Jenna Ortega is back in Netflix’s Wednesday season 2, with the first part of an eight-episode season now out – but don’t expect to see Lady Gaga just yet.
The Born This Way hitmaker was part of a raft of exciting guest stars in the cast, with Thandiwe Newton, Christopher Lloyd and Haley Joel Osment – all of whom appear in the first part of the season.
Details of Lady Gaga’s appearance have been kept under the thickest of wraps over at Netflix HQ, with no official show stills yet of her character.
But we do at least know who she will be playing. Her character Rosaline Rotwood has been described as a ‘legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday’.
The bad news is that Lady Gaga does not appear in part 1 of season 2, with her guest appearance saved for the second half which drops in September.
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Fans will also have to wait until next month for Gaga’s new song Dead Dance, which will feature in the show and is rumoured to reference her massive hit Abracadabra.
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Even though the first batch of episodes only dropped this morning, Wednesday obsessives have already started tearing through them and have been disappointed to find no Gaga.
Taking to X, @esclumi wrote: ‘Is Gaga in the first half of Wednesday or not,’ as @WitnesSimo echoed: ‘Watching Wednesday… where is GAGA.’
‘If Lady Gaga Is in Part 2, then I’ll wait to resubscribe to Netflix in September,’ tweeted @imissportmore.
@GagaAvasMAYHEM cryptically shared: ‘So much foreshadowing easter eggs leading up to Gaga’s appearance.’
Gaga’s guest appearance in the show was confirmed in May, when she stepped out at a Netflix fan event in Los Angeles for a Wednesday-themed performance of Zombieboy from her album Mayhem.
Wednesday co-creator Alfred Gough confirmed that Gaga’s guest appearance came about as a result of last season’s viral dance (with moves inspired by Siouxsie Sioux and Bob Fosse, among others), which TikTokers set to her deep cut track Bloody Mary and was credited with the show becoming a smash hit.
Metro’s thoughts on Wednesday season 2
Senior TV Reporter Rebecca Cook shares her take…
As virtually every interview has assured us, this season is darker, grittier and generally a ‘No More Miss Nice Wednesday’ type of affair.
After saving the school last season, Wednesday (Ortega, as unblinkingly good as ever) returns a B-list celeb with a stalker to reckon with. She’s also started crying ink tears, which the NHS is curiously lacking advice on. Plus, there’s a literal murder of deadly one-eyed crows causing havoc, furthering Alfred Hitchcock’s scary bird agenda.
So the plot has bulked up, but we’re not here for the macguffin mystery as much as the world itself. With Tim Burton’s maximalist gothic direction, the show is stylish, witty, and lushly-set (in new filming location Ireland).
Our main gripe is the decision to isolate Wednesday. We lose something by the Addams family being so divided and largely sequestered from normie society. The moments she bumps up against it – one sequence where Wednesday terrorises a driving instructor stands out – make you realise that is where most of the fun lies.
‘She was interested, we were interested,’ Gough told The Hollywood Reporter. ‘But she’s Lady Gaga, she’s very busy. So we were able to work out a character for her to play, a time for her to come and do it.
‘We all know she’s an amazing actress, so we were just thrilled that she could come and play in the sandbox.’
Meanwhile, Ortega described Gaga as ‘unbelievably sweet and giving’, and hinted that Gaga’s screen appearance might indeed be a brief affair as she told E! News: ‘To be able to spend a day with her shooting was an absolute dream.’
In the same interview, Catherine Zeta-Jones added: ‘I think just having her presence on the isle of Ireland just lifted everybody up. She’s a queen. She’s on the level to be in her presence for any amount of time is very memorable.’
Wednesday season 2 launches today, with the second part arriving on September 3.
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