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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

00:24about the new installment. Season two spends more time with the whole Adams family unit,

00:28including Morticia, Gomez and Pugsley. Jenna Ortega, who stars as Wednesday Adams, opened up about what

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

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

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

00:49skilled and has such a rich history in film and television and, you know, I'm so grateful for my

00:56time with her on season one. So to be able to elaborate that on a second season and to add

01:00complexity to both of our characters and to bring some sort of tether into this, you know,

01:06quite ethereal, magical show, it's so great to be able to also represent what feels, you know,

01:13like the very accurate day-to-day life, both modern and, you know, over decades and centuries.

01:19You know, just the relationship between mothers and daughters and that fight for independence.

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

01:28Wednesday, 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

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

01:56you see the strange relationship with Wednesday and then an even more strained emotional twist with,

02:04you know, the great, great Joanna Lumley's interpretation of Hester Frump.

02:09So there's this fantastic triangle of these very strong-willed women and how they,

02:15they, they work about maybe Grandmama is pitting with Wednesday against me. You know,

02:20it's, it's a very interesting dynamic.

02:23Morticia always has that deep love for her daughter,

02:27even though it's a little, it's contested during this season a lot.

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

02:36He opened up about working with Ortega on the show.

02:39It's so much fun working with her, but I, I, it was evident even in season one,

02:44before the show was big, she was really into it and really in control of like how the lines were

02:52said and written. It was really, she was like already producing it and she cares about each scene.

02:59She cares about each moment and it actually snaps everyone else into place of wanting to do a great

03:05job. So no part of it seems like she's just doing a job. It's, she's emotionally involved with

03:13making 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.

03:23It was offered to me and I read the script, but even before I read the script, I knew that I wanted to do it

03:30because it's Tim Burton, it's the Addams family, the first season, which I loved. And I, and, and this

03:38ensemble cast, it was just a no brainer to, to, to want to be a part of it.

03:44Other names joining the cast this season include Christopher Lloyd and Lady Gaga.

03:48Series creators and showrunners, Alfred Goff and Miles Miller opened up about how they went about

03:53casting the actor who played Uncle Fester in the 1990s Addams Family films and the iconic pop star.

03:59It's basically sort of, you know, grew out of the, the dance, you know, the viral dance where they put

04:04Bloody Mary on it and then she did the dance and then, you know, she was interested, we were interested

04:11and, but 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, that she could come

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

04:32my Instagram and said, he loved season, initially he loved season one and wanted to be in season two.

04:39So it was a pretty easy call to say, Hey, we'd love to have you. And obviously everyone loves the idea

04:45working with Tim. So I think that's, that's the color we have to play as well. So, you know,

04:49it's a show where we get all our first choices. Yeah. Everyone, everyone we asked to play a role

04:53said, 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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