Joanna Lumley<\/a> was clueless about Wednesday Addams before she joined the Netflix series about the character.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Dame Joanna Lumley stars in Wednesday<\/p>\n
The 79-year-old actress “quickly watched” an episode of the supernatural mystery comedy TV series to learn about Jenna Ortega’s alter ego after she got cast as Grandmama, Hester Frump – Morticia Addams’ (Catherine Zeta-Jones’) mom – in season two.<\/p>\n
Joanna told the new issue of Woman+Home magazine: “It’s lovely to join something that is so important to the American people. The Addams Family is the bedrock of America. Everybody knows their names.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t even know Wednesday was the name of the child, so I had to quickly watch an episode of Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“It’s lovely to be part of it, but it would be stupid to say I’ve looked forward to doing this all my life. I’d never even heard of it.<\/p>\n
\n“I’m lucky enough to be working on Wednesday until the middle of next year. This is unusual.”<\/p>\n
\nThe acting legend – who was drawn to join Wednesday after Tim Burton, 67, the show’s director and executive producer, phoned her to ask if she wanted to “play the grandmother” – hates knowing what she is doing each year.<\/p>\n
\nJoanna explained: “I can’t stand knowing what I’m going to do next year. It feels like being trapped.<\/p>\n
\n“I’ve loved never knowing what I’m going to do next – never knowing if I’ll get \u00a310 for a job or \u00a310,000 for a day.<\/p>\n
\n“I like the uncertainty of circus life.”<\/p>\n
\nJoanna has been gracing our screens since the 1960s.<\/p>\n
\nAlthough she has no plans on retiring, the Absolutely Fabulous star “maybe” wants to do less projects.<\/p>\n
\nJoanna said: “I imagined that, as I got older, life would slow down.<\/p>\n
\n“I envisaged spending a lot of time gardening, weeding and sleeping in the afternoon, but this year has been unbelievably busy.<\/p>\n
\n“I’ve had long filming days, travelling days, going over [to America] to promote things, fitting in shoots and commercials.<\/p>\n
\n“I’m in Netflix’s Wednesday, and I [recently went] to a big event in the States where Netflix presented its biggest nine shows.<\/p>\n
\n“It was fascinating but exhausting. If I was putting lids on jam pots for eight hours a day, I’d love to retire, but I don’t [want to].<\/p>\n
\n“You keep going if you love it, and I do something I love.”<\/p>\n
\nJoanna added: “Most of my work isn’t like work at all. I love doing voice-overs, documentaries, writing – I loved doing my book – and gardening.<\/p>\n
\n“I do a lot of them all. Maybe I want to do not quite so much. It’s always feast or famine, and I want just a little less feast.”<\/p>\n
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