Penny Dreadful star Eva Inexperienced has formally been roped in to play Ophelia within the third season of the hit Netflix sequence Wednesday starring Jenna Ortega. After months of hypothesis over who would step into the position of Wednesday Addams’ enigmatic aunt, Netflix has introduced that Eva will be part of the forged as Aunt Ophelia, whose title lingered all through the present’s not too long ago concluded second season.
Present creators and co-showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar expressed their pleasure on the casting, calling Eva an impressed alternative. “Eva Inexperienced has at all times introduced an exhilarating, singular presence to the display screen — elegant, haunting and superbly unpredictable. These qualities make her the proper alternative for Aunt Ophelia. We’re excited to see how she transforms the position and expands Wednesday’s world,” they mentioned in an official assertion.
Eva, too, shared her enthusiasm about coming into the peculiar realm of the Addams household. “I’m thrilled to affix the woefully twisted world of Wednesday as Aunt Ophelia. This present is such a deliciously darkish and witty world, I am unable to wait to carry my very own contact of cuckoo-ness to the Addams household,” mentioned the 45-year-old actor.
For the unversed, Ophelia Frump — Morticia Addams’ sister — has lengthy been a determine of thriller. Within the present, recognized to have psychic raven skills just like Wednesday’s, Ophelia disappeared after a disturbing episode at Nevermore Academy, the place she was discovered “screaming within the quad” with black tears streaming down her face. Morticia later reveals she was despatched to Willow Hill, a psychiatric facility, after pushing her powers past management. She ultimately checked out, however her whereabouts have remained unknown for the previous 20 years.
Eva’s casting lastly places a face to the darkish mythology constructed round Ophelia, additional intensifying anticipation for the brand new season — which follows the exceptional success of Season 2, launched earlier this yr and now ranked as Netflix’s fourth most-watched English-language sequence of all time.