Jenna Ortega and Catherine Zeta-Jones Talk About What They'd Like to See in the Next Season of WEDNESDAY
Jenna Ortega has brought the character Wednesday to life in the Netflix series that dives deeper into the character than we’ve ever seen before.
Wednesday has defied death at her boarding school while saving her friend and schoolmates from creatures and killers alike. She has outed heads of the school as nefarious, dodged romantic missteps, and dealt with familial and friend relationships with all the grace she can muster. But after an action-packed second season, what would the title star like to see happen next for Wednesday?
Ortega spoke with GamesRadar+, telling them:
"I would like them [Morticia and Wednesday] to stop arguing and team up. We'd just been talking about women banding together, and you see that a bit in the final episode, or episodes. I think we should lean into that. It's really exciting and refreshing to see women displayed that way."
She went on to add:
"I think it's important to see Wednesday deal with the darker side of herself a little bit, too – but also never taking things too seriously. And I would like to see more death attempts between her and Pugsley. She doesn't try to kill him enough! I want to see stuff like that."
Catherine Zeta-Jones, who plays Wednesday’s mother Morticia in the series, agrees with the idea of a female-focused story for season three. She told the outlet:
"Now that we've introduced the wonderful Joanna Lumley as my mother, I'd like to tell more about that story. We left it on a bit of a cliffhanger, but what was it that got to that situation? And how, as a mother, I don't want that to happen in this relationship [with Wednesday]."
Opening up about the mother/daughter dynamic, the Welsh actress added:
"You know, teenagers and mothers do actually go over to the other side of this contentious relationship that a lot of women and mothers and daughters relate to in the show. I'd like to see the maturity of this mother/daughter relationship a little bit more and some kind of amends to what this relationship with my mother is about – or where it really festered, for want of a better word."
Season 3 is expected to start shooting in Ireland in the coming months, with a rumored release date in 2027. This means we have quite a long wait ahead of us, but seasons 1 and 2 are available for a rewatch on Netflix. Stay tuned for updates.