How to Get Cast in Wednesday Season 3

Wednesday is Netflix’s biggest English-language series launch ever, and Season 3 is officially in the works — filming in Ireland, with new episodes expected in summer or fall 2027. Jenna Ortega returns as Wednesday Addams, Tim Burton is back directing and executive producing, and the new season takes the story to Paris. If you want in, here’s how the casting actually works and what you can do about it.

What Is Wednesday Season 3?

Wednesday follows Wednesday Addams through her years at Nevermore Academy, the school for outcasts. Season 2 expanded the world dramatically, and Season 3 pushes further: new series regulars, new family members, and a storyline that moves part of the action to Paris and a mysterious new location called the Viper’s Nest.

The Season 3 cast announcements have been some of the buzziest in television: Winona Ryder joins as Tabitha, Eva Green plays Aunt Ophelia, Chris Sarandon is Balthazar, and Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy, James Lance, Noah Taylor (as Cyrus), Oscar Morgan (as Atticus), and Kennedy Moyer (as Daisy) are all aboard. Returning alongside Jenna Ortega: Emma Myers, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Hunter Doohan, Joy Sunday, Billie Piper, Fred Armisen, and Joanna Lumley — now a series regular.

A production this size, filming in Ireland with a story that spans Nevermore and Paris, needs an enormous supporting cast: students, faculty, townspeople, Parisian characters, creatures, and background of every description. That’s where the opportunity is.

Meet the Casting Director: John Papsidera

The US casting director for Wednesday is John Papsidera, with Fiona Weir handling UK casting. Papsidera is one of the most respected casting directors in the business — his recent credits include Landman, Fallout, and The Odyssey — and he co-cast the first season of Wednesday alongside Weir.

Papsidera has talked openly about the Wednesday casting process, including in interviews about Season 3 storylines. The most famous detail: for Season 1, the mandate was to find a Latina actor to play Wednesday, and Jenna Ortega won the role with an audition she did while covered in fake blood, fresh off the set of the horror film X. That’s Papsidera’s casting philosophy in one story — he responds to commitment, specificity, and actors who understand the character’s world so deeply they show up already living in it.

His office casts with enormous range. Fallout needed wasteland survivors who felt lived-in. Landman needed Texas oil country authenticity. Wednesday needs gothic outcasts who feel like real teenagers, not costumes. The throughline: Papsidera casts people, not looks. He’ll put an unknown in a franchise-defining role if they’re right — and he has, repeatedly.

Notably, Project Casting itself has posted casting searches connected to the Wednesday casting operation at Fiona Weir Casting — the production’s team actively sources talent through casting platforms, which means your profile on a platform like this one is genuinely in the pipeline they use.

What Kinds of Roles Get Cast

For a season filming in Ireland with Paris storylines, the breakdown looks like this:

• New series regulars and recurring guest stars — announced names like Ryder, Green, and Sarandon were offers to established actors. But every season also adds recurring characters cast through the normal process: new Nevermore students, faculty, family members, Parisian figures.
• Co-star roles — single-episode speaking parts: students with lines, shopkeepers, officials, creatures with dialogue. These are cast through agents and, for Ireland-based roles, through Irish casting channels.
• Young performers — Wednesday is built on a young ensemble. Teen and twenty-something actors who can play younger are the show’s lifeblood. If you’re in that age range with strong credits, this is one of the best shows in production for you.
• Background actors — Nevermore students by the hundred, Paris street scenes, event crowds, creature-adjacent background. Filming in Ireland means Irish extras agencies handle the bulk of background casting, and they post open calls during production.
• Specialty and creature performers — dancers, contortionists, movement specialists, musicians. A gothic fantasy needs bodies that can do unusual things. If you have circus, dance, or creature-movement training, list it prominently.

How to Get Cast in Wednesday Season 3: Step by Step

Step 1: Get on the platforms the production actually uses

The Wednesday casting team has sourced talent through casting platforms — that’s documented. Your profile needs to be complete, current, and searchable: headshots that look like you now, a reel that shows range in under two minutes, special skills listed honestly. Build it at Project Casting and treat it like your storefront, because that’s what it is.

Step 2: Headshots with personality

Papsidera casts character. Your headshot shouldn’t be a blank glamour shot — it should suggest a person with an inner life. For young performers especially: look your age, dress like yourself, and let the photo have some edge. The Nevermore student body is supposed to look like a collection of fascinating weirdos, not a modeling agency lineup.

