Percy Hynes White confirmed he would not be returning for season two of Wednesday on Netflix.
On Tuesday, the actor, 22, took to his Instagram Story to repost a cast photo and wrote a caption about how he would be tuning in to the upcoming season, suggesting he was dropped from the cast.
White’s exit comes after he faced sexual assault allegations last year after starring in the first season of the Addams Family spinoff series on Netflix and DailyMail.com exclusively reported that he was written out of the show.
‘I had so much fun working on this show,’ he penned alongside the snap originally posted by Wednesday co-creator Alfred Gough. ‘I can’t wait to watch season 2 🙂 Much love.’
Early Tuesday morning, the showrunner had posted a snap of leading star Jenna Ortega, 21, alongside the rest of the cast as he announced that production for the upcoming season had officially kicked off in Ireland.
Percy Hynes White, 22, confirmed he would not be returning for season two of Wednesday
In the first season, White played Xavier Thorpe, and it is currently unknown how his character’s storyline will play out in the upcoming season
In the first season, White played Xavier Thorpe, and it is currently unknown how his character’s storyline will play out in the upcoming season.
He played a psychic Nevermore student, who was one of the two main male leads and a romantic interest for Wednesday (Ortega).
That following September, DailyMail.com exclusively reported that he was written out of the show after he was accused of purposefully getting women drunk at a Toronto party he hosted so he could have sex with them.
In early 2023, White faced a series of sexual assault allegations — which he adamantly denied as a ‘campaign of misinformation.’
In June last year, he issued a statement regarding the since-deleted anonymous social media posts from that past January.
In his impassioned post, he wrote: ‘Earlier this year, somebody I’ve never met started a campaign of misinformation about me online. Because of this, my family has been doxxed, and my friends have received death threats. Underage photos of me were used, and examples of me acting in character were presented as hateful.’
He then went on about how one of his friends was ‘falsely portrayed as a victim’ and condemned the ‘baseless, harmful claims.’
Even though he would not be returning to Wednesday, he does have other projects in the pipeline, including Winter Spring Summer or Fall — a romantic comedy he filed with Ortega in Utah earlier last year and is set for release in June 2024.
He played a psychic Nevermore student, who was one of the two main male leads and a romantic interest for Wednesday (Ortega)
On Tuesday, the actor took to his Instagram Story to repost a cast photo and wrote a caption about how he would be tuning in to the upcoming season, suggesting he was dropped from the cast
Even though he would not be returning to Wednesday, he does have other projects in the pipeline, including Winter Spring Summer or Fall — a romantic comedy he filed with Ortega in Utah earlier last year and is set for release in June 2024; seen in January 2023
Ortega — who is starring in the upcoming, highly anticipated Beetlejuice sequel — will be returning as Wednesday Addams.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez and Luyanda Unati Lewis Nyawo will be upped to series regulars for the upcoming season.
Zeta-Jones plays Wednesday’s mother Morticia while Guzmán plays father Gomez and Ordonez plays little brother Pugsley.
Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Hunter Doohan, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa, and Georgie Farmer will also be returning.
Fred Armisen and Jamie McShane will be making appearances in guest roles.
Other new series regulars will include Billie Piper (Scoop), Evie Templeton (Return to Silent Hill), Owen Painter (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Noah Taylor (Law & Order: Organized Crime).
Fargo star Steve Buscemi, 66, will also be a new series regular, and Thandiwe Newton was recently cast for a guest star role.
Naomi J. Ogawa is exiting the series, according to Deadline.
Jamie McShane will also be leaving his full capacity role, but he will be making minor guest appearances as his character Sheriff Donovan Galpin.
