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\n\t[This story contains spoilers from Wednesday<\/em> season two, Part 2.]<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tCatherine Zeta-Jones was thrilled for her character, Morticia Addams, to have a prominent story arc in season two of Netflix\u2018s Wednesday<\/em>, even if it included quite a bit of family drama. <\/p>\n \n\tWith Wednesday\u2019s (Jenna Ortega) parents, Morticia and Gomez (Luis Guzm\u00e1n), also staying at Nevermore Academy, Tim Burton\u2019s hit series created hurdles for the mischievous title character, as well as a new source of contention between mother and daughter. As Wednesday continues with her reckless use of her psychic abilities, the matriarch of the Addams Family is also trying to stop history from repeating itself, which could see Wednesday face a similar fate to Morticia\u2019s sister, Ophelia Frump.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAs much as you want to put them in a glass box and protect them forever, you need them to understand by themselves,\u201d Zeta-Jones says of playing the onscreen mother. \u201cBut hopefully in season three, we can delve deeper into my mother-daughter relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBelow, Zeta-Jones unpacks her character arc this season, navigating Wednesday and Morticia\u2019s strained relationship, having a more prominent family dynamic in the already renewed third season and her hopes for her character in the next installment.<\/p>\n \n\t***<\/p>\n \n\tI have to say, it was so exciting seeing Morticia and Gomez Addams on my screen more this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tWe never got the whole eight episodes [scripts] all in one, which is always a little terrifying to me as an actor if I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing at the end of it. I find it really terrifying; I just have to give that to God and move on. So as the scripts were coming in, it was really exciting for me to see what a beautiful arc they put in for me and Luis. And it\u00a0didn\u2019t stand out as though we just want more of Morticia and Gomez \u2014 they wove it so effortlessly and organically.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tI was thrilled that I had such a wonderful dynamic with the great Dame Joanna Lumley (Grandmama Hester Frump), who I was brought up with. I was a 14-year-old child when I met her; I was just so in awe of her. So there\u2019s this wonderful three generations of women that we play, and my relationship with Wednesday is contentious, but so is my relationship with my mother. It was fun to play all that, and of course, playing\u00a0Morticia\u00a0is just fun. It\u2019s one of those roles where there\u2019s the humor and sensitivities and emotions, and it\u2019s a lot of fun to step into her shoes.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tJoanna Lumley, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzma\u0301n and Isaac Ordonez in season two.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n \n\tWhat was it like bringing a much more prominent family dynamic into the show this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThe writers, Miles [Millar] and Al [Gough], are really susceptible to the fanbase that Wednesday<\/em> had from the first season. It\u2019s like a community. It touched generations from\u00a09 to 99 year olds; it was amazing. So I think they fed off of what the community was saying, and incorporated the family more and that dynamic. But it doesn\u2019t sidestep away from the true beautiful performance of Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, and all those amazing kids who played all those characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s a lot of fun to be around such creativity for that amount of time. For the first season, I was in for a few weeks. And I must say, seven months is a long time to be on one project [for season two], but to be around Tim [Burton] and all the creative forces that bring Wednesday<\/em> to life was really wonderful. When they announced that we were going to do season three, Al and Miles sent out a group email to all of us saying, \u201cThrow us any ideas you have.\u201d That says so much about what this world is. It\u2019s so much fun!<\/p>\n \n\tMorticia and Wednesday are\u00a0dealing with a strained relationship this season. While the Addams Family aren\u2019t affectionate people to begin with, how did you specifically approach the mother-daughter contention this season?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tWhen you think of 80 years ago when these characters jumped from the pages of a cartoon strip, there was something incredibly modern about their values and the family. And they stand true today \u2014 they\u2019re reclusive, they embrace idiosyncrasies as opposed to squashing them and partaking to what is considered normal. When you think this was written and drawn so many years ago, it\u2019s profoundly modern. I think a lot of people relate to the Addams Family in that way. I think people relate to contentious relationships with your offspring, so it was making sure that it wasn\u2019t constantly contentious. Morticia has this wonderful lighter look into the world as opposed to Wednesday. They\u2019re polar opposites in so many ways, but very similar in others. It\u2019s just fun to play anything with Jenna Ortega, I have to say, without sounding like a sycophant, which I really do.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s very modern issues in a very quirky, outcast-ish family. You never really see the Adams family around people who are not like them. I\u2019m hoping that in season three, we\u2019re able to see the Addams Family outside of their world. That\u2019s always interesting to see how people react, and how you react in the world that\u2019s not an outcast world.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tCatherine Zeta-Jones in season two.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n \n\tWhat are your overall hopes for Morticia in season three?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI hope that I can have such a great character arc as I did in season two. But then again, I don\u2019t know which way they\u2019re gonna go. I literally have no idea. I\u2019d like to have more time with my mother and do more of a backstory there. Through our communication and actions, we kind of solidify that something went down that was\u00a0completely,\u00a0quite devastating for Moriticia. We saw [one of the things in Part 2]. Selfishly, I want to work more with Joanna Lumley. I\u2019d love to do a bit more with Uncle Fester. He\u2019s such a prominent part of the Adams Family\u2019s extended family. And I would imagine there would be some kind of Wednesday-Morticia confrontation, but maybe it would be finding some solace or common ground as she grows older.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIt sounds like we need a Wednesday<\/em> spinoff series, titled Morticia<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tWell, can you put that out there for me? I\u2019d be very happy to play Morticia to the end of my days.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIn Part 2, viewers see Morticia scold her children for lying to her, yet Morticia is keeping secrets from Wednesday about her past and family. Why do you think that is?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThere\u2019s certain things that grown-ups know that they don\u2019t need to share with their offspring. Some secrets should be left secret, Morticia believes, but little white lie secrets should be exposed. I mean, during this time, Morticia knows that Wednesday is not nurturing her psychic abilities, but that she\u2019s abusing them in so many ways. Morticia knows that her sister did the same thing, and it\u2019s not wanting history to repeat itself. But she\u2019s not able\u00a0to be able to share the deep secrets of her sister with her teen daughter. My mother used to reprimand me for telling white lies, and then God knows I found out a whole bunch of stuff as I got older (laughs<\/em>), and she was able to share a little bit more. As long as you\u2019re not hurting anybody, I think some things are better left unsaid, generally, in life.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tCatherine Zeta-Jones, Jenna Ortega, Luis Guzma\u0301n and Isaac Ordonez in season two.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n \n\tDo you think Morticia worries that her\u00a0relationship\u00a0with Wednesday will end up like her relationship with her own mother?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tYes. It\u2019s that parenting thing, not just a Morticia thing. It\u2019s not putting an old head on young shoulders. I do it with my own kids, and my kids have no Wednesday-isms at all, but you sometimes need them to make those mistakes to be able to learn. As much as you want to put them in a glass box and protect them forever, you need them to understand by themselves. But hopefully in season three, we can delve deeper into my mother-daughter relationship. I think we should be doing a therapy show!<\/p>\n \n\t***<\/p>\n \n\tWednesday season two, Parts 1 and 2, are now streaming on Netflix.<\/em> Read THR\u2019s coverage here.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [This story contains spoilers from Wednesday season two, Part 2.] Catherine Zeta-Jones was thrilled for her character, Morticia Addams, to have a prominent story arc in season two of Netflix\u2018s Wednesday, even if it included quite a bit of family drama. 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