Wednesday's Ajax Reveals Who's Most Likely To Among His Co-Stars

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A few things you may not know about Georgie Farmer, who plays the gorgon Ajax Petropolus in Netflix's "Wednesday" series: (1) He's actually British, (2) you can totally look him in the eye, and (3) he actually has a beautiful head of hair instead of a bunch of snakes! Young Hollywood catches up with the actor via Zoom to find out more about his life-changing experience working on this project, including gaining tens of thousands of followers on Instagram practically overnight, becoming besties with his co-stars Emma Myers (Enid) and Percy Hynes White (Xavier), and getting to meet the legendary Tim Burton! We also challenge him to a game of "Who's Most Likely To" to find out which of his castmates shows up late to set, takes the most selfies, would attend Nevermore Academy irl, and more! "Wednesday" is now streaming on Netflix!
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Welcome to Virtual Young Hollywood.
Thank you very much. Thank you for having me.
You're in London, right?
I am. Yeah. I'm in a very cold, very rainy London at the moment.
We interviewed Percy two days ago in person. So we had him come in person and talk about how much he loved you and everything with Wednesday. So we wish you were in L. A.
Yeah, I know. I was in. I was in. I only got back in, like, a couple of a couple of days ago, but I was like, because obviously, the premier was in l. A. And then I was hanging around with me for a little bit afterwards.
Yeah. You guys are closed.
Yeah. Yeah. We're, uh yeah, He's become, like, my best friend.
Isn't it crazy right now? Like what's happening with your life? Every day you wake up with social media and just everything.
Yeah, it's weird. It's a It's a strange thing. It's like, I don't know, not much, actually really changes in, like my own life. You know, it's it's sort of like, just the same and normally, but it is kind of strange when you go on social media. You go into this whole new world, and it's like suddenly all these notifications popping up and everything. It's it's pretty surreal.
What do you remember from the night before that? Wednesday Got released in with your instagram social media. How many followers did you have? And then how many did you wake up with?
I don't know. I think I had, like, um I think I had, like, I wanna see, like, 6000. I think when I went to sleep and then I woke up, I think I didn't wake up with that money. I think I maybe gain like I don't know. Well, I think I maybe like 10,000 or something, right? Or something like that. And then I was like, Whoa, like, because it's It's interesting because obviously, like when you see it changed from, like, 9000, and then it says, like, afterwards it was like, Oh, okay, well, it's pretty sufficient, but to be honest with you, I thought I was like, Oh, you know that this is some sort of flu. They definitely think I'm playing somebody else in the show. Yeah, just in the wrong person, you know? Yeah, totally.
you're a fan of how it's not exactly.
Yeah, Who's this guy weigh.
What do you remember from the casting process? Were you always audition for Jack's?
Um, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I got a I got an email about auditioning for Jack's, um, and it said Wednesday, Adams goes to boarding school and Tim, but it's going to direct. And I was like, Oh, my God, I've got to be a particles. Um, So I remember I did a tape was actually staying at a friend's, and we sort of had to, like, build this sort of like, self takes set up somehow and and did it. And then yeah, and then I did another tape. And then I did a screen test, and then Tim was on the screen and I was like me. And I was like, You know, my name. Yeah, yeah, it was very It was very overwhelming, but really, really cool.
What was the timeline? So when did you send the sellotape and then, like, a year before you heard? Or like, a couple of weeks?
So yeah, so I mean, it's just how self takes really Well, I mean, I I sent it in. And then I think, I think a couple days, actually. Afterwards, I did a re tape and then was like, and then it was like a month and I didn't hear anything. Um, and so I was like, you know, it's it's gone away. That's a shame. I really wanted to do it, Um, and then it's actually funny. I remember I had I actually had covid. So I was in bed. I was like, coughing up and everything. My agent and he was like, Oh, yeah, so you know that, You know that The Wednesday thing. And I was like, You've got a screen test in a couple of days with Tim Burton, and I was like, I just gotta get over that real quick. And then I was like, I don't know, what am I gonna do? But it was, I guess it was fine in the end. So yeah, it was like it was a couple of months, you know, like a month after my second tape and then the screen test. And then I had a very nervous, like, five days of waiting. It was It was it was Honestly, it was to the point where I was, like, for the first couple of days, I was, like, just refreshing my phone all the time. I can turn on my phone. So then I turned off my phone. I was at breakfast, and then I drove home, and then I looked at, like, turn my phone on, and I saw, like, floor missed calls from my age, and I was like, Okay, well, this is it. This is even gonna be Yeah. No, not good. Luckily, it was yes, and it was one of the best cause for sure. Like changing to after what has happened with the show. Yeah, well, it's It's so it's crazy because obviously we finished. But we finished in March, beginning of April. We finished, um, and so ever since April, it's interesting because it's been like our own little between everybody that did it. It's like our own little thing. It's so strange now, even speaking to friends and like, if they've watched it so like, they know the characters and they know, like the story and stuff like that. So yeah, it's a real.
And they told us that like he got d m s and got hit by, like everybody that he knows, Like people that I went to school with, people that you talk to one time like crossing. Have you heard from everybody that you know about the show?
A. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of people. My mom actually told me she went to see my My, my my grandma. I guess you guys would say my grandma a couple of days ago, and all of like, the people that live on her like area where she lives were like, Yeah, we've seen the show Grandsons. The guy with the heart with me, you know, like the guy that stones themselves. Yeah. Um, and then as well, Like my friends to like I was I was just a couple of friends last night, and a lot of people from, like, old school and everything were there, and they were coming up and saying, Well done on Wednesday and stuff. So yeah. Crazy. Crazy.
How much do you relate to Jack's in real life versus your character?
I'm I feel like I do. I'm actually very like I'm definitely quite shy. I feel like so I feel like I have that sort of similarity with him. um, which is actually something really connected with him. Like, as we were filming, Like, over the course of the show? Um, yeah, I'm pretty shy and a bit socially awkward, I guess. Yeah. I relate to them on that level, and
Okay, so have you seen you have to talk? I don't have to. However, I've been sent. I've been sent things.
Okay, so I was gonna say, Have you seen all of these events of you?
Yeah. I've seen a couple of a couple of people love it. They love their like, always like, Oh, my God. He's the most underrated. Like I'm team him, you know? So that's insane. You're all over tiktok. So you need to get a tick tock account. So you can say, you know,
I I should I should I'll take your advice. So thank you.
Okay. So all of your scenes that a lot of them that went viral and we're the ones with, Of course. Okay. So is there anything that you filled with her that were mainly ad-lib? So there wasn't in the script? It kind of just feed feed off each other.
You know, we actually we were stuck to the script like a lot of the time. I think that scene in the taxidermy shop, the one where I ask her out on the day after she dropped the hint. Yeah, on, uh, that was actually really interesting. That was filmed on the last day before Christmas break. So everybody had left at that point, and it was just like it was literally, just me and, um and even some of the crew had gone home. Yeah, I just felt like me and him, like the only people left in Romania before Christmas. And I think we changed a couple of the Lions, like, actually on the day before filming. But yeah, we start. We start to the script most of the time.
What's your favorite thing about Emma?
Oh, man. Oh, I can't even tell you how much she means to me. She's She's one of the most incredible people I've ever met. You know, she's She's amazing. She's like, it's interesting because, like, when you obviously you're working with somebody and then obviously you're going to, like, you know, you've got to play like a love interest or whatever, and you've got to sort of get along, it became like, really, really good friends, you know, like she's She's one of my closest closest friends. And yeah, she's she's amazing.
They did good with the chemistry reads and all that. They've got a good because I had nothing but good things to say about you guys, like as a group. Now that your best friend?
Yeah, I'm like, I feel like, yeah, we got really lucky. We've got really, really lucky. And it's not even like I know a lot of the time things that I was like, Oh, yeah, well, the casket on and stuff like that. But honestly, like we all really, really get on like we're like a family, you know? And we really sort of We were really there for each other because it was like, you know, we were in Romania for eight months time for a very long time. We were sort of been like this bubble, you know, because we wasn't really going out like into the outside world. And so we sort of just had each other.
So you know, when you're around people for that, much like in that span of time, they really do become your family. You know, you're talking to every day, all day besides filming so literally.
Yeah, literally. Okay. And have you ever So you there was obviously the scene where you've got stone because you looked in the mirror when you're in the shower and then you miss your day, Have you ever in real life had something like that happened to you were supposed to be somewhere. Maybe you're supposed to be, like, go on a date and then you can, you know,
I've never I've never canceled today I've never done that. But I When I was back at, like, back in school, I used to be a bit of a I don't know, I guess I wasn't the easiest kid to deal with. So, like me and my friends would always be like messing around. And I remember this this one time I went to school and we were sort of It was like, this play that you could do auditions for and stuff like that to get the main part of the play. And me and my friends had been running around. I think we were doing something with some water balloons in the toilets. Uh, and So then I looked at my phone. I was like, Oh, my God, I've missed the audition for the school play. I'm not gonna get the lead, you know? So I had to sit. I had to be tree number five in the next couple of weeks. And just watching envia is the main characters, like shine. Uh, you're a tree. That's my own fault, I guess. You know I can't remember.
You don't even want to. You want to five?
Exactly. Yeah, I was I was, like, the lowest, the lowest of the trees. Do you know what I mean? Like and like assistant stage manager, if that was needed, that's actually hilarious. That's actually really, really funny.
What type of love interest would you want to see if there was a season two?
Um, I think there are so many cool characters in this shit, like there are so many cool characters. There's so many cool like relationships that could be seen in never more. I feel like and I just think there's so much room to explore, you know, um, so I'd like to I'd love to see, like, a whole whole range of a whole range of stuff. So I feel like the possibilities really endless. Yeah, that's that's that's That's the coolest thing about it. Is that, like, you know, in a school full of outcasts and all these, like, you know, all these kids are these, like, crazy abilities? I mean, it's not blending sort of the stuff that you can. Um, so, yeah, I'm excited. I think there are a lot of cool characters that sort of we're yet to see sort of their like relationships and never more and stuff like that. So, yeah, I'm excited if there is a season two.
Yeah, because we don't know confirmed, like we don't know this season two. But he did say that there was talks about if there was a big if they might come in London, Atlanta in Toronto. And he was like, we would love to go to London because from there and go from there. So if you find out that your family in London would you be happy with that?
I would be very happy. I would also be incredibly happy to film in Toronto and Atlanta to, but if if we were to film in London, I'd be super happy to sort of take everybody and show them around London because I haven't personally haven't been to London. Yeah, well, always. You know, any time we've we've only seen each other in Romania or like, it's never been in London. So yeah, it'd be really cool to show everybody the cool part to London for sure.
What do you do? What do you do for fun? What do you like? What's Georgia like when he's not on Wednesday?
I'm I'm a film geek. I'm a massive films. So I'm always watching films, making films. I love film photography. Um, cinematography. So I'm I'm always, like making short films and my friends or doing photo shoots stuff like that? Um, yeah, I mean, most of the time. And attempting the drums, too. Yeah, well, I don't know. Yeah, you know, I Yeah, drums. And I'm trying to I'm trying. My goal for next year is to is to learn the piano guitar like
Okay, So you blown up. Obviously, a lot of people are going off of a Jackson. Like what? You post on social media. So what's one thing it could tie along the lines of, You know, you're doing drums and all that, and you love photography. But what is one thing about Georgie that the world just really doesn't know?
Um wow. This is an interesting question. I probably like I'm a very okay. I'm a very fussy eater. No idea to the question. I'm a pretty pretty fussy eater. Um, anyone will say that. That's true.
What? Okay. And then also a lot of the comments are everyone's like, Oh, my God. It seems like such a boyfriend material like Jack and in general, would you consider yourself boyfriend material?
I'd like to think so. I mean, yeah, I guess I think I think I think jak's as a as a caring heart. Um, and he cares a lot for the people that he loves. And I I feel like, you know, I feel like I care for the people I love a lot. Um, So I I hope so. I hope I hope I would be It feels incredibly vein to say Yeah, boyfriend material. You know, we'll just say Yeah, everyone's gonna comment anyway. And I was like, Oh, my God. Yeah. Perfect. Because all the comments on the person interview so far, just like he seems so chill and down to earth. And he says to me, So people will make assumptions.
You guys, I can I can confirm Policy is probably the most relaxed person I've ever met in my life. He it's actually interesting because it's funny, like we'll have times where I've never Actually, I feel like I've never clicked with anybody more in my life than with policy. We like we met each other at such a strange point because we just instantly clicked. And it's like when we're like, when we're hyper together like we used to it, Man, I feel I feel bad. I feel like we used to a noise and people. Sometimes we would go on for hours just to best friend, and I could never have Sorry to best friends.
Exactly. Yeah, yeah, he's He's my best. Yeah, that's crazy that you met a best friend of the show that you know. And like everyone, man like Oliver, Jonah Joy Honda Naomi, Jonah Like everyone, like everyone. Like even after the premier we went to the night after the premier. We went to Joshua Tree. A couple of us. Oh, my God, No, we're just a Yeah, we went to Joshua Tree, and we like we had, like, the funniest night ever. Uh, and it was just like, it's amazing, because the great thing is is that as much as, like, we're in the show or whatever and then, like, first, we're like friends, you know? So we actually just, like, hang out and have fun times friends to, which is really fun.
Let's pray that you all come together at one time. You are required to hang out.
And I really hope so. Man, I I love everybody so much so I really hope I really hope you get to do it again. Yeah,
And what's one thing we're going to play a game? One more question. What is one thing that you see through, like maybe people are damning you? You're seeing comments and stuff that you didn't think it was gonna be a big deal on the show or they picked up about a gas. But you're just like guys even pay attention to that.
