When Armisen heard about playing “Fester” on “Wednesday,” he was immediately drawn to the opportunity. As he shared with Netflix's Tudum, “Then when I heard what the project was, I ...

Uncle Fester was played by Jackie Coogan in the original “Addams Family” series and later by Christopher Lloyd in the two feature films in 1991 and 1993. Armisen appears in “Wednesday ...

There's a rumor going around Hollywood that Johnny Depp is Uncle Fester in the upcoming Wednesday series on Netflix — but Radar can exclusively report, that's not true.

Outside of the Uncle Fester mystery, Netflix’s Wednesday is set to be a bit different from previous takes on the Addams Family because of how it approaches the character of Wednesday.