The first season of "Wednesday" had plenty of beasts and things that go bump in the night. It sounds like the team wants to hone in on those ideas more, and it will likely come at the expense of Wednesday's love life, which is just fine with Jenna Ortega. After the character had chemistry with both Xavier (Percy Hynes White) and Tyler (Hunter Doohan), it sounds like she's focusing more on herself going forward.
During Variety's Actors on Actors series, Ortega had a conversation with Elle Fanning, bringing up the upcoming season of "Wednesday." Ortega admitted, "We're ditching any romantic love interest for Wednesday, which is really great." No doubt part of this development is Ortega becoming a producer for "Wednesday" Season 2 and having more creative input this time around. Ortega's been quite vocal about disliking certain aspects of "Wednesday" initially. When she appeared as a guest on the "Armchair Expert" podcast, the actor commented, "Everything that Wednesday does, everything I had to play, did not make sense for her character at all. Her being in a love triangle? It made no sense."
"Wednesday" Season 2 being more horror-centric likely comes with the Ortega seal of approval. If Wednesday's not as focused on boys and dances, the show can really dive into her family dynamics and budding psychic powers.
