Gwendoline Christie of Game of Thrones has joined the cast of Wednesday, the Addams Family series Tim Burton is directing for the Netflix streaming service (via Deadline). Christie is one of eleven new cast members whose involvement with the show was announced today; and among those eleven we’ve also learned who will be playing classic Addams characters Pugsley and Lurch!
Christie has a lead role on Wednesday. She’ll be playing Larissa Weems, “the principal of Nevermore Academy who still has an axe to grind with her former classmate Morticia Addams.” Her fellow new additions are Victor Dorobantu in the series regular role of Thing, the non-verbal disembodied hand, and in recurring roles: Issac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, George Burcea as Lurch, Tommie Earl Jenkins as Mayor Walker, Iman Marson as Lucas Walker, William Houston as Joseph Crackstone, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Deputy Santiago, Oliver Watson as Kent, Calum Ross as Rowan, and Johnna Dias Watson as Divina.
Created by showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar, Wednesday is described as
a comedic, supernaturally-infused coming-of-age series that follows the teenage girl’s years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the town, and solve a mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new relationships at Nevermore.
We’ve previously heard that Jenna Ortega will be playing Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzman and Catherine Zeta-Jones on board to play her parents, Gomez and Morticia. Also in the cast are Thora Birch as Wednesday’s dorm mother Tamara Novak; Riki Lindhome as Wednesday’s therapist Dr. Valerine Kinbot; Joy Sunday as Siren Nevermore student Bianca Barclay; Emma Myers as Wednesday’s sunny roommate Enid Sinclair; Hunter Doohan as townie Tyler Galpin; Moosa Mostafa as quirky Nevermore student Eugene Otinger; Georgie Farmer as awkward and shy Nevermore student Ajax Petropolus; Naomi J. Ogawa as vampire Nevermore student Yoko Tanaka; Percy Hynes White as supernaturally artistic Nevermore student Xavier Thorpe; and Jamie McShane as Sheriff Donovan Galpin, Tyler’s father, who has a vendetta against Gomez.
The 8 episode series marks Burton’s TV directing debut. Burton is also executive producing the show alongside Gough, Millar, Jonathan Glickman of Glickmania, Andrew Mittman of 1.21, Kayla Alpert, Gail Berman, Steve Stark, and Kevin Miserocchi of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation.