‘Wednesday’: Joy Sunday On Heeding The Siren’s Call To Play Bianca, Working With Tim Burton & Possible Season 2

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Taking on the role of siren Bianca Barclay in Netflix’s Wednesday was a “no-brainer” for Joy Sunday, a rising star who previously appeared in Netflix’s Dear White People, Freeform’s Good Trouble, and most recently, the MGM film Dog.

Following the show’s hit debut, Sunday reveled in the moment and all the care that went into crafting the popular character during a recent call with Deadline. “When Bianca came into my life, I was honestly so happy to play her because, in a lot of ways, it was an opportunity to get to soften and to expand on a character like her,” she recalled while sitting in a New York cafe. “I was just elated to be able to put my own spin on it and to really provide a nuanced take on the mean girl, the strong girl.

I feel lucky to have been able to play her.” “I think I’m a lot kinder on the first approach, but in a lot of ways Bianca and I are very much the same,” she continued. “I think you can look at a character like her and immediately think like, ‘Oh, you have to fight all the time,’ but that’s not what she’s all about.

I realized that those traits are walls she put up around herself for protection. I approached her with empathy as I focused on understanding her and her past and how it shaped her into who she is at present.