Steve Buscemi, Jenna Ortega, Joanna Lumley and producer Tim Burton were discussing what it was like to film in the Emerald Isle during a recent press conference, with the "Wednesday" actress sharing that something kept making the Addams family "look alive".
A question submitted by Geek Ireland was asked during the panel, querying what was the thing that surprised them all the most about Ireland while they were here.
Jenna shared: "Everything about Ireland was so beautiful, and we had such a hard-working crew, and people who really just gave it their all, and were so skilled.
"But the only real challenge we had was fighting the green. It was so green there, and it was so bright for the show. Suddenly the Addams looked alive."
While everyone laughed, Tim added: "Take it down a notch!"
Steve also joked: "I was surprised at how much Guinness I could actually drink every day, never while shooting. But yeah, it’s… It was so lovely shooting there. The people are amazing."
Joanna was also thrilled to be working on "Wednesday" in Ashford Studios, having been to Ireland for work many times, she had only really been in Ardmore Studios and was thrilled to discover another area that had been previously used by "Vikings".
She explained: "I was pretty thrilled, because having filmed there a few times, in the Ardmore studios, I didn’t know there was a studio even further south of that.
"And just to come to Ashford Studios, which were, I think, used for about 10 years in a series called 'The Vikings', if I’m right, leaving behind bits and pieces on the hillside, which is actually very good, because any artist knows that debris is better than being a white sheet.
"It’s much better to work on printed or messed paper or an old used napkin than on a terrible white paper. So, suddenly they’ve got this derelict stuff of bits of old rampant and hills and the challenges of a new studio.
"It must have been heavenly but hard to work in Romania. And I just think that Ireland, it has a natural feeling, because there’s something in Ireland which is slightly otherworldly anyway, and it’s it embraced… it embraced the whole feeling of Wednesday."
The old "Vikings" Valhalla sets came in handy as they were even redressed and used as part of Pilgrim World (according to Ortega), with Tim confirming: "We had the whole studio to ourselves, which was amazing, and we ended up pilfering some of those sets."
"Wednesday" season two part one lands on Netflix on August 6 with part two premiering on September 3.
* This article was originally published on Extra.ie.
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