The Tim Burton-produced Wednesday season 2 lastly introduces Joanna Lumley’s Grandmama, however there was one other frequent collaborator of the director who beforehand performed the function only a few years in the past. Regardless of Burton being well-known for reusing numerous actors throughout his tasks, Wednesday’s cast solely options a number of actors who had labored with him beforehand, equivalent to Lumley, Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, and Anthony Michael Corridor.
With Wednesday season 3 already confirmed, it’s anticipated that the Netflix collection will proceed to recruit extra frequent Tim Burton collaborators to painting new or acquainted characters in The Addams Household world. Like Ricci, who performed Wednesday Addams in The Addams Household’s Nineteen Nineties movie duology earlier than entering into the function of Wednesday’s Marilyn Thornhill, some Burton actors have already got prior expertise with the franchise.
That occurs to be the case for one among Tim Burton’s most iconic actor partnerships, which dates again to 1988’s Beetlejuice. Whereas the actress has nonetheless but to look in Wednesday, she already performed the pivotal Addams family member of Wednesday’s grandmother and Morticia’s mom within the 2019 adaptation of The Addams Household, with that function going to a different returning Burton actress, Joanna Lumley, in Wednesday season 2.
Frequent Tim Burton Collaborator Catherine O’Hara Performed Granny Frump In 2019’s Addams Household Film
One current Addams Household alum is comedy legend Catherine O’Hara, who additionally starred in a number of Burton tasks like Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas, Frankenweenie, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. O’Hara voiced Granny Frump in 2019’s animated The Addams Family movie, with that character being the equal of Joanna Lumley’s Grandmama Frump in Netflix’s Wednesday.
Contemplating O’Hara had familiarity with the function of Granny Frump, it could have been nice to see her reprise that character in Wednesday season 2. Nonetheless, Joanna Lumley’s sensible efficiency proved all through season 2, half 1 that she was meant to play Hester Frump, particularly with the varied changes Wednesday makes to Grandmama’s characterization and dynamic with the Addamses.
Catherine O’Hara Would Nonetheless Be An Wonderful Forged Addition To Wednesday Season 3
Despite the fact that the function of Grandmama has been stuffed in Wednesday, Catherine O’Hara would make a fantastic addition to the Tim Burton-produced world. Not solely does she have already got confirmed chemistry with Jenna Ortega after they performed Deetz family members in Beetlejuice 2, however O’Hara’s signature comedy type and familiarity with the macabre, kooky world of The Addams Household point out she would match proper into the collection.
After reuniting with Tim Burton for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, it appears pure that the 2 would determine a technique to collaborate once more sooner reasonably than later. Hopefully, that subsequent reunion may happen in Wednesday season 3, even when O’Hara had been to solely seem in a visitor function. Whether or not enjoying a member of the Addams household, a brand new Outcast, or perhaps a Normie, Catherine O’Hara can be the proper Tim Burton collaborator to carry onto the collection.
Wednesday
8/10
- Launch Date
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November 23, 2022
- Community
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Netflix
- Showrunner
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Miles Millar, Alfred Gough
