- So, Nevermore is a school for all types of outcasts,
with vampires, werewolves and psychics and sirens.
If you were to attend Nevermore,
what kind of outcast would you be?
- I would be the outcasts that don't have a face.
I don't know what their superpower is -
- I love those guys!
- But they're the greatest.
I remember on set when, as soon as Tim [Burton] saw them,
'cause they were in hair and makeup for hours,
he said, "That guy, put him right here," and it was right
in the back of a shot when we were doing that walkthrough.
- Yes, yes!
- At the top of the, whatever.
I would love to be one of those guys.
What about you?
What kind of outcast would you wanna be?
- I kinda like being a werewolf,
but for a change I'd wanna be a psychic, and I like Rowan's.
Yeah, I like telekinesis. - Yeah.
- So I feel like that would be really fun.
I feel like Xavier and I have the same power
except he is just more talented
'cause he has visions, - He can draw.
- Yeah, and he can draw and make them come to life.
I feel like Wednesday, kind of, got the
short stick or something. Yeah.
- Yeah.
- What do you think about this world,
and this version of 'The Addams Family,' is so different
from previous iterations?
- Well, I think the first thing is that it's mostly centered
around Wednesday because we've never really seen her
as the lead character before,
and it's following her and her journey through high school.
And I also like that it's, kind of, integrating the
Addams family into modern society.
Like, this is clearly the 21st century
and it's funny to see them, kind of, interact
with the modern world, if you would say.
But, I also think that you are really passionate
about this character
and you spent so long figuring it out and
you really put in the hard work,
and I think that's really gonna show.
So ,I think people are gonna like this.
- I love her.
- Wednesday is such an iconic character, especially
been done so many times in the past.
Did you feel any, like, pressure going into this world?
- I felt immense pressure.
I felt a lot of pressure to do it right
because she's such a beloved character.
I've never played someone who's been done before, so I think
that that was a really interesting thing for me.
And yeah, I mean, I have a lot of respect
for the character and we've never spent this much time
with Wednesday on camera before.
I think there's gonna be some more depth
or some more emotional range
that we haven't really seen from her before.
So, I think trying to introduce that
to the audience in a safe way, you know,
pulling bits of nostalgia for them, in terms of throwing back
to previous iterations without knocking anyone off,
and still making it something new and fresh
was a bit of a challenge. But it was interesting.
- Christina [Ricci] is a big part of our cast.
Did you ever talk to her
and did she give you any advice on Wednesday?
- No. I think when she was on set, neither one of us said
"Wednesday" once to each other.
I think because she knew not to say anything to me
because what is she gonna say or do?
And I don't think she wanted to get in the way
of my performance and feel like she was overbearing.
And then, I felt like I didn't wanna pull up something
that she did 30 years ago, for one, the sake of
my own benefit, but two, yeah I didn't want to rip her off
and I didn't want to be too much like her.
And I think, I mean, our show has super powers
and, you know, outcasts and evil ghost pilgrims.
So, they're two very different people, our Wednesdays, I think.
Our characters in the show are polar opposites.
You know, they kind of have - Wednesday
and Enid have a sweet little relationship.
So, I was wondering how do you think that compares
to our personal relationship?
Well, I think we also have a sweet little relationship. [Laughs]
In the show, they're both very different people
and they both have different perspectives on life
and different backgrounds.
They compliment each other very well
and I think we compliment each other very well
in person. So, I think that's something we both
have in common, both our characters and ourselves.
- Yeah.
- Wednesday requires you to kind of be monotone
and really dark most of the time,
but you also have a lot of funny moments.
Were there any moments that you, kind of, broke character
with?
- I think there's a few times and I don't think that
they actually made it into the show.
I know one of the times, for example, was that last day
before Christmas break when we all were in the room
doing the Nightshades bit,
and I kept saying random lines and we kept ruining the takes
because we were laughing about like -
- I'm so envious, I wasn't there.
- You weren't there?
- No, I'm not in The Nightshades! - Oh my god, you're not in The Nightshades!
Oh my god. It was so,
it was so bad.
It was so not worth it.
It was, like, not exciting at all.
That actually wasn't a time that I felt that way.
What about you?
Can you think of any good funny moments?
- There was definitely one
in [Episode] eight when I finally go to the Nightshades library.
There was a time where they, like,
all the sirens rip off their necklaces to, like,
"Oh, we're gonna convince the school with our siren song."
So, they had to tape them to the back of their necks
and rip 'em off 'cause it couldn't work with the chain.
But, the tape wasn't strong enough,
so halfway through the scene they just kept falling
and everybody kept laughing, and we got, like,
they were like, "Guys, come on, we have to get this scene done."
So, we were like, "OK."
And it happened again and again and again,
and I think it was just setting all of us off.
Just, like, it was really quiet
and then the clank on the floor.
- You know what was another good one, too,
that we had together?
The Gates mansion?
- Yes. [Laughs]
- Tyler is laying on the floor
with, like, this huge scratch from the monster.
He's just been attacked.
We all run and we're looking
and Percy [Hynes White] comes up from around the corner,
he says "Whoa."
And he offers something and we ask him -
- "Here's my scarf."
- Yeah, he, like, gives a scarf out of nowhere,
he's way too ready.
But, Percy started laughing one take
'cause he said we're all making the same face.
'Cause we all were looking around like -
It was so mysterious and so corny at the same time. [Laughs]
- We really had to wrap, but none of us could keep it straight.
