You would assume that mingling among people who think alike would make room for better friendship and space to grow in. However, Tim Burton says the contrary about Wednesday Addams upon being enrolled in Nevermore Academy. Burton describes his protagonist as ‘an outcast among outcasts’ where no matter how much she tries to get along with her new peers beyond the Addams family, she would still be the odd one out.
Speaking at the Lucca Comics & Games conference for the European fan screening of Wednesday, Burton shares that he still loves making movies, saying that there’s still a place for such these days, even in a fast-paced world.
“I enjoyed doing this TV series, just because it was interesting to have a different pace, a slower kind of burn. But obviously for me, I still love movies. I still think there’s a place for movies these days.”
The director goes on to say how Wednesday Addams stood among the rest in his eyes when he was watching Charles Adams’ cartoons. He deems them as ‘really inspirational’ to him in his work. And the ‘odd-one-out-ness’ of Wednesday is exactly what captivated him about the character.
“I grew up watching the TV series, and I also liked Charles Adams’ cartoons. His original cartoons were really inspirational to me. But what triggered me most was just the Wednesday character. I feel like Wednesday. I’ve felt like Wednesday since I was a teenager, even though I was a boy. The snarky, snide teenager has the same kind of viewpoint as I do, the same kind of black and white viewpoint.”
Burton also mentioned previously that it had been Wednesday herself that pushed him to do the Addams family spinoff series in the first place. This time, taking his own spin in it by portraying Wednesday as a teenager rather than as a child.
“I wanted to see what she would look like in school, and how she would react to her family, and other people, and therapy. Wednesday goes to a school of outcasts, but she’s an outcast among outcasts. That’s kind of how I felt. This project really spoke to me. It’s exactly how I felt about school, my parents, other people. So, even though she’s at a place for people like her, she doesn’t like to join the party.”
Wednesday premieres November 23, 2022 on Netflix.
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