Eva Green cast as Ophelia — eva green joins Wednesday Season 3

Eva Green has been announced as a new series regular for Season 3, set to play Morticia Addams’ long-missing sister Ophelia, and the show’s roster is shifting: Joanna Lumley has been promoted to series regular while Noah B. Taylor will not return. These casting moves reshape the Nevermore ensemble ahead of the next season.

Joanna Lumley promoted after Season 2 introduction as Granmama Hester Frump

Joanna Lumley, introduced in Season 2 as Granmama Hester Frump, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3. Her character is described as a wealthy mortuary mogul who has a frosty relationship with her daughter Morticia, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones. In the Season 2 finale Hester was last seen walking to the basement of her mansion where, locked in a cell, was her other daughter Ophelia.

Eva Green will play Ophelia, long missing and once committed to Willow Hill

Eva Green will portray Ophelia, a major Season 3 character who was long missing and was once committed by Hester to Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital. The finale left Ophelia locked in a cell in Hester’s mansion basement, and the new series regular casting of Eva Green positions that storyline for expansion in the upcoming season. The show’s creators have elevated Ophelia’s role for Season 3.

Noah B. Taylor’s Bruno Yuson exits after a Season 2 romance collapse

Noah B. Taylor, a Season 2 cast addition who played Bruno Yuson, will not return for Season 3. Bruno’s budding romance with Enid, played by Emma Myers, ended abruptly after Enid—with Wednesday’s help—discovered his lingering relationship with his ex-girlfriend. Bruno was last seen packing his things and leaving Nevermore with that ex. This marks the second season in a row that a series regular introduced as a student romantic interest departs after one year; Percy Hynes White, who played Xavier Thorpe, left after Season 1.

Returning ensemble led by Jenna Ortega expands with Lumley and other Season 3 regulars

The returning series regular cast is led by Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams and includes Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair, Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin, Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay and standout Season 2 addition Evie Templeton as Agnes DeMille. The group also lists Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger, Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, Billie Piper as Isadora Capri, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Sheriff Ritchie Santiago and Victor Dorobantu as Thing. Fred Armisen will continue to recur as Uncle Fester. Joanna Lumley joins this ensemble in a promoted capacity for Season 3.

Winona Ryder joining in a guest role; creative team and show status noted

Winona Ryder, described as the Stranger Things star, will guest star in Season 3 in a role that is being kept under wraps. Director and executive producer Tim Burton said, "I am so happy that Winona has joined us, she fits right into this world. " Creators, writers, showrunners and executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar praised Ryder’s partnership with Burton, calling her the GOAT and noting their collaboration on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; they said they were thrilled to welcome her to Nevermore. Gough and Millar remain the creators, writers, showrunners and executive producers for the series, and Tim Burton continues to direct and executive produce. Season 2 debuted last year and became the No. 5 most-watched English-language series of all time on the service, while Season 1 remains that service’s most-watched English-language series of all time.

These moves—eva green’s casting as Ophelia, Lumley’s promotion, Noah B. Taylor’s exit and Ryder’s guest turn—set a new course for character dynamics and the central family arcs going into Season 3.