The Addams Family Starring Christina Ricci Added To Netflix April 9th 2025

When Netflix‘s Wednesday was announced, The Addams Family fans couldn’t wait to see how Jenna Ortega would take on the iconic character. It was also exciting to learn that Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in the 1990s Addams Family movies, was added to the cast of the TV series. Ricci’s Normie Nevermore Academy teacher, Marilyn Thornhill, might fade into the background more than the main character, but she also surprises viewers with a big reveal at the end of Wednesday season 1. No matter how thrilling the reveal of the stalker is in the second season, fans won’t forget finding out the truth about Ricci’s character.

Wednesday fans who are looking forward to seeing season 2 when it premieres sometime in 2025 will want to watch Ricci’s portrayal of the young and quick-witted Goth character in this movie, which is on Netflix soon.

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The Addams Family Is Being Added To Netflix On April 9th 2025

According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Addams Family will be available on Netflix as of April 9th, 2025. The movie was released in 1991 and Christina Ricci played iconic Goth child character Wednesday Addams. The Addams Family is a nostalgia-inducing story about this strange, quirky, and dark family who doesn’t fit in but loves each other. Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia Addams (Anjelica Huston) think that Gomez’s long-lost brother Fester (Christopher Llyod) has returned. However, there’s a catch: a man named Gordon is pretending to be Gomez so he can steal the family’s money. Besides this main storyline, which features this fun twist that audiences find out early on, the movie introduces fans to memorable characters such as Thing, Cousin Itt (John Franklin), and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman).

Ricci still talks about how meaningful it was to play Wednesday, which was why it was so much fun to see her play Marilyn Thornhill in Wednesday season 1. Wednesday has a vital role in The Addams Family as she teases Pugsley and generally torments anyone who gets in her way. The movie wouldn’t be as funny or unforgettable without her, and it’s also important background for anyone watching Wednesday. From asking if Girl Scout cookies are “made from real Girl Scouts” to giving her opinion on how “Nobody gets out of the Bermuda Triangle,” she’s a quick thinker who says more than a few of the movie’s best lines. Wednesday season 2 should have more Addams Family humor because fans love watching Ricci’s Wednesday snap at Pugsley and showcase her gallows humor in every scene.

Ortega’s Wednesday Addams is used to being the odd one out at her regular school, but when she begins attending Nevermore Academy, she meets other teenagers who are different, too. While this is an adjustment, Wednesday becomes more comfortable with her new environment by the Wednesday season 1 finale. It’s fun to watch Ricci’s performance in The Addams Family and remember that Wednesday has been tough and self-assured since she was a kid.

What other movies and TV shows are being added to Netflix in April 2025?

• Insidious: Chapter 2 (April 1st)
• Black Mirror season 7 (April 10th)
• Young Sheldon season 7 (April 15th)
• You season 5 (April 24th)

Wednesday was first seen in The New Yorker in 1944 and since then, her dark sense of humor and bleak outlook on life has been a beloved and memorable part of pop culture. Ricci played Wednesday Addams again in the 1993 sequel Addams Family Values and tells the story of Debbie Jellinsky (Joan Cusack), a nanny who begins taking care of Morticia and Gomez’s newborn and who is actually a serial killer.

What Happened To Christina Ricci’s Wednesday Season 1 Character?

Christina Ricci’s Wednesday season 1 character Marilyn Thornhill was revealed to be a villain named Laurel Gales, which was a big twist. Laurel is related to Joseph Crackstone and is motivated to take Wednesday Addams and the other Nevermore Academy students down because she doesn’t like anyone who doesn’t fit in. In Wednesday season 1, episode 8, “A Murder of Woes,” Wednesday’s friend Eugene Ottinger (Moosa Mostafa) attacks Laurel with bees. Although viewers are unsure if Laurel was killed or not, her fate doesn’t look great.

Ricci said in an interview with Variety that she didn’t play Morticia because she didn’t want to portray a mother, and while she would have made an amazing Morticia, it was still great seeing Ricci play Marilyn Thornhill/Laurel Gates on Wednesday season 1.

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