“But while I’m in production, going over scripts over and over again, and I’m there all day, every day, and in every scene . When not inhabiting the Wednesday abyss as she shoots new episodes, Ortega has tried to use her status to take optimistic gambles. Like most people at her point in life, Ortega says she’s figuring things out. Wednesday Addams feels a “brutal inner turmoil of angst and upset and confusion at the world,” Ortega says. “I got a better understanding of Tim and who he was and what he found funny and charming and interesting through the character,” Ortega says.