exclusive: after Wednesday Last season introduced Morticia Addams’s sister, Ophelia, now we can put a face to the name (and the back of her head). Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Dark Shadows) has joined the cast of the hit Netflix series as a series regular, playing the troubled Addams Family member seen from behind in the final seconds of the Season 2 finale.
High-profile casting marks the first major addition for the upcoming third season Wednesday Which was given the greenlight last summer ahead of the season 2 premiere. It also ends speculation over the mysterious character, including fan theories that Lady Gaga’s Rosaline Rotwood could be Ophelia Frump.
A crow like her niece Wednesday (Jenna Ortega), Ofelia had her mental abilities pushed to the limit – and beyond. He and Morticia’s (Catherine Zeta-Jones) mother, Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley), were committed to Willow Hill psychiatric hospital before escaping. Traces of Ophelia are believed to be lost, before Wednesday, having a vision of a woman with long blonde hair and a flower crown, reading her aunt’s journal given to her by Morticia as a symbol of faith at the end of the Season 2 finale.
Moments later, Hester is seen heading to the basement of her mansion, where Ophelia is locked in a closet. Still only when seen from behind, she is revealed to be wearing a red dress and writing “Wednesday Must Die” with her own blood on the wall.
Long blonde hair is her hallmark, in contrast to the Gothic look of Ophelia’s sister Morticia. in the 1960s addams family In the series, Caroline Jones portrayed both sisters, using a blonde wig for Ophelia.
Based on characters created by Charles Addams, Wednesday An investigative, supernaturally connected mystery that chronicles Wednesday Addams’s (Ortega) years as a student at Nevermore Academy.
The cast includes Ortega (Wednesday Addams), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), Hunter Doohan (Tyler Galpin), Joey Sunday (Bianca Barclay), Moses Mustapha (Eugene Ottinger), Georgie Farmer (Ajax Petropoulos), Isaac Ordonez (Pugsley Adams), Billie Piper (Isadora Capri), Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo (Sheriff). Richie Santiago), with Victor Dorobantou (Thing), Evie Templeton (Agnes DeMille), Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams), Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Lumley (Grandma Hester Frump) and Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester).
Released in two parts in August and September, Wednesday Season 2 became the #4 most watched English language series of all time on Netflix, while Season 1 remained #1.
The series is created and written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar who serve as executive producers and showrunners. Tim Burton is the director and executive producer. MGM is a television studio.
It marks a return to genre series for Green following her lead role in Showtime’s horror drama Penny terrible, Which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. His upcoming movies include blood on trees, snow And just play deadGreen is repped by UTA,
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