Wednesday was a smash hit for Netflix, exponentially elevating the profile of star Jenna Ortega—notably within the horror realm, as she went on to outlive two Scream movies and be forged in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. And whereas that latter Tim Burton undertaking will hit eyeballs first (the Ghost With the Most arrives in theaters September 6), there are nonetheless loads of goth-loving followers who’re dying for hints about Wednesday‘s eagerly awaited return.
In a brand new Vanity Fair profile about her rise to fame, Ortega shares some regrets about the way she expressed her dissatisfaction with the writing in Wednesday season one (“I in all probability may have used my phrases higher in describing all of that … I believe it was exhausting as a result of I felt like had I represented the state of affairs higher, it in all probability would’ve been acquired higher,” she instructed the journal). However being assertive truly paid off; Ortega was elevated to producer for Wednesday season two.
Whereas she didn’t disclose particular plot particulars, she instructed Vainness Honest there might be “new villains, new supernatural talents, and a good darker tone.” The tone takes inspiration from the 1964 Roger Corman-directed, Vincent Worth-starring movie model of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Purple Dying, whereas nonetheless protecting its broad fanbase in thoughts. “I believe the texture that we’re going for is slightly bit extra horror-inspired … To not say that instantly we’re the goriest present of all time. I imply, there’s six-year-olds watching.”
She hinted that “We’re doing this factor now the place Wednesday simply sort of seems. She is slightly little bit of a bounce scare herself.”
The story additionally notes that Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez (Luis Guzmán), mother and father of teenager Wednesday, will get extra screentime in season two—and divulges that Ortega is supremely jazzed that Steve Buscemi is now a part of the forged.
Head to Vanity Fair to learn the complete profile, which incorporates some Beetlejuice Beetlejuice tidbits in addition to a rundown of her upcoming initiatives, together with Taika Waititi’s sci-fi Kazuo Ishiguro adaptation Klara and the Sun.
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