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He’s at his hotel in London following a recent trip to Paris, where he also participated in a similar type of event. Despite the constantly different time zones, dealing with potential jet lag, and juggling a jam-packed schedule, Doohan embraces everything that comes with the job. “I love that part of it,” he says about his enjoyment of constantly being on the go. “I get a little stir-crazy if I'm in one place too long, so I like traveling around.”

To be fair, referring to Wednesday as “hugely successful” feels like an understatement, to say the least. It’s a global phenomenon. I mean… the stats don’t lie. Debuting straight in at No. 1 on Netflix in 83 countries, the show holds the record for the most hours (341.2 million) viewed in a week. And in the weeks that followed, the show continued to increase in popularity, reaching an estimated 150 million households and a total of 1.02 billion viewing hours within the 21 days after it premiered. Doohan might have been someone who already had the taste of victory with previous jobs, but still, nothing could have prepared him for how much of a cultural impact Wednesday was going to be. “It’s definitely been a different experience,” he says. “Other things I've been in, people will be like, ‘Oh this is gonna change your life.’ And, it kind of doesn't, at least not day to day. And then Wednesday felt almost overnight, it was just insane. But honestly, it's been fun and the fans are great and really sweet.”

Spoiler alert. Doohan’s character Tyler was first introduced to us as a barista and the son of Sheriff Donovan Galpin, who he has a troubled relationship with. After meeting Wednesday Addams, portrayed by Ortega, during a shift at work, the pair developed an unexpectedly close bond in the forthcoming episodes. Tyler was portrayed as a potential love interest to viewers. However, in episode 7, Wednesday’s vision revealed that Tyler was a Hyde, a mutated species that had been banned from Nevermore Academy 30 years prior. With still a question mark surrounding what’s next for him, the last we saw of Tyler in the final episode was him being taken to the Willowhill Psychiatric Hospital for treatment.

“I think once I actually found out everything that Tyler got to do, I was just like, ‘Oh my God, there's no other role in this series that I would want.’ This is so fun to explore and play,” he says about his desire of wanting to take on the job. “I was so excited to even have the chance to audition when I saw that Tim Burton was doing it, with Alfred Gough and  Miles Millar too. I'm a huge fan of theirs from Smallville.” As expected, the opportunity to meet the legendary Burton was an experience in itself, something which Doohan didn’t take for granted. “I was so intimidated going into it just because I'm such a fan, and you think you know what he is gonna be like and then it's not really true at all,” Doohan explains. “He's so cool and sweet and collaborative. He is just so nice to work with that he took away any fear when working with him almost immediately.”

Doohan didn’t land the part of Tyler overnight, however. The actor recalls participating in an audition tape in March 2021 and not hearing anything back for months. “And then, on a Monday, they called and were like, ‘Hey, you're gonna do a chemistry read with Jenna and Tim Burton's gonna be there as well as the writers, on Friday.’ I was like, ‘Oh shit,’” he says. “I think I signed on in June or July and then we went to go shoot in September.”

Season One was filmed entirely overseas in Romania and took seven months to complete. “It was also during covid and so it was very isolating, like not being able to travel back home because then we would have had to quarantine all over again and the city would shut down at 9:00 PM,” he shares. On the plus side, it wasn’t all doom and gloom. “The best part about it was, as a cast, we ended up bonding pretty quickly because we were over there and didn’t know anybody else,” Doohan adds. “But yeah, it was a lot.”

Fast forward to 2023 and the show is still on everyone’s lips, especially now that a second season has been confirmed. And with filming about to take place in the upcoming months and fans constantly coming up with their own theories, Doohan himself admits that he doesn’t know yet how his character will continue to evolve in future episodes. “I'm excited at the opportunity to see what happens to Tyler now that he doesn't have a master. A lot of what he was doing in Season 1 was under the control of Christina Ricci's character. We’ve never gotten to see what a Hyde is like without a master,” he says.

Outside of its large viewership, Season 1 also received rave reviews from critics. The Telegraph described it as a “spooky, kooky and delightfully dark mash-up of genres” while Global Comment referred to the show as “truly entertaining and daring.” During award season, Wednesday racked up nominations at the Golden Globes, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, and Critics' Choice Super Awards. For this reason, Doohan confesses that there is a little pressure going into the second. That said, he reassures himself that he will be going into the filming process with the same mindset he entered the first season with. “Maybe the writers feel that way, but you know, they probably would say the same thing,” Doohan adds. “I'm sure their process is the same. They've done so much television that they’re such pros. I think there will be more nerves when it's about to come out. I’m just hoping that people respond to it in the same way.”