The new Netflix series WEDNESDAY is the new number-one TV Series on the streaming service.
Netflix revealed the comedy-horror is number 1 in 93 countries on its TV Series Top 10 chart.
The streamer noted that 341,230,000 hours of WEDNESDAY have been viewed within the first five days since its global premiere on November 23, setting a new record. This was previously held by Stranger Things 4 with 335 million hours in its first week.
In Australia, WEDNESDAY has also claimed the top spot of Netflix Australia’s TV Series Top 10 chart.
On social media, the hashtag #WEDNESDAY receiving 7 billion views on TikTok to date.
Wednesday’s iconic dance to punk rock band The Cramp’s Goo Goo Muck is having its own viral moment with fans taking to TikTok to recreate the now iconic choreography, the hashtag #WednesdayDance has a total of 150.3 million views on the app.
Jenna Ortega’s version of Wednesday Addams
To prepare for her role as Wednesday, actress Jenna Ortega took numerous lessons whether it was for cello, fencing, archery, and German. Ortega also went canoeing, and worked hard to nail down Wednesday’s physicality.
Ortega would walk or run as Wednesday in her everyday life, trying out different postures and stances so that she looked certain and assertive.
Jenna Ortega
This attentive effort and dedication has made sure that she embraces this iconic character in ways you have never seen and brings The Addams Family to a whole new generation.
To top off her portrayal of Wednesday, Ortega doesn’t blink throughout the whole series.
Jenna Ortega
The magic behind Thing
Thing is played by Victor Dorobantu, who is a magician by trade, and his appearance in WEDNESDAY is his first acting role.
For his scenes as Thing, Dorobantu spent three hours preparing and getting into the blue suit he had to wear whenever Thing was on camera so the VFX team could visually edit him out in post-production.
Dorobantu often had to have his body positioned in unusual places on set to get the right shot – upside down, under floors, behind walls, and even inside walls!
Victor Dorobantu
Immersive production value
Some of the endless outstanding contributions that have made WEDNESDAY such a catch among fans include the production excellence and delicacy. The production design team built the entire town of Jericho on location in Romania, which was inspired by the idea of an archetypal New England town.
There are minimal CGI enhancements, everything was practically built, including the steeple on the church. The production design team also worked with architecture and sculpting students in Bucharest, and other local sculptors and artists, to boost the core team and help meet all the various design needs across the show.
WEDNESDAY’s writer and director Tim Burton could often be found in the sculptors’ workshop. The show was shot across a whopping 70 locations and six sound stages.
Interestingly, The Addams Family car was custom built from the parts of two separate cars, and is slanted down on the driver’s side to make Lurch appear larger.
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Top image: Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams