Billie Piper has said she was thrilled to work with Tim Burton on the new series of Wednesday, describing the director as “really childlike energetically”.
Piper plays Isadora Capri, the new head of music at Nevermore Academy, in the second series of the hit Netflix show, which is set to air next month.
The drama, which centres around Wednesday Addams of The Addams Family, stars American Jenna Ortega in the lead role, and also features a number of British actresses including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dame Joanna Lumley and Piper.
Speaking to Radio Times, Piper described the character of Capri as a “really accomplished musician” with “an interesting past of her own”.
The actress told the magazine she was “quite overwhelmed” to be working with Burton after admiring him for so long, and loved watching his films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Frankenweenie with her children.
She added: “I watched Beetlejuice so many times as a kid that I actually feel like it inspired the interiors in my house and the clothes I wear. I was fanatical.”
Doctor Who star Piper said she was “grateful” to work with Burton.
“I realised I was dealing with someone who’s really childlike energetically – open and engaging and fun,” she added.
“I love his energy. And that’s what it feels like: like you’re being painted into Tim Burton’s piece of art, because it’s a very specific composition a lot of the time, and it’s striking.”
