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The Netflix series 'Wednesday' is back for an even spookier second season. The stars and creators spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about the new installment, including Jenna Ortega, who opened up about doing more scenes with Catherine Zeta-Jones, including one involving an intense sword fight. Plus, Zeta-Jones also shared what it was like getting to bring more of Morticia's story to the screen. Fred Armisen also spoke about bringing back Uncle Fester and Steve Buscemi shared why he wanted to join the show as Barry Dort, the new head of Nevermore Academy. Meanwhile, series creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar opened up about how they went about casting Lady Gaga and Christopher Llyod as guest stars this season. Part 1 of 'Wednesday' season two hits Netflix on August 6.

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00:00Oftentimes I'll just, we'll do one long take and we'll do, you know, three runs of the scene and

00:05then I'll just give him something a little different every time and, you know, sometimes

00:08I'll do levels where it's nothing to something big or maybe it's three completely different

00:13reactions and then, you know, I trust him in the edit. The Netflix series Wednesday is back for an

00:19even spookier second season. The stars and creators spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about the new

00:25installment. Season two spends more time with the whole Adams family unit, including Morticia,

00:30Gomez and Pugsley. Jenna Ortega, who stars as Wednesday Adams, opened up about what it was

00:35like doing more scenes with Catherine Zeta-Jones, who plays Wednesday's mother Morticia, including

00:40one involving an intense sword fight. I mean, that sword fight scene is one of my favorite things to

00:44come out of the show in its entirety. Obviously, Catherine is incredibly gifted and skilled and

00:50has such a rich history in film and television and, you know, I'm so grateful for my time with

00:56her on season one. So to be able to elaborate that on a second season and to add complexity to both of our

01:01characters and to bring some sort of tether into this, you know, quite ethereal, magical show, it's so great to be

01:09able to also represent what feels, you know, like the very accurate day-to-day life, both modern and, you know, over

01:18decades and centuries, you know, just the relationship between mothers and daughters and that fight for

01:22independence. And I don't know, I just, I relate to the storyline a lot. Um, and I have definitely felt like

01:28Wednesday, uh, you know, as she does in this season. So it was great to be able to put that on screen.

01:33Zeta-Jones also shared what it was like getting to bring more of Morticia to the screen.

01:38It was a dream. You have no, I was chomping at the bit on season one. I wanted, I would do anything.

01:44I pleaded with them, please put something in, but it was, it was a wonderful kind of tease for us to

01:50come back on season two. And they gave me this wonderful character arc when, where I can, you see

01:57the strange relationship with Wednesday and then an even more strained emotional twist with, you know,

02:04the great, great Joanna Lumley's interpretation of Hester Frump. So there's this fantastic triangle

02:11of these very strong willed women and how they, they, they work about maybe grandma Mars pitting

02:18with Wednesday against me. You know, it's, it's a very interesting dynamic. Morticia always has that

02:24deep love for her daughter. Um, even though it's a little, it's, it's contested during this season a lot.

02:31Speaking of members of the Addams family, Fred Armisen also returns his uncle Fester.

02:36He opened up about working with Ortega on the show. It's so much fun working with her,

02:41but I, I, it was evident even in season one, before the show was big, she was really into it

02:48and really in control of like how the lines were said and written. It was really, she was like

02:55already producing it and she cares about each scene. She cares about each moment

03:01and it actually snaps everyone else into place of wanting to do a great job. So no part of it seems

03:07like she's just doing a job. It's, she's, uh, emotionally involved with making this show.

03:14Yeah. Fully invested.

03:16Steve Buscemi joins the cast this season as Barry Dort, the new head of Nevermore Academy.

03:21He shared how his involvement in the series came about. It was offered to me and, uh,

03:26I read the script, but even before I read the script, I knew that I wanted to do it because it's

03:31Tim Burton. It's the Addams family, the first season, which I loved. And I, and, and this ensemble

03:39cast, um, it was just a no brainer to, to, to want to be a part of it. Other names joining the cast

03:45this season include Christopher Lloyd and Lady Gaga series creators and show runners,

03:50Alfred Goff and Miles Miller opened up about how they went about casting the actor who played

03:54Uncle Fester in the 1990s Addams Family films and the iconic pop star is basically sort of,

04:00you know, grew out of the, the dance, you know, the viral dance where they put bloody Mary on it.

04:06And then she did the dance and then, you know, she was interested. We were interested and,

04:12but you know, she's Lady Gaga. She's very busy. So, you know, we were able to, to work out

04:17a character for her to play and time for her to come and do it. And she was, you know, we all know

04:22she's an amazing actress. So we, we were just, you know, thrilled that she could, uh, that she could

04:27come and come and play in the sandbox. Well, the best one actually was Christopher Lloyd. He DMed me

04:32on my Instagram and said, he, he loves season. He literally loves season, uh, one and wanted to be

04:38in season two. So it was a pretty easy call to say, Hey, we'd love to have you. And obviously everyone

04:44loves the idea of working with Tim. So I think that's, that's the color we have to play as well.

04:48So, you know, it's a show where we get all our first choices. Yeah. Everyone, everyone we asked to

04:53play a role said, yes. Part one of Wednesday season two hits streaming on Wednesday, August 6th

04:58for the Hollywood reporter news. I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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