Steve Buscemi, the actor known for series like Boardwalk Empire or films like The Big Lebowski, will be in the second season of Wednesday, the English-language Netflix phenomenon. It is unknown what role he can play. But the news of this signing has served to glimpse that a Spanish director could be involved in the second season: Paco Cabezas, author of Carne de Neón.
“For something that I cannot yet officially tell you, this news excites me very much,” said the Sevillian director when sharing the news about Buscemi on social networks. What other reason could he have to be so enthusiastic when, a priori, he has nothing to do with Wednesday?
Their filmography also suggests that this collaboration is possible. He has been a prolific television director with his participation in series such as Penny Dreadful, The Alienist or Dirk Gently, and recently for Netflix he has filmed two episodes of the third season of The Umbrella Academy and another three of the final season. Not only is he familiar with the content platform, but his experience is also closely related to the genre.
At the moment, few details are known about the new episodes of Wednesday, except that its filming was moved from Romania to Ireland for the second season for a matter of logistics. And, of course, it has Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, a girl with problems socializing who is sent by her parents to a boarding school, Nevermore Academy, where there were murders during the first season.
Netflix, which knew how to promote the series with the direction of Tim Burton as an adult attraction and the profile of the plots and the participation of Jenna Ortega to seek out the young audience, found itself with a kind of fictional Holy Grail. With Alfred Gough and Miles Millar as creators, authors of Smallville, they offered the public a very traditional youth series but compatible with massive audiences: with 252 million views it is the most viewed series in the English language on the platform.
