Eva Green Cast as Aunt Ophelia in Wednesday Season 3

Eva Green has been cast as Aunt Ophelia, the enigmatic sister of Morticia Addams, in the third season of Netflix's popular series Wednesday. The announcement comes as production gears up for the next installment of the supernatural comedy, following the renewal of the show earlier this year.

Ophelia Frump, a troubled psychic with a history of mental instability, was teased in the season two finale as a figure locked away for two decades. In the episode's closing scene, she appeared from behind in a basement cell beneath her mother Hester Frump's mansion, scrawling the words "Wednesday Must Die" on the wall in her own blood. Earlier in the finale, protagonist Wednesday Addams received her aunt's journal from Morticia, triggering a vision of Ophelia as a woman with long blond hair and a flower crown, her appearance contrasting sharply with Morticia's signature gothic style. Ophelia was once committed to Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital by Hester before escaping, her psychic abilities spiraling out of control much like those of her niece.

Showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar praised the casting in a statement, noting that Green "has always brought an exhilarating, singular...