Netflix has a big hit on its hands with Wednesday, which dethroned Stranger Things for the biggest debut week in the streaming service’s history, with one of the stars opening up about her preparations.
The 20-year-old actress plays Enid Sinclair on the hit series, the roommate of Jenna Ortega’s lead character on Nevermore Academy, who is also a werewolf.
The Florida native made her talk show debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, where she explained how she had to go to “werewolf boot camp” to prepare to play Enid.
Opening: Netflix has a big hit on its hands with Wednesday, which dethroned Stranger Things for the biggest debut week in the streaming service’s history, with one of the stars opening up about her preparations.
Enid: The 20-year-old actress plays Enid Sinclair on the hit series, the roommate of Jenna Ortega’s lead character on Nevermore Academy, who is also a werewolf.
Fallon asked about any kind of “werewolf training” for the role, as the actress detailed what happened in “boot camp.”
“We did this werewolf boot camp one time because there’s episode six, where parents and families come in, and I had four or five brothers, and they really had to get them into the werewolf spirit,” Myers said in the last. late night talk show.
“So they asked me to go in and do, you know, werewolf boot camp, and I was like, ‘OK, what does this mean?'” Myers added.
Training: Fallon asked about any kind of ‘werewolf training’ for the role, as the actress detailed what went down in ‘boot camp’
“I had never done so much parkour in my life. It was me running across the ground on all fours, jumping on things,” she said.
“We had these specialists pretend to be sheep, and we would crawl around them in a circle.
She quipped: “I think anyone walking by would say, ‘What’s going on there?!”‘
Parkour: ‘I’ve never done so much parkour in my life. It was me running across the ground on all fours, jumping on things,’ she said.
Wednesday is based on the beloved character from The Addams Family, who was created in 1938 with the Charles Addams comic strips, which was adapted into later television shows and movies.
When asked if he knew much about the history of The Addams Family, Myers revealed that he had “watched the ’90s movies growing up.”
“But I didn’t know it was like a TV show and there’s a comic and all that, I had no idea,” Myers admitted.
Growing up: When asked if she knew much about the history of The Addams Family, Myers revealed that she had “watched the ’90s movies growing up.”
So when I got the part, I just dove into it and I love it. It’s a lot of fun,” Myers said, though he added that it wouldn’t have made for a good Wednesday Addams.
‘I’m not a good Wednesday. Wednesday doesn’t come naturally to me, Enid does, and I think Jenna did such a perfect job with Wednesday that if she tried, she would be a shame,” Myers added.
Myers is currently filming the new movie Family Leave, playing the daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms.
Fun: ‘So when I got the part, I just dove into it and I love it. It’s so much fun,’ Myers said, though he added that it would not have been a good Wednesday Addams.
Natural: ‘I’m not a good Wednesday. Wednesday doesn’t come naturally to me, Enid does, and I think Jenna did such an impeccable job with Wednesday that if she tried, it would be a shame,” Myers added.