Step 3: The agent channel and the direct channel

Principal and recurring roles go through agents — Papsidera’s office works with agencies in the US, UK, and Ireland. If you’re repped, tell your agent you want Wednesday Season 3 submissions specifically. If you’re unrepped, your realistic targets are co-star breakdowns posted in Ireland and the UK, background casting through Irish extras agencies, and any open calls the production posts. Young performers: youth casting for this show has historically been thorough and wide-net. Don’t self-eliminate.

Step 4: If you’re Ireland or UK based, you have an edge

The production films in Ireland. Local-hire actors save the production money and logistics, which means Irish and UK actors get serious consideration for co-star and background roles. If you’re based in Ireland, register with Irish casting agencies and extras companies now, before the bulk of Season 3 background casting begins. If you’re elsewhere in Europe and can work as a local hire, say so clearly.

Step 5: Background casting is a real career lane here

Nevermore needs students. Paris needs crowds. Productions like this hire background actors for weeks at a time, and reliable background performers get brought back across the season. Register with the extras agencies working the production, keep your measurements and availability current, and respond to breakdowns immediately — background casting moves fast.

Step 6: Audition like Ortega did — commit completely

The fake-blood audition story isn’t just trivia; it’s instruction. Papsidera responds to actors who make bold, specific, fully committed choices. For Wednesday, that means understanding the tone: deadpan, macabre, but emotionally real underneath. Don’t play “spooky.” Play a real person who happens to be dark. Watch the show, calibrate to its rhythm, and make a choice.

Realistic Tips for This Casting Office

• Specificity beats beauty. Every season, the standouts are the actors with unforgettable specific energy, not the most conventionally attractive ones.
• Young actors: train, don’t just hope. The teen ensemble on this show is genuinely skilled. Classes, stage work, and short films are how you get ready for a room like Papsidera’s.
• Accents and languages are currency. A season with Paris storylines needs French speakers and actors who can handle European characters. List every language and dialect honestly — they’ll test you.
• Creature and movement skills belong at the top. Dance, stage combat, puppetry-adjacent movement, contortion — the show uses all of it.
• Don’t chase the lead roles. Wednesday, Enid, and the core ensemble are set. The opportunity is in the new recurring characters, the co-stars, and the world around them. That’s not settling — that’s where working actors build careers.
• Never pay to audition. Legitimate casting for Wednesday — through Papsidera’s office, Weir’s office, agencies, or extras companies — never charges actors. Anyone asking for a fee is scamming you.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the casting director for Wednesday Season 3?

John Papsidera handles US casting for Wednesday (he co-cast Season 1 and continues with the series), with Fiona Weir handling UK casting. Papsidera’s recent credits include Landman, Fallout, and The Odyssey.

When does Wednesday Season 3 come out?

Season 3 is expected in summer or fall 2027 on Netflix. Filming began in Ireland in early 2026.

How did Jenna Ortega get cast as Wednesday?

Ortega auditioned while covered in fake blood, coming straight from the set of the horror film X — and won the role. The Season 1 mandate was to cast a Latina actor as Wednesday, and Papsidera has cited her total commitment as exactly what the role needed.

Are there open auditions for Wednesday Season 3?

Lead and recurring roles are cast through agencies. Co-star roles, background work, and specialty positions are posted through casting channels in the filming regions — primarily Ireland and the UK. The production’s casting team has used casting platforms for talent searches, so a complete profile is genuinely useful.

Is Wednesday filmed in Ireland?

Yes — Season 3 films in Ireland, which means Irish and UK actors have a local-hire advantage for supporting and background roles.

Can teenagers audition for Wednesday?

The show is built on a young ensemble and casts teen and young-adult performers extensively. Young actors need proper representation or a parent/guardian managing submissions, plus training — the bar for the young cast on this show is high.

The Bottom Line

Wednesday Season 3 is one of the biggest productions in the world right now, run by a casting director famous for discovering talent in unexpected places. The leads are set, but the world around them — new students, Parisian characters, creatures, crowds — is being built as we speak.

Get your materials sharp, get on the platforms the production uses, and make bold choices when you get your shot. That’s the Papsidera way.

Create your free Project Casting profile and start submitting today.