Jenna Ortega Shares New Look At Iconic Addams Family Character for Tim Burton's "WEDNESDAY"
One of this years most anticipated horror events is the upcoming Wednesday TV series, in which Jenna Ortega will bring to life the iconic daughter from the Addams Family. Today, Ortega has taken to Instagram to reveal a new look at the shows titular character.
The first official look at the character came earlier this year, with this latest look instead being a behind-the-scenes photo.
Ortega captioned the photo of herself striking an iconic pose, "Good mourning."
The series focuses on Wednesday as a teenager instead of that weird little girl we all loved in the Addams Family films. The show is mainly taking place at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday's attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.
Ortega previously shared what makes this upcoming TV series so different from other versions of the character we've seen.
"We've never seen her as a teenage girl," Ortega explained to Entertainment Weekly. "You know, it's funny and sweet and almost charming to hear this eight-year-old's obsession with murder and blood and guts. As she gets older, that nasty attitude or [those] biting remarks, it's almost kind of hard to not make it sound like every other teenage girl. So, it's like, how do we establish this character and give her the same fire without letting her become something that she's not? Also, it's eight-hour series so, for an emotionless character, there has to be some sort of an emotional arc."
She added, "That's been really interesting to figure out in terms of, okay, well, she's got to be able to push the story forward in some way but how do we keep her true to her deadpan self? It's been a bit of a challenge and I'm curious to see how it plays. I've never had the opportunity to play an iconic character before. I know she's well-loved and well-respected and I just don't want to mess her up."
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