'Wednesday' Trailer: Fred Armisen Is Uncle Fester and Christina Ricci Returns

Uncle Fester, is that you?

A new trailer for Netflix's 'Wednesday' series confirms Fred Armisen as beloved and hopelessly romantic Addams Family member Fester. The role was originally brought to the big screen with Christopher Lloyd in 1991's "The Addams Family" and 1993's "Addams Family Values." Jackie Coogan played Uncle Fester in the original sitcom series.

The upcoming Netflix series stars Jenna Ortega as the titular teenager on Wednesday, along with her parents Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán in the partially Tim Burton-directed show, premiering November 23. Christina Ricci, a former student of the "Addams Family", also appears in the series as a teacher at Nevermore Academy, the school for gifted children where Wednesday taps into her psychic abilities. Gwendoline Christie plays the headmistress of the school.

Co-star Armisen has confirmed that he shaved his head for the role of Uncle Fester instead of opting for a bald cap. The "Portlandia" creator cited his main inspiration as Coogan's iteration of the character ("this is the version I can hear") while calling Lloyd's take "incredible".

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"I had no designs on, 'Well, now I'm going to add this element…' No, he's someone who likes to wear those big coats and appreciates his own eccentricities," Armisen said. .

Emmy-nominated Ricci reunited with director Burton after collaborating on 1999's 'Sleepy Hollow', with Johnny Depp, who at one point would have played Uncle Fester on the 'Wednesday' series.

"Tim is such an amazing director, so creative, visionary and intelligent," said Ricci. "And as an actor, you basically do whatever he tells you because he's so good and you trust him so much. And it's such a gift to be on one of his sets. . He just kept doing movie after movie after movie which was awesome and amazing. And it felt like I had 10 years to work with him again. He was amazing and inspiring."

As for Ortega reprising Ricci's iconic role as Wednesday, the 'Yellowjackets' star added, "I was in a lot of scenes with [Jenna], so I witnessed [her performance] firsthand, and people are going to fall in love with his version of Wednesday. He's a great modern take on the character."

"Wednesday" is produced by co-showrunners Miles Millar and Al Gough. Burton directs four of the eight episodes.

"Wednesday" premieres November 23 on Netflix.

Check out the latest trailer below.

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