Al Gough and Miles Millar told The Hollywood Reporter that they’ve approached “Wednesday” in the same way they approached “Smallville.” “Find a character and a part of their life that hadn’t been seen before and explore that,” said Millar.
While Wednesday Addams and Clark Kent operate in two very different environments, Millar says both characters have lacked emotion, and exploring that side is key to their storylines. “How do you add complexity and dimension to Clark Kent? And it’s a similar challenge here. How do you add dimension and complexity and emotion to someone who, literally, has no emotion?”
While the show is about Wednesday navigating a new school and building new relationships, Gough points out that it’s not a typical coming-of-age story. “And she knows who she is and she likes who she is…She’s someone who sees the world in black and white and has to learn that it’s shades of gray,” he said.
Gough and Millar’s vision was given the green light from MGM, who has been holding the rights to “The Addams Family” due to recent animated features, and the Charles Addams estate, which, according to Gough, felt the highly-anticipated series is a more sophisticated approach. And Gough and Millar are not the only well-known names working behind the scenes. They’re working with Tim Burton, an executive producer on the project. “Wednesday” is now available to watch on Netflix.
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