You may know Gwendoline Christie for her pivotal roles as Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones and as Lucifer in The Sandman, and recently, she has debuted as Principal Larissa Weems of Nevermore Academy in the Netflix show Wednesday. Amid her growing fame, the actress gushes about the time Tim Burton called her to be cast on Wednesday.
Recently speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Gwendoline Christie recalls how she took Tim Burton’s casting call for her to come aboard on Netflix’ Wednesday as the principal of Nevermore Academy. The actress was ecstatic to finally be working with one of her childhood idols. Check out her full story below:
The Wednesday star continues to tell how she managed to calm down, just enough so she could respond accordingly.
Wednesday showrunners Tim Burton and Al Gough set up a Zoom meeting with Christie to talk more in-depth details on the role, and out of the actress’ overwhelmed state, she had to let it out and be honest to Burton upon getting casted on his show.
The actress recalls the early works of Burton when she began to grow fond of the director, leading her to dream to work with him someday when she was younger. Some of Burton’s works that Christie loved were Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Beetlejuice.
All episodes of Wednesday are currently streaming on Netflix.
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