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Catherine Zeta-Jonesis stepping into the iconic role of Morticia Addams in the upcoming Netflix seriesWednesday.
Smallvilleco-creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough co-created the series, which followsJenna Ortegaas the title character as she attends the Nevermore Academy boarding school. (Luis Guzmán plays dad Gomez Addams, Isaac Ordonez plays little brother Pugsley andChristina Ricci— who played Wednesday in severalAddams Familymovies in the 1990s — will be joining in an undisclosed role.)
Wednesday has more often been portrayed as a younger child, so exploring the character as a teenager opens up the new series to exploring a key tenant of adolescent coming-of-age stories as Wednesday explores her own life away from her family.
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“The relationship that kind of hangs over the season is really Wednesday’s relationship with Morticia,” Gough toldVanity Fair.
“How do you step out of the shadow of a mother as glamorous as Morticia?” he added.
According toVanity Fair,Wednesdayis expected to feature a mystery involving “a number of murders that plague the small town” where the teen Addams goes to boarding school.
Those deaths don’t particularly bother Wednesday at all, according toVanity Fair, but what does irk her is the rest of her family’s “relentless cheerfulness and enthusiasm,” which flies in the face of Wednesday’s “gloomy attitude.”
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“Wednesday’s not scared of sharks or creepy crawlies or anything, but she’s afraid of emotion,” Gough toldVanity Fair. “Their overt displays of affection drive Wednesday crazy.”
“Wednesday 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,” per aNetflix synopsislast August.
“Every family is weird, and this one happens to be extremely weird, but they love each other,” Millar toldVanity Fair. “And that’s ultimately what it’s about: They always have each other’s backs, and it’s unconditional love.”
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Wednesdaywill premiere later this year on Netflix.
source: people.com
