Netflix Releases Wednesday’s Disembodied Hand Thing to the Streets!

Created by the famous cartoonist Charles Addams in the 1930s, the Addams Family has been adapted many times over the years as TV series and plays, and has gained great popularity all over the world. Netflix also recently released a series called ‘Wednesday’, which focuses on the adventures of Wednesday Addams, the daughters of the Addams Family.

The series also achieved great success as soon as it came out. According to the data, the production garnered 341.2 million hours of views in its first week, surpassing the fourth season of Stranger Things to become Netflix’s most-watched English-language series. There were also some interesting characters in the production, which contained many fantastic elements. One of them was ‘Thing’, a living disembodied hand accompanying Wednesday. Netflix has now shared a very funny video about this character.

Netflix unleashes Thing on the streets of New York

Netflix showed people in New York a very funny joke with a video it shared from its official account. In the footage, the Thing we saw on Wednesday was seen roaming the streets of the city and scaring people. The disembodied hand, which made it even more frightening with the stitches on it, even made people cry while making small children cry.

It is possible to say that Thing is a very important character for the series. Wednesday departs from other Addams Family adaptations by focusing more on the family’s daughters. That’s why the creepy five-fingered friend is important to Wednesday, both the story and the rather closed character. We see Thing assisting and protecting Wednesday throughout the episodes. In addition, the ability of the audience to connect with him also manages to make Thing a popular character.

So how was Thing made?

Give a big hand to Victor Dorobantu, the incredible actor who plays Thing on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/gJdVYjjlrX

— Netflix (@netflix) November 27, 2022

We should add that Thing is not entirely CGI. Instead, the character is brought to life by Victor Dorobantu, a magician. In the images shared by Netflix, we can see how Dorobantu portrays Thing. The actor wears a blue suit that covers his entire body except for his hand, and a prosthetic hand made for Thing. The rest is done on the computer.

In a statement he made on the subject, Dorobantu states that everything was created from scratch and the whole process was quite challenging. In line with the comments of the audience, it is possible to say that a very successful result has been achieved for Thing.

The series, which focuses on Wednesday’s experiences at the school named Nevermore, is broadcast on Netflix with 8 episodes. The cast of the production, created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, includes names such as Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie, Hunter Doohan, Christina Ricci, Luis Guzman, Riki Lindhome.

Wednesday trailer: