Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar revealed the fascinating technique they used to check the Christina Ricci twist in season 1. Based mostly on the Addams Household characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams, Wednesday noticed rising star Jenna Ortega assume the present’s titular position whereas Ricci joined the solid as Marilyn Thornhill, Nevermore Academy’s botany trainer and the key descendant of Joseph Crackstone. Having beforehand performed Wednesday Addams in 1991’s The Addams Household and its 1993 sequel, Ricci’s return to the franchise noticed her assume the position of season 1’s essential villain and the engineer of the monster assaults plaguing the city of Jericho.
