Wednesday’s upcoming third season made headlines with a major casting update. French actor Eva Green, known for films like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and Dark Shadows, is joining The Wednesday Season 3 as Aunt Ophelia, Morticia Addams’s long-missing sister.
It marks Green’s return to the Tim Burton-led project and adds a new twist to the Addams Family story. Show creators Al Gough and Miles Miller told Tudum that “Eva Green has always brought an exhilarating, eccentric presence to the screen – elegant, haunting, and beautifully unpredictable. These qualities make her the perfect choice for Aunt Ophelia.”
Green also shared her excitement, saying, “I’m thrilled to be joining Wednesday’s tragically twisted world as Aunt Ophelia. This show is such a deliciously dark and funny world, I can’t wait to bring my own touch of cuckoo-ness to the Addams Family.”
A major addition to Wednesday Season 3
Aunt Ophelia was mentioned throughout Season 2 but never fully revealed. The audience only saw him in the final episode, from behind, wearing a flower crown and writing “Wednesday Must Die” on the wall. In the story, Morticia describes her sister as missing after losing control of her powers as Raven. This ties into Wednesday’s own struggle with her psychic abilities, which led to Black Tears in Season 2.
The season 2 finale ended with Morticia handing Ophelia’s old journal to Wednesday, leading to a scene of Ophelia locked in a dark room inside Grandma Hester’s mansion. Miller explained that Ophelia’s disappearance “left a hole in Morticia’s life and many unanswered questions,” adding that her return was “going to drop like a bomb on this family.” Gough said it was always planned to introduce her in a surprising way that would lead directly into Season 3.
With Eva Green stepping into the role, Wednesday season 3 is expected to explore the mystery of Ophelia’s disappearance and its impact on the Addams Family. Their story raises new questions about family dynamics, powers, and Wednesday’s future.
Returning cast members include Jenna Ortega (Wednesday Addams), Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Joey Sunday, Moses Mustafa, Georgie Farmer, Isaac Ordonez (Pugsley Addams), Billie Piper, Luis Guzman (Gomez Addams), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Joanna Lumley and Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester).
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