- Oh yeah, we were, like,
we had gone overtime, like, we had to wrap.
It was not funny at all, but that's what made it worse.
It was so good.
- It's only funny when you can't laugh.
- I know.
That's one of my favorite memories I think from the set.
- Our show has a lot of unexpected moments,
but I think the biggest one would be the reveal
of Tyler and Thornhill.
Did you expect that or did that completely blind side to you?
- I expected it and I think you expected it too, right?
- I was interrogating you on it
'cause I didn't have the last two scripts.
- Yeah, yeah I got sent them first.
- You got them sooner.
- But, I kind of knew from the beginning, it's always
the love interest, so I wasn't really suspicious.
And the fact that she got along with Thornhill,
the fact that they, like, went so out of their way to
make it known that they were human and
not a part of the world.
I don't know, it just to me -
By episode two, I thought, "Oh, OK."
Who was your first guess?
Who did you think?
- I think the Xavier red herring kind of got me.
I really thought it was him, but I was interrogating you
on it because I didn't have the rest of the scripts,
but it genuinely did surprise me.
Like, I didn't see it coming.
I thought, I thought it was written very well -
- Yeah. - The twist.
- To be fair, did not think Thornhill initially.
- No, no, no, yeah.
- And also, Percy looks kind of creepy sometimes,
so I think that that worked.
So, Enid is actually a critical piece in Wednesday
surviving in the eighth episode because
she wolfs out for the first time,
which is like a huge buildup throughout the season.
How did you feel about her finally having that moment?
I was very excited
because I was scared that they weren't gonna do it.
- Yeah. - 'Cause I didn't get
the last episode script for a while.
But, once I found out that they were going to do it,
I was so excited and they sent me to a werewolf,
like, bootcamp. - Oh yeah.
- And then I never got to do any of it
after I had trained for - - Really?
- Yeah. It was all the stunt guys.
[Gasp]
I know, they were originally supposed to have me do it but it was so late -
- My god, they had you crawling on the floor like an animal.
- They had me crawling on the floor like an animal,
and I didn't get to do any of it.
- She was good too. She was good. - I was good.
- 'Cause I would go in for, like, fencing training
or archery or whatever, and I would see you like
howling on the floor.
She was doing back flips and everything, guys.
She would be a good werewolf.
She is a good werewolf.
- I know, I tried.
- I didn't know that they didn't let you do any of that.
- Yeah, no.
It's OK.
But no, I was very, very excited to finally have, you know,
see her have her moment 'cause she spends the whole season
kind of brooding. - Yeah.
- That she doesn't get to have her moment.
And she has all this pressure from her mother
and pressure from the rest of the werewolves at the school,
so it's
satisfying to be able to see that. - Yeah.
- So, Wednesday was kind of involved in this love triangle
with Xavier and Tyler, but she chose Tyler.
But now that Tyler is off the table, is Xavier an option?
- I've always been against the love triangle idea.
Now that Tyler's off the table,
I feel like she's off of boys for a while.
I feel like her and Xavier are just getting to a safe place.
I think there's an opportunity there
for a really sweet platonic relationship
because I don't think it's shown often enough,
men and women having safe, platonic relationships
that don't become romantic
and are just genuine, almost sibling-like relationships.
I think that that would be really wonderful to see
between her and Xavier.
So Emma, would you like to see a little bit more
Enid and Ajax in the next season?
- I would love to.
I think it was you who told me that they're like this
old couple that has stupid fights,
but they never really break up
and they stay together for a long time.
I think their relationship is super hilarious
and I would love to see more scenes with them together.
- They do make so much sense.
- They do.
- Yeah. - It's hilarious because
Enid's kind of the dominant one in their relationship.
It's so funny.
- Yeah. - I love their dynamic.
- Yeah. Also so unbelievably awkward and sweet.
Yeah, you guys are like a little, sweet, old couple
who are super hesitant about things,
or you could be super typical 80s comedy,
or, like, rom-com situation where you guys are 13
and 14, but are so in love with each other.
- So, the season obviously ends on a big cliffhanger,
where Wednesday gets her first ever stalker.
Do you like that line?
If there was a season two,
where would you like to see your character go
and where would you like to see it?
- I would like the show to be a little bit darker.
I would like to be able to make a little bit more
violent jokes or maybe for things to be a little,
a little bit more gory, just 'cause I think
she would be into that.
And then I think that, plot-wise,
I don't know where they're going with the stalker.
I've actually, I don't know who that stalker was.
I always thought that it was Thornhill or Tyler, but
maybe it's someone related to the Gates?
I'm just curious, I'm curious to know
if they follow that storyline, but I'm also interested
in, yes, keeping those characters around,
but also exploring something different.
I feel like she might be obsessed with something
and then throw it away,
'cause I kind of have a similar way of thinking.
What about you? Where do you see the show going?
- I honestly always thought it would be fun
if the show explored international outcasts and
how different countries kind of take care of their outcasts.
I always thought that would be interesting, but
for Enid, I would like her to be able to kind of
learn how to control her werewolf abilities and use it,
you know, 'cause now she's finally got this big power
and she doesn't know what to do with it.
So, I feel like that would be a good arc for her
in season two.
- I want there to be, like, a Swedish Enid
who comes in and has, like, higher fashion or -
- Or better yet, just, like, a rivalry between -
- Oh my god, that would be incredible.
I love that so much.
That's where the show should go.
- Yeah. Swedish Enid versus American Enid.
- You gotta get in the writers' room.