Emma Myers Raises the Stakes in “Wednesday” Season Two, Teases Surprising Part 2 and Shares Her Love of Tough Roles
Emma Myers has never been interested in “normal.” At 23, the rising star is already juggling a résumé that spans Netflix mega-hit “Wednesday,” the buzzy TV adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and the effects-heavy blockbuster A Minecraft Movie. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, she explained why the tougher the assignment, the more excited she gets—and why the back half of “Wednesday” season two might leave fans reeling.
From the moment Myers read this season’s scripts, she knew Enid Sinclair’s journey would be anything but routine. Season two’s first four episodes (now streaming) thrust the werewolf into explosive camp races, a suspenseful Willow Hill sequence and a harrowing week-long shoot that saw Myers and co-star Noah B. Taylor literally chained together beneath a canopy of swinging knives. “When else,” she told THR, “am I going to be locked up with blades hovering overhead?” That gleeful sense of adventure fuels both her performance and the show’s high-octane pace.
Yet it isn’t just danger that draws Myers in—it’s contrast. Off-screen she’s calm and soft-spoken; on-screen Enid is a technicolor burst of energy, now more confident after her late-season-one wolf-out. Myers relishes that dichotomy. Playing someone “so polar opposite” is, she says, the perfect emotional release and a reminder of acting’s playground-like possibilities.
Fans worried that Part 1’s frantic cliff-hanger is as wild as things get should brace themselves. Part 2, arriving Sept. 3, dives even deeper into twists and set pieces. Episode six, Myers teased, contains “some of the most difficult stuff I’ve ever done on screen,” while episode seven swerves in directions nobody expects before landing “in the most perfect way possible.”
Those who follow Myers’ career know the challenge-seeking spirit doesn’t end at Nevermore Academy. She recently wrapped season two of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, now under the direct pen of author Holly Jackson. The new scripts, Myers says, raise the stakes and showcase some of her “most fun days on set ever.” Meanwhile, memories from A Minecraft Movie still make her pinch herself—especially acting opposite childhood hero Jack Black and filming in New Zealand, the landscape that first enchanted her during countless rewatches of The Lord of the Rings behind-the-scenes docs that inspired her to act in the first place.
Looking ahead, Myers hopes to tackle a full-blown sci-fi horror story—preferably with motion-capture work that lets her crawl across a soundstage imagining cosmic creatures only she can see. Given her proven resolve to meet every obstacle head-on, it feels less like a dream and more like an inevitability.
For now, audiences can enjoy watching her stretch those acting muscles in “Wednesday” season two, Part 1, streaming on Netflix today, and count down the days until Part 2 unleashes the next round of mayhem.
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