Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday Addams has a message for all the Emmy nominees ahead of Monday’s ceremony.
“Hello, I’m Wednesday Addams. The faceless suits at Netflix have explained to me you are all competing for a golden statuette,” the video begins. “Apparently, you believe it will give you validation and fill that lonely void inside of you. Spoiler alert. It won’t.”
Posted to the official Twitter account for the upcoming Netflix series, the 30-second video features Ortega as the self-described “tortured writer, emphasis on torture.” Staring dead-eyed into the camera, she shares her sage advice with the award hopefuls:
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“I suggest you do what I do: Embrace the emptiness,” she says. “Wrap it around you like a cold, wet blanket.”
The snippet also features the beloved Addams Family member “Thing”—a disembodied hand who’s eager to help, if “you still need a pat on the back” from the disappointment, according to Wednesday.
But sharing a friendly bit of advice wasn’t enough to appease the “faceless suits” at the home of the latest Addams Family adaptation.
“The faceless suits at @Netflix have asked me to ‘congratulate’ tonight’s Emmys nominees,” the account said in a tweet just minutes after the video was posted. “I warned them.” In lieu of a proper congrats, a follow-up tweet simply listed a handful of nominees—including Ted Lasso, Succession, Squid Game, and Stranger Things.
Don’t be too bitter, Wednesday—you’ll get ’em next year.
Tim Burton Says Ortega was Perfect for Role of Wednesday, and Christina Ricci Agrees
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Between her role as Lorraine in Ti West’s X and appearing in the latest installment of the Scream franchise, Jenna Ortega has secured her position as the scream queen to watch—and Wednesday director Tim Burton says it was a natural choice to cast her in the dark comedy about the mayhem and murder-loving minor.
“She’s like a silent movie actress in the sense where she’s able to convey things without words,” Burton said in a featurette released by Netflix ahead of the show’s premiere. “To see the inner life and the subtleties was very exciting. And that’s why we’re very lucky to have Jenna because I can’t imagine any other Wednesday.”
And if Burton’s praises weren’t enough, Ortega’s performance was given the seal of approval from the most iconic Wednesday Addams herself: Christina Ricci.
“I just had a really lovely experience on [the show] with Jenna, who is amazing,” said the actress, who played the dour Addams daughter in 1990’s The Addams Family and its sequel. “I think now people have a taste of her Wednesday, and it’s gonna be fantastic.”
Netflix’s Wednesday is slated to premiere later this year, but the exact date is still TBA.