Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday Season 2 is returning soon with Part 2 and pop icon Lady Gaga is a big part of it with a mystery guest role.
Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and executive produced by director Tim Burton, Wednesday Season 2 arrived with Part 1 and episodes 1-4 on Aug. 6. Season 2, Part 2 concludes with Episodes 5-8 on Wednesday.
Lady Gaga, of course, inadvertently became a part of the Wednesday’s world when, thanks to a viral TikTok trend after Season 1, The Cramps’ song “Goo Goo Muck” was replaced by a sped-up version of Lady Gaga’s Bloody Mary during Ortega’s “Wednesday Dance” scene.
Lady Gaga gave the “Bloody Mary” version of the “Wednesday Dance” her seal of approval when she made her own video, recreating Ortega’s moves.
Seizing an opportunity to formally merge the worlds of Lady Gaga and the Wednesday series, the two camps got in touch with each other to make the Oscar-winning songwriter and Oscar-nominated actress’ role in Season 2 a reality.
“It all came out of the dance when people took ‘Goo Goo Muck’ out and put ‘Bloody Mary’ in, and then she did the dance,” Gough explained in a Zoom conversation before the release of Wednesday Season 2, Part 1. “So, she was a fan [of Wednesday]
, and we’re obviously huge fans of hers, so we wanted to find a way to have her in the show.”
Gough said since Lady Gaga has been “incredibly busy and has a new album out now,” he was surprised that everything came together as smoothly as it did.
“The fact that this came together and she came to Ireland [to film her role] could not have been lovelier,” Gough enthused. ‘The crew loved her and the cast loved her. She’s a terrific actress.”
Who Does Lady Gaga Play In ‘Wednesday Season 2, Part 2’?
As of the publication of this article, not much is known about Lady Gaga’s character in Wednesday Season 2, Part 2, other than she plays Rosaline Rotwood, a former teacher at Nevermore Academy.
Lady Gaga is clearly excited about becoming a part of Wednesday lore. In May, she appeared at Netflix’s TUDUM event, where she shared the stage with Jenna Ortega and company while singing a medley consisting of her hits “Zombieboy,” “Bloody Mary” and “Abracadabra.”
Then, on Aug. 28, Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance at Wednesday’s special “Graveyard Gala” event in New York City with the likes of Ortega and her fellow cast members Emma Myers and Joy Sunday in attendance.
At the Graveyard Gala, Lady Gaga announced that her new song, “The Dead Dance,” will be in Wednesday Season 2, Part 2. Additionally, Tim Burton directed the music video for Lady Gaga’s new Wednesday song, Variety reported.
“I’ve been a fan of her work for a long time. She makes great music, and she’s a great actress, so for me it was very easy,” Burton told Netflix’s TUDUM. “She’s a real artist, and I’m grateful for what she contributed to the show.”
Wednesday Season 2, Part 2 — consisting of Episodes 5-8 — arrives on Netflix on Wednesday.
