Prior to Wednesday, Ortega was best known for her role as Ellie Alves in the second season of You, but she actually got her start as a child actress. The California native portrayed young Jane on Jane the Virgin from 2014 to 2019 and was later cast as Harley Diaz in Disney Channel's Stuck in the Middle.

Barry Dort's role in Wednesday season 2 with authoritarian leadership, disdain for Normies, and willingness to manipulate students make him a strong figure in the plot.

Season 1 rapidly became the streamer’s second-most popular title of all time (only “Squid Game” Season 1 ranks above it). That’s in large part due to the new characters and, of course, the new takes on old characters dreamed up by series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar,