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Wednesday Season 2 Leans "Into a Little Bit More Horror": Jenna Ortega

Having seen some of the scripts, Wednesday star & EP Jenna Ortega had some interesting insights to share on what Season 2 has to offer.

While rumblings continue to grow over a potential spinoff series focusing on Fred Armisen's Uncle Fester – with the "bigger picture" plan of using Wednesday to build out an "Addams Family" universe – let's not forget about the series that started it all. Of course, we're talking about Al Gough & Miles Millar's Tim Burton-directed, Jenna Ortega-starring Wednesday. And thanks to tonight's Emmy Awards red carpet, we're getting a little more insight into what viewers can expect when the series returns to their screens. "We're definitely leaning into a little bit more horror, but it's really, really exciting because all throughout the show, while Wednesday does need a little bit of an arc, she never really changes, and that's the wonderful thing about her," Ortega shared with E!, having seen some of the season's scripts. "There's really, really good one-liners, and I think everything's bigger, it's a lot more action-packed." Filming on the second season is expected to begin in April in Ireland – a change from the first season's Romania filming location.

Here's a look at Ortega, Hunter Doohan (Tyler Galpin), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), and Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay) tackling your toughest Wednesday theories and letting you know if you're on the right track – with the foursome confirming that a new member of the Addams family will be introduced during the second season:

Wednesday: Jenna Ortega Discusses Season 2

During Summer 2023, we learned more thematic specifics when it comes to what viewers can expect with Season 2, thanks to a conversation between Ortega and Elle Fanning (Hulu's The Great) as part of Variety's "Actors on Actors" interview series. "We've decided we want to lean into the horror aspect of the show a little bit more. Because it is so lighthearted, and a show like this with vampires and werewolves and superpowers, you don't want to take yourself too seriously," Ortega shared during the conversation. "We're ditching any romantic love interest for Wednesday, which is really great." With her new producing title for the second season, Ortega can now be a part of the creative process for the season right from the jump.

"We had already been throwing out so many ideas, and I'm somebody who's very hands-on. I want to know what's going on. And with a character like Wednesday, who is so beloved and such a legend, I just really didn't want to get her wrong. So I try to have as many conversations as possible. On set, with the writers and Tim [Burton], we all would get together and decide, 'Okay, what works and what doesn't?' It was naturally already very collaborative," Ortega explained. "So in preparation for a second season, we wanted to get ahead of the curve and make sure that we could start the conversations earlier," Ortega continued. "And I'm just so curious. I want to see the outfits, new characters that are coming in, scripts, and they were gracious enough to let me put the producer hat on."

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