Wednesday showrunner reveals Ireland was always the plan for hit series
The second season moved production to Ireland, after season one was shot in Romania, and it turns out, Ireland was always on the cards.
When visiting the Wednesday set in Ashford Studios, Geek Ireland got to speak to Showrunner Alfred Gough about finally getting the series to Ireland, where he and his co-showrunner, Miles Millar, shot their previous show. Geek Ireland's Olivia Fahy on the set of Wednesday in Ashford Studios Pic: Netflix
He then revealed that this was where they had planned to shoot season one, but they hit a few too many bumps in the road to get it here from the off.
He shared: 'We shot our last series here, so we've been to Ireland before and we love it. So it's been fantastic to get back here and that's one of the reasons why Ireland was on the list for Wednesday.
'We tried to get here in season one, and it was right after the pandemic when everything was starting to, at least the film world, was opening up again. Geek Ireland's Olivia Fahy on the set of Wednesday in Ashford Studios Pic: Netflix
'And literally between Brexit and the rush of other productions, we couldn't [set up here]. There were no stages [available] here.
'Even the areas for our last show, Into the Badlands, like old warehouses that we had shot in, I think had become COVID test centres or like package depots because of Brexit, so there was literally nothing to do.
'So we ended up in Romania for season one, which, you know, worked out great. It gave us all the space that we needed, but it wasn't really conducive for a long term television show So when we had the opportunity to come to Ireland, we all jumped on it.' Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday Pic: Vlad Cioplea/Netflix
Production designer Philip Murphy even went as far as to say that he believed the series was even written with Ireland in mind as the shooting location, proving just how much of a grá Gough and Millar have for our shores.
He elaborated: 'They [Gough and Millar] had the idea for the show while they were in Ireland and actually they had Ireland in mind [for the shoot] with a lot of the locations in Wicklow.
'Unfortunately, when it came time to produce it, there wasn't capacity in Ireland to take the show and, whilst I know they had a wonderful time in Romania, I think a little part of them always wanted to be here.' Joonas Suotamo as Lurch, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, Isaac Ordonez aș Pugsley Addams, Thing and Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams. Pic: Helen Sloan/Netflix
So with so many sets and teams already established here in Ireland, should we assume we're going to be the filming location for the recently announce third season?
Philip added at the time of our set visit: 'It's been great fun working on the show, and we're all hoping that it comes back for a season three. That's the big wish.'
Fingers crossed that's still the plan!
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