Lady Gaga Officially Confirmed to Guest Star in “Wednesday” as Netflix Drops First 6 Minutes of Season 2

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  • Netflix unveiled nan first six minutes of Wednesday's highly anticipated 2nd play astatine its Tudum 2025 unrecorded arena connected Saturday, May 31
  • It was besides announced astatine nan arena that Lady Gaga will subordinate play 2 arsenic a impermanent star
  • Season 1 of nan deed bid premiered successful November 2022 starring Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Victor Dorobantu, Fred Armisen and more

Netflix is giving Wednesday fans a fewer reasons to shriek — for joy, that is.

The first six minutes of nan show's highly anticipated 2nd play were shown astatine nan streamer's Tudum 2025 unrecorded arena connected Saturday, May 31. After a astir three-year wait, fans yet sewage to spot what benignant of spooky shenanigans Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) gets up to this season.

The footage originates pinch Wednesday tied up successful a serial killer's basement — "who said nightmares don't travel true?" — surrounded by life-size dolls. "He's nether nan wishful thinking that I'm his adjacent victim," she says. "I'll fto him cherish that conception while I explicate my predicament."

A flashback from six weeks earlier past takes place, showing Wednesday spending her summertime picnic doing what immoderate normal teen would beryllium doing: mastering her psychic ability. With her powers nether control, she sets retired to find nan Kansas City Scalper — which we observe was her favourite serial slayer arsenic a child.

The adjacent segment shows Wednesday hilariously unloading her weapons — and Thing — while going done airdrome security, a segment from nan teaser trailer Netflix released backmost successful April.

Finally, Wednesday comes look to look pinch nan Kansas City Scalper, who we now spot is played by Haley Joel Osment, and he presents her pinch a doll he made that looks for illustration her.

"Let maine show you immoderate of my ain handiwork," she tells nan serial slayer arsenic nan clip ends.

From left: Fred Armisen, Joanna Lumley, Isaac Ordonez, Jenna Ortega, and Luis Guzman astatine Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event.

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Back connected shape astatine Tudum, nan Wednesday formed announced that Lady Gaga will beryllium joining play 2 successful a impermanent starring role. The news marked nan first clip Netflix officially confirmed her casting and apt comes arsenic a thrill to fans aft Gaga was associated pinch nan show acknowledgment to her opus "Bloody Mary" successful a segment from play 1.

Additional specifications astir who nan "Born This Way" vocalist will beryllium playing successful play 2 were not announced.

Gaga closed retired nan show pinch a show-stopping performance, including "Bloody Mary" arsenic good arsenic her deed opus "Abracadabra."

The first play of Wednesday, co-created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, dropped successful November 2022, introducing nan world to Tim Burton's return connected nan beloved Addams Family character. The bid and Ortega were nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes.

Returning formed members for play 2 see Wednesday's family members: her mom, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones); her dad, Gomez (Luis Guzmán); and her brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez). Also backmost are Thing (Victor Dorobantu) and Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen).

Joanna Lumley joins this play arsenic Grandmama Hester Frump while Joonas Suotamo comes aboard arsenic Lurch, replacing George Burcea from play 1.

This play besides welcomes Steve Buscemi arsenic Principal Dort, nan caput of Nevermore; Billie Piper arsenic Isadora Capri, caput of euphony astatine Nevermore; Christopher Lloyd arsenic Professor Orloff, Nevermore's longest-serving teacher; Thandiwe Newton arsenic Dr. Rachael Fairburn, main psychiatrist astatine Willow Hill Psychiatric Facility; and Heather Matarazzo arsenic Judi, Dr. Fairburn's executive assistant.

The formed of 'Wednesday'.

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Netflix released a teaser trailer for Wednesday play 2 successful April, featuring Ortega's titular characteristic hilariously unloading her weapons erstwhile going done airdrome information connected her measurement backmost to school.

Elsewhere successful nan antecedently released teaser, Wednesday describes returning to Nevermore arsenic "returning to nan segment of nan crime," joking, "I already cognize wherever nan bodies are buried."

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The pursuing scenes nonstop nan creep facet done nan tile earlier Zeta-Jones' Morticia warns her daughter, "Every family has acheronian secrets, Wednesday. And secrets tin person deadly consequences."

This doesn't shape Wednesday, though, who replies, "You don't request to interest astir me, Mother. I do my champion activity successful nan dark." 

Wednesday play 2 returns pinch Part 1 connected Aug. 6 and Part 2 connected Sept. 3 — each streaming connected Netflix.