Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Wednesday season 2.Wednesdayseason 2 features a huge assortment of locations that supposedly take place in the American northeast, but the show’s actual filming locations were very different.Wednesdayseason 2features several changes, from bringing the rest of the Addams family to Nevermore to exploringMorticia’s sister, Ophelia Frump.
There were also several behind-the-scenes changes forWednesdayseason 2. For example,Percy Hynes-White isn’t inWednesdayseason 2, and there are plenty of new characters (including Steve Buscemi and Lady Gaga). The biggest shift, however, was moving the production ofWednesdayseason 2 from Romania to Ireland.
Charleville Castle, County Offaly, Ireland
Nevermore Academy & Surrounding Forests
If Nevermore Academy and its surrounding forests looked greener to you inWednesdayseason 2, it might be because they were filmed in the Emerald Isle.InWednesdayseason 1, Nevermore Academy was filmed in Romania, but the school for outcasts was moved to Charleville Castle in County Offaly, Ireland, for season 2. CGI presumably added extra towers and rooms to the historic haunted castle.
In real life, Charleville Castle is reportedly haunted by a girl named Harriet, who died 160 years ago (viaMetro). The wooded grounds surrounding Charleville Castle also provided many of the scenes that take place in the forests surrounding Nevermore.Wednesdaysupervising locations manager Maria O’Connor said that the woods surrounding the castle were eerily similar to the original Romanian filming location (viaTimeout).
Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerr, County Wicklow, Ireland
Camp Jericho & Nevermore Cemetery
InWednesdayseason 2, episode 3, the students and faculty of Nevermore take a trip to Camp Jericho.Camp Jericho was filmed at Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow, Ireland(viaTimeout). Powerscourt Estate itself isn’t actually featured in the show, but with 47 acres to the land, the woods surrounding it made the location of Camp Jericho.
Additionally, the woods surrounding Powerscourt Estate also provided the setting for Nevermore Cemetery. There’s also a common theme inWednesdayseason 2’s filming locations: the forests of County Wicklow were used extensively for several different settings.
Clonliffe College, Dublin
Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital
Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital, where the villainous Hyde Tyler Galpin is imprisoned, was filmed at Clonliffe College in Dublin, Ireland. Cloncliffe College was used for many of the interior shots of the facility. Maria O’Connor said that since Clonliffe is a gothic-style building, it worked perfectly forWednesday(viaTimeout).
Cloragh Woods, County Wicklow, Ireland
Rotwood Cottage
InWednesdayseason 2, Morticia Addams agrees to be Nevermore’s gala chair and help with fundraising. To keep her close to the school, she’s allowed to live in and renovate Rotwood Cottage.Rotwood Cottage was filmed in the Cloragh Woods of County Wicklow, Ireland. Interestingly enough, Rotwood isn’t actually a real building; it was built in miniature in the woods and interior scenes were filmed elsewhere.
Ashford Studios, County Wicklow, Ireland
Interior Scenes
The vast majority ofWednesdayseason 2’s interior scenes were filmed, as with most other movies and TV shows, on a film studio.Wednesdayseason 2 made use of Ashford Studios in County Wicklow, Ireland. That means everything from the interiors of Nevermore, like Orloff’s lab and even the Founder’s Day bonfire, Rotwood Cottage, Tyler’s cell at Willow Hill, and even Pilgrim World, were filmed there.
There were also a few other miscellaneous scenes that were filmed on-location. Wednesday briefly spends time in an airport inWednesdayseason 2’s premiere, and that set was created at Trinity College in Dublin. She also hunts a serial killer in Kansas City, and his home was filmed in Newcastle, County Wicklow.
