- "Wednesday" star Jenna Ortega said there'll be less focus on romance in season two.
- The actor said the story will include more horror in the next batch of episodes.
Netflix subscribers couldn't get enough of Jenna Ortega in "Wednesday" when the Tim Burton-produced show arrived on the streamer back in 2022, with the actor's now-iconic dance scene going viral on social media. So, it was no surprise when Netflix renewed the show for a second season back in February.
Ortega has given fans a hint of what to expect when Wednesday Addams returns to screens while appearing on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Thursday night, although she pointed out that season two is still in the early stages of development.
The star said: "I think we just started getting a writers' room together and kind of talking about it, and everyone's being really cool."
Ortega went on to say that the show will be scarier this time around, and will feature less romantic subplots.
She added: "I think we want to up kind of the horror aspect a little bit, and then get Wednesday out of the romantic situation and just let her be her own individual and fight her own crime."
The "Scream 6" actor's comments come soon after she criticized the love triangle Wednesday found herself in during season one.
Viewers will remember that Wednesday was torn between pursuing a connection with barista Tyler (Hunter Doohan) and fellow Nevermore student Xavier (Percy Hynes White).
Ortega told the "Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard" podcast that "everything that she does, everything that I had to play, did not make sense for her character at all." She then added: "Her being in a love triangle made no sense."
Luckily for Ortega, that love triangle was extinguished by the end of season one and it sounds like the writers won't be giving the morbid "Addams Family" prodigy a new love interest when she returns to Nevermore.
The star was also critical of her lines in the series, telling Shepard that she was even "unprofessional" and changed some of her dialogue because she didn't believe that Wednesday would say specific things.
Hopefully, Ortega and the writers have an easier partnership on "Wednesday" season two.