Lady Gaga Cast in Mystery Role for Wednesday Season 2 After Jenna Ortega Fancasting

Jenna Ortega is getting her wish with Lady Gaga joining the cast of Wednesday. According to Entertainment Weekly, Lady Gaga is cast in a mystery role for The Addams Family spinoff that became a breakaway hit for Netflix. The show stars Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams and follows her after the family ships her off to Nevermore Academy, where parents Gomez and Morticia Addams first met and fell in love. Wednesday becomes embroiled in a plot involving a local mystery in the town, all while making new friends and harnessing her psychic abilities.

One of the major moments that became a viral hit on Wednesday featured Jenna Ortega dancing. Fans quickly used the clip in social media videos with Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary” spliced in. And now it appears the Joker: Folie a Deux star will join another popular franchise, but this time on the small screen. It’s poetic that Lady Gaga is joining Wednesday when you consider Jenna Ortega previously called for the multi-talented star to join the series.

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Jenna Ortega maps out her fancast for Lady Gaga in Wednesday Season 2

The Wednesday star has the perfect storyline for Lady Gaga to join her Netflix series. Back at the 2023 Golden Globes in January, Ortega mapped out how her Wednesday character could interact with Lady Gaga.

“I’m sure Netflix would love that,” Ortega told Variety. “I think Mrs. Thornhill and Wednesday had this weird mentor relationship or kind of understood each other in a certain way, so, if Lady Gaga were to be a part, I think it would have to be two monsters that understand each other.” Along with playing Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie a Deux, Lady Gaga is also a Golden Globe winner for her appearance in the fifth season of American Horror Story.

There have also been talks of doing a Wednesday spinoff, with Bloomberg reporting Netflix is developing a series built around Addams Family member Uncle Fester. Fred Armisen plays Uncle Fester on Wednesday. Per the report, the Uncle Fester project is in the very early stages of development with important details such as story, writers, and more still needed, but Amazon — which owns the rights to The Addams Family — is on board for the project. At this time, no other details about the spinoff were available.