'Wednesday' bestie Emma Myers talks wolfing out, 'Minecraft' memes
On a 2010 episode of the Florida-based police procedural 'The Glades,' Myers played the daughter of a NASA mission specialist caught up in a murder investigation. The thing is, there was no acting involved – instead, she showed up, smiling, in multiple family photos.
'They put out like a cattle call for kids,' says the Orlando native, 23. 'They just took a photo of me so that they could put it in a picture frame and this character could look longingly.'
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Her career has certainly gotten more active. Myers broke out as Enid, the werewolf roommate/bestie of Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), in Netflix's 'Wednesday' Season 1 three years ago. After that, she starred as English teen sleuth Pip in the 2024 Netflix mystery series 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder,' played sword-wielding heroine Natalie in this year's fantasy blockbuster hit 'A Minecraft Movie' and scored a role in 2027's animated 'Angry Birds 3.'
Myers and her infrequently furry alter ego are back in 'Wednesday' Season 2 (first four episodes streaming now, last four premiere Sept. 3), where danger is afoot yet again at Nevermore Academy. In addition to rocking a colorful new hairdo, Enid is embroiled in a love triangle with new wolfman Bruno (Noah B. Taylor) and former beau Ajax (Georgie Farmer), plus gets in a 'snooty little rivalry' with creepy young Agnes (Evie Templeton), who's trying to replace Enid as Wednesday's BFF.
'She's getting it from all sides, honestly,' Myers says.
The actress discusses both of her Netflix shows, the viral popularity of 'Minecraft' and the downside of wolfing out.
Edited and condensed for clarity.
Q: How do you feel both you and Enid have grown since the first "Wednesday" season?
Emma Myers: I mirror Enid a bit in her journey. I've definitely gained confidence in myself in the past three years. No love triangles for me (in real life), thank goodness (laughs). She's a bit more headstrong and she goes out and gets what she wants. I love to stay true to the original old Enid, but also just bringing in that subtle strength behind her as well.
She and Wednesday have this unspoken understanding. They have a sense of comfort in one another that Wednesday probably wouldn't admit to but Enid certainly would.
Do you get a say in Enid's wardrobe or what gets put in her half of their dorm room?
Definitely. If I'm in a fitting, I'll always pick out my favorite ones or just say that I don't like something and they'll nix it. But in Season 2, I'm the one who decided that haircut. I said, 'If we're going to make her a bit more edgy and stuff, this is a fun haircut to give her.' It's great to have that sort of say and have people trust you about it.
But Enid doesn't transform as much as one would expect from a werewolf. Do you wish you wolfed out on the show more?
If you overdo the wolfing-out, the significance of it lessens a lot. The amount that she wolfs out is actually fine. Also, just from an actor's perspective, it's humiliating to do the beginning of wolfing out, so I'm glad that I only had to do it as many times as I've had to.
Your accent is spot-on as Pip in "Good Girl's Guide." Does anybody ever think you're actually a Brit?
I get it sometimes, but then also sometimes I get people telling me that it was too exaggerated. I really don't know what to think, to be honest with you. Season 1, I didn't get time to practice it. I was thrown into the role two weeks before we started shooting. This next season that we just finished, I had a lot more time to prep, so I hope it pleases the audience this time.
Congrats on that Favorite Butt-Kicker Kids' Choice Award for 'Minecraft.' Where do you keep your trophy?
I haven't been home since I won. I don't even know if they've sent me one. If I don't have one, I would like one because I feel like I deserve one! That's so cool to have won that. I definitely want my award on my shelf or something, so maybe I need to talk to some people.
'Minecraft' really was quite the phenomenon. Have you had a middle-school kid yell 'Chicken jockey!' at you yet?
I have, actually. I have had a 'Chicken jockey!' yelled at me in the middle of some scenes. We had to shoo them away to finish. I get 'Chicken jockey!' yelled at me quite often, or people (on Instagram) will just comment 'Chicken jockey!' I love that that's taken off so much. It's very amusing.
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