Showrunners Wanted To Evolve Wednesday Beyond A “One-Note Clark Kent” Character

Showrunners Wanted To Evolve Wednesday Beyond A “One-Note Clark Kent” Character

Showrunners Wanted To Evolve Wednesday Beyond A “One-Note Clark Kent” Character

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Wednesday’s showrunners wanted to develop the character beyond her signature dour persona, and likened it to writing for Smallville’s Clark Kent.

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One of the big advantages of Netflix’s Wednesday is how it gives its title character the space to develop. After being a side character in most iterations of the Addams Family on film, Jenna Ortega brought Wednesday to prominence in Netflix’s hit series, and writers Al Gough and Milles Millar recently compared their work on Smallville. While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Millar explained how Wednesday and Clark Kent are both characters that have one overriding trait that everyone focuses on, but there is so much more to be pulled out. He said:

“Wednesday seems like a one-note character, and I’ve always found Clark Kent a one-note character. He’s just sort of a goody, goody, and Wednesday’s sort of just a snarky kid. So how do you, as a writer, take characters like those — kind of like extremes by the way — and then make them feel human? I think that really was our goal. Any writer’s goal is to make characters that feel human and real and have emotional complexity. That’s what is a fascinating journey as you begin to develop these stories and think about how did they become [the people they became]?

In Clark’s case, how did he become the man he becomes, just a superhero, who is all about doing good for the world? And then Wednesday, the journey there is, we don’t know where it’s gonna go. No one’s ever seen adult Wednesday. So that’s really exciting in terms of like, we get to tell that story. How does she evolve into a woman, and how do you do that without diluting the essence of Wednesday? Her bandwidth of change, you never wanna change Wednesday too much. You wanna see her evolve, but she is a very particular kind of person, and we never want to change that.”

Related: Wednesday: What Fans Can Expect from Season 2, According to Showrunners

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Wednesday Has Captured Attention of Record Audiences For Netflix.

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The original announcement of Wednesday’s release was met with the usual wall of fans declaring that nothing could surpass or stand alongside the previous iterations of the character, with particular note given to Christina Ricci. However, a few days after its debut it became apparent that fans were immediately on board with this new take on the character as audience review scores soared over those of the 1990s movies and viewing volumes shattered various weekly records.

Wednesday is now one of the top English language shows to have ever released on Netflix, just behind Stranger Things’ fourth season. Despite the phenomenal success of the show, there has been no confirmation that the series will be returning for a second season. However, with the show’s creators already having ideas for more seasons, as well as spin-offs that could delve into other members of the family, it seems unlikely that Wednesday is going to begin and end with a single season, and that is good news for the show’s many fans.

Wednesday is currently streaming its entire first season on Netflix.

You can view the original article HERE.

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