Summary
- Netflix’s Wednesday season 2 welcomes Haley Joel Osment, potentially giving him a similar role to his iconic Sixth Sense character in the supernatural world of the Addams Family.
- Osment’s role in Wednesday season 2 could involve psychic abilities, connecting back to his famous line, ”
I see dead people
,” from The Sixth Sense. - With Osment’s vast experience in the horror genre, Wednesday season 2 has the chance to expand on his supernatural acting talents and pay homage to his past roles.
Among the new actors teased for Wednesday season 2 is a figure most famous for a 25-year-old horror movie, with his casting having a great opportunity for meta references in the Netflix show. Netflix recently revealed a dozen new actors joining the cast of Wednesday in season 2, which includes plenty of guest stars, another actor from the 1990s Addams Family movies, and a new addition to the show’s Addams family. Some of the actors joining Wednesday season 2 are also already well-versed in the horror genre, perhaps inspiring some Easter eggs and meta links to their past supernatural projects.
The new batch of actors in Wednesday season 2 now includes Haley Joel Osment, who has been a familiar face in the horror genre since 1999. Netflix still hasn’t disclosed what character Haley Joel Osment will be playing in Wednesday season 2, but his upcoming appearance has been described as a guest role. However, with Wednesday season 2 being confirmed to bring the titular character back to both the Addams family mansion and Nevermore Academy, it seems likely that Osment will be tackling a supernatural character rather than a “normie.” If this proves to be true, then Wednesday has an exciting chance to expand on his iconic 1999 horror movie role.
Haley Joel Osment’s Wednesday Season 2 Character Could Perfectly Follow Up The Sixth Sense
Wednesday Addams is already a psychic who can see dead people
Haley Joel Osment is best known for playing Cole Sear in M. Night Shyamalan’s twist-filled movie The Sixth Sense. The movie hit theaters in 1999 and was a massive box office success, earning over $672.8 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo) while receiving mostly positive reviews from critics, with the film currently holding an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Even 25 years later, The Sixth Sense is remembered as having one of the greatest movie twists of all time, and stands out due to its incredible performances by Osment, Bruce Willis, and Toni Collette.
|
Movie |
Rotten Tomatoes Score |
Worldwide Box Office |
Haley Joel Osment Character |
|---|---|---|---|
|
The Sixth Sense (1999) |
86% |
$672.8 million |
Cole Sear |
Of course, the two most memorable aspects of the movie remain the twist about Bruce Willis’ character and Osment’s ominous quote, “I see dead people.” The Sixth Sense primarily focuses on Cole’s “sixth sense” of seeing dead people, which could hint at what Haley Joel Osment’s role consists of in Wednesday season 2. While there are plenty of supernatural species at Nevermore Academy, Wednesday season 1 largely focuses on the psychic abilities of its titular character, who frequently uses her powers to speak to her dead relative, Goody Addams.
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With Wednesday already having its psychic characters “see dead people,” the Netflix show has the perfect chance to cast Haley Joel Osment as a psychic who also makes contact with the deceased. Wednesday hasn’t really gone into much detail about how Nevermore’s staff members teach the students to hone their supernatural abilities, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Osment appeared as a psychic teacher at the school. Considering Xavier isn’t returning for Wednesday season 2, the show is also in need of more psychics at Nevermore as Wednesday Addams learns more about her powers.
The Sixth Sense
(1999) is available to rent or purchase from digital retailers like Amazon Prime Video and YouTube.
Wednesday Season 2 Has Another Great Option For Paying Off Haley Joel Osment’s Casting
Wednesday season 2 has a fitting role to fill
Even if Wednesday season 2 doesn’t take the opportunity to pay off Osment’s casting with an “I see dead people” style supernatural character, the Tim Burton-directed Netflix series can still connect his role to The Sixth Sense. Now that 25 years have passed since The Sixth Sense, Osment is only eight years younger than Bruce Willis was in the 1999 movie. As such, a great way to pay homage to The Sixth Sense could be for Osment to play a character with a role more similar to Bruce Willis’ Malcolm Crowe.
Now that 25 years have passed since
The Sixth Sense
, Osment is only eight years younger than Bruce Willis was in the 1999 movie.
In The Sixth Sense, Willis’ character Malcolm is a child psychologist who helps Cole work through his relationship with his mother as well as how to utilize his ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Since Wednesday’s therapist, Dr. Valerie Kinbott, was killed by the Hyde monster in Wednesday season 1, it’s possible that Haley Joel Osment could fulfill this position in season 2, thus reversing his role from the 1999 horror movie. If so, Osment’s character could help Wednesday with her powers and communications with dead and living Addams family members – though likely without a reveal that his character was dead the entire time.
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Haley Joel Osment’s Wednesday Season 2 Casting Is Even Better After His Last Supernatural TV Show
Haley Joel Osment is no stranger to acting with various supernatural species
As Haley Joel Osment potentially finds himself in another seeing-dead-people role in Wednesday season 2, his casting is also more exciting after his last live-action supernatural TV show. Osment’s The Sixth Sense fame has kept him as a familiar face in this genre, so it was fitting when he showed up as a recurring character in FX’s What We Do in the Shadows as the two main vampire characters’ “familiar.” His character Topher ended up being killed and resurrected as a zombie by the vampires, so Osment has plenty of experience with playing and acting opposite various supernatural species ahead of his Wednesday role.
Sources: Box Office Mojo, Rotten Tomatoes
Wednesday
Netflix’s Addams Family series takes place at Nevermore Academy, a school that nurtures outcasts, freaks, and monsters. The Tim Burton-directed series follows Wednesday Addams as she tries to master her emerging psychic powers and solve the supernatural mystery surrounding her family history. Jenna Ortega stars in the popular series, which originally aired on Netflix on November 23, 2022.
- Cast
- Jenna Ortega , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Luis Guzman , Gwendoline Christie , Riki Lindhome , Jamie McShane , Christina Ricci , Hunter Doohan , Emma Myers , Joy Sunday
- Release Date
- November 16, 2022
- Seasons
- 1
- Franchise(s)
- The Addams Family
- Writers
- Miles Millar , Alfred Gough
- Directors
- Tim Burton , James Marshall , Gandja Monteiro
- Showrunner
- Miles Millar , Alfred Gough