Jenna Ortega has conquered the public with her interpretation of Wednesday Addams and the series directed by Tim Burton has set a record in its first week of release in Netflix. According to the data released by the platform, ‘Wednesday’ has reached 341.23 million hours of viewing and has been seen in 50 million homes.
The series about the eldest daughter of Morticia and Gomez Addams is still far from ‘The Squid Game’, which continues to hold the record with 571.8 million hours viewed in its prime week. The first positions in the top 10 are completed by ‘1899’, with 87.9 million hours; ‘The Crown’ in third place with season 5 and 42.36 million hours viewed; ‘Dead to me’ T3 with 33.3 million hours watched and ‘Manifest’ T4, with 21.6 million hours.
The creators have ideas for a second season
With these data, it would not be surprising if Netflix announces the renewal of the series for a second season. As the first installment ends, there are several unknowns that remain open and the creators Alfred Gopuh and Miles Millar have thought about how to continue the story. As they have told VarietyWhen writing, they always raise options for three or four seasons. These stories are not usually closed, but rather they can evolve and change depending on how the public accepts the series and the characters.
The main ground cape, and watch out for spoilers, is that the monster manages to escape in the last episodes. Also, Wednesday receives a mysterious and threatening message on his new phone that Xavier has given her in peace and surely the young woman is not going to stay without investigating it. However, it is not very clear that she will continue using the phone: “Our idea is that she throws the phone out the window,” reveals Millar. On the other hand, Nevermore Academy has lost its director after the death of Weems. Who will fill the position? Could it be Morticia Addams?
Of what There is no doubt, neither for Gough and Millar, is the success of the choice of Jenna Ortega to play Wednesday. After seeing many candidates, they felt as soon as they saw her on zoom that it had to be her. Despite her serious gesture and the fact that she hardly blinks, her face conveys the essence of her character, which she also experiences a great emotional change in the season. “Tim comments that she’s like a silent movie star. Her face and her eyes are a window into Wednesday’s true state,” says Millar. Ortega has several interpretative duels in the series in the scenes that she shares with director Weems (Gwendoline Christie), with her mother Morticia (Catherine Zeta Jones) or with Professor Thronhill (Christina Ricci). With a presence in 95% of the scenes, the actress must also maintain her attitude while canoeing, fencing or archery… “It was a marathon for her”, explains Millar, who also ensures that “‘Wednesday’ has been a very difficult series to do”.