{"id":50902,"date":"2024-05-07T15:54:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2036614"},"modified":"2024-05-07T16:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T14:24:41","slug":"wednesday-season-2-officially-begins-production-as-billie-piper-joins-the-cast","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/wednesday-season-2-officially-begins-production-as-billie-piper-joins-the-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday season 2 officially begins production as Billie Piper joins the cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Piper will play Capri in the new season, alongside other fresh cast members such as Steve Buscemi and Christopher Lloyd. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 07 May 2024 at 13:54 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>A year and a half after the first season became a smash hit on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a>, Addams Family series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/wednesday-season-2-release-date-netflix\/\">Wednesday<\/a> is officially back in production, with new and returning cast members having been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The cast was confirmed alongside an on-set behind-the-scenes photo, with Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzm\u00e1n, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Joy Sunday and Emma Myers all returning.<\/p>\n<p>They will be joined by new series regulars including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-14-release-date\/\">Doctor Who<\/a>\u2018s Billie Piper, who will be playing a character called Capri, as well as Boardwalk Empire\u2019s Steve Buscemi, playing Barry Dort.<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the cast in series regular roles are Evie Templeton (Return to Silent Hill), Owen Painter (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-handmaids-tale-season-6-release-date\/\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/a>) and Noah Taylor (Law &amp; Order: Organised Crime).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, guest stars for the new season include Christopher Lloyd (Addams Family), Joanna Lumley (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/fool-me-once-season-2-twice-release-explained\/\">Fool Me Once<\/a>), Thandiwe Newton (Westworld), Frances O\u2019Connor (The Missing), Haley Joel Osment (The Kominsky Method), Heather Matarazzo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/scream-7-release-date\/\">Scream<\/a>) and Joonas Suotamo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/how-to-watch-the-star-wars-movies-in-the-right-order\/\">Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here we woe again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FPYrc5Tnaj\">pic.twitter.com\/FPYrc5Tnaj<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Wednesday Addams (@wednesdayaddams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wednesdayaddams\/status\/1787829774573859083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>Creators, writers and showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar said: \u201cWe are thrilled that the entire Addams family will be enrolling in Nevermore Academy this season along with a dream cast of icons and new faces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/bridgerton-season-3-colin-penelope-transformation-aesthetics-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Bridgerton\u2019s Colin and Penelope\u2019s transformation isn\u2019t all about aesthetics, star says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/emily-in-paris-4-date-newsupdate\/\">Emily in Paris confirms season 4 release date with BTS teaser<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A short video was also released across the show\u2019s social channels, showing Thing delivering scripts to the various new and returning cast members.<\/p>\n<p>As well as confirming Piper and Buscemi\u2019s characters, it also announced that Lumley will be playing Grandmama and Newton will be playing Dr Fairburn, while the first episode will be called Here We Woe Again and will be directed by Tim Burton.<\/p> <p>Back in January, Ortega <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/jenna-ortega-wednesday-season-2-horror-newsupdate\/\">teased what fans can expect from the new episodes<\/a>, telling Laverne Cox in an interview for E! that \u201cwe\u2019re definitely leaning into a little bit more horror\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cIt\u2019s really, really exciting because, all throughout the show, while Wednesday does need a little bit of an arc, she never really changes \u2013 and that\u2019s the wonderful thing about her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really, really good one-liners, and I think everything\u2019s bigger, it\u2019s a lot more action-packed. Each episode will probably feel a little bit more like a movie, which is nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"ba44c3877a27dee0719d5588834af548d33f63a3\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"ba44c3877a27dee0719d5588834af548d33f63a3\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p><strong>Wednesday is streaming now on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/title\/81231974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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