Wednesday comes Thursday unless you are a runaway streaming sensation, in which case “Wednesday” Season 2 has just kicked off.
The show, based on the legendary Chas. Addams characters and run for Netflix by Al Gough and Mike Millar-run show (with a creative assist from producer and director Tim Burton), is now shooting in Ireland and there have been some changes in the cast.
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New to the Jenna Ortega-led ensemble are the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Steve Buscemi (now given second billing on the show), Olivier-winning British actress Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, and Australian Noah Taylor. It’s unknown who the new characters are other than their names; Buscemi’s “Barry Dort” does not appear in previous “Addams Family” lore, so it’s anyone’s guess.
As guest stars, the TikTok-primed series now boasts 85-year-old legend Christopher Lloyd, “Absolutely Fabulous” co-star Joanna Lumley, Emmy and BAFTA-winning Thandiwe Newton, Frances O’Connor, Oscar-nominee Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, and Joonas Suotamo.
Several returning cast members, including Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán, have been upped to series regulars. But three cast members – Percy Hynes White, Jamie McShane, and Naomi J Ogawa – have quietly exited the series.
Netflix is eager to remind folks that “Wednesday” is the most viewed English-language series in their history with 251 million views. It was nominated for three Primetime Emmys – Best Comedy Series, Best Comedy Actress for Ortega, and best directing for Burton – and the show won four of nine Creative Arts Emmys, including one for composer Danny Elfman.
In a bit of zany promotion, the scripts for Season 2 were brought to the cast by the disembodied hand (Thing) in a little video, embedded below. (Whether Ortega will have to doctor them without producer approval remains to be seen.) Note: if you were wondering what the name of the familiar tune in this promo is called, it’s “In The Hall of the Mountain King,” composed by Edvard Grieg. Here is The Who, of all people, doing a version.
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