You know what? I actually thought that, like, I didn't think everybody would find him, like as sort of caring, I guess. Yeah, because like you know I was texting him about this. Like I was texting him about this, like, a couple of months ago. I remember seeing like an a t. R thing and thinking like, yeah, maybe, like he comes across sometimes to me. Sometimes I feel like he's like, not caring. So it's surprising how you know this is the date with her, you know? And then he goes to the to the dance without an explanation. You know, Uh, yeah, you know, it's like, Oh, but he's carrying. Um, uh, you know, even when it's close, come out and when they're in, like in the last episode, and he's like, Well, I'm not gonna walk out on me. I was like, Well, I guess he says, Are you okay before? So I don't know Karen Karen thing. Yeah, he's a guy.
Okay, we're gonna do who's most likely scenarios, and you're going to pick out of all the cast who was most likely to do with scenario.
Yeah, I feel like I feel like I don't want to expose.
You can include yourself to, by the way. Okay, So who's most likely to show up late to set? It's like the last one to start with. It's like like a professional.
Um, you know what? It sounds okay. Please don't hate me for this answer. Nobody ever showed up late. However, however, come in terms of social situations or social gatherings. Joy was was fashionably late. A couple of times. I think I'm pretty bad at time management, too. So I was pretty late. But policy is policy can be late. Sometimes he said that he slept through one of the things.
Oh, your wardrobe. Like you just do it. Okay, good. Okay, I'm having said that. Okay, I haven't seen the interview, but yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And who was most likely to take the most selfies there was a lot.
We've seen them all, but most, um um is it takes a whole bunch of pictures on that. She was like, Oh, I'm getting all the b t s. So I'm going to have all the B t s, which is actually a couple of days ago, I messaged her and I was like, um, you know, the B t s. You have you because, like, I don't have many on my phone.
Well, you know, you're saying when we were there. While you're taking all the beaches I am now. You want them now? You want my, um, who is most likely to get eaten by a serial killer monster in your life? Um, who would it be? Who would risk it all?
It's It's definitely a serious person. Would be would be that guy. I feel like me and probably the first two. I mean, probably the first two. Then probably like I feel like the people that would stay the longest. Probably Emma Oliver. I'll probably use it to Mrs Mrs. I feel like it would survive pretty long. That's pretty good. You know, when a monster serial killer I know. Well, you know, we have been prepping, you know.
Okay, also, quick question the hand. Were you around when they were filming like the guy? Like what? Was that weird?
Yeah, well, yeah. So he was played by Viktor, Who is, um, he's a magician. Yeah. He, um it was really interesting. So basically, you do the scene, and then they're like, Oh, well, you know, I was going to come in and he was like, blue suit. Yeah. Funny like in his in his trailer. His wardrobe would just be this blue, like super on every day. And then it would be that would be doing all the movement with his hand. And then they bring in, like all the special effects, like sticks and everything like that. But he, like, you know, respect to him. He had to be in some pretty pretty visions, you know? I don't know. I saw a picture, actually, a couple of days ago. Like some of the behind the scenes stuff. It's like it's like a like, all the way around his back and his hands like sticking out that his life from now on, that's just probably Well, he's great. He's fantastic. Thing is like one of the best. Like maybe the best character. So
Okay, who was most likely to attend? Never more so your real life like, um, a person like you guys, people attending, the more you use the biggest weird.
Yeah. Yeah, bro. Probably say, man, I don't know. Probably probably all of us, to be honest with you were pretty okay. A but like, we're all pretty weird to be honest with you. Exactly
Who was most likely to Dunedin and sent for their crush.
Hm. I see. We love that. We love that. We're going to send that to him.
Who is most likely to name the child when they have one? Obviously, you guys don't have Children, but name your child Wednesday.
Oh, probably, Naomi, you know, because I don't know if you know this, but while we were filming them, we got a dog, right? Yeah. Yeah, she couldn't possibly. And he became like, the mask. Yeah. Come to certain stuff. Like he was the sweetest thing. Um, so yeah, yeah, yeah.
Um, who was most likely to have their own reality show?
Um, probably like, I'd probably say, I feel like me. Jonah would have a pretty good reality t v show. They've got pretty good, like, cool lives, you know? Yeah. Yeah, we've got Kool Lives, So yeah.
Okay. And the last one who was most likely to text most in the group show
Oliver Oliver. Okay. Oliver Watson is the most well put together a human being I've ever met in my life. He is like a pretty good, you know. It's incredible. It's beyond like beyond words. I can't explain it. He he would have. Like, if we were doing anything or like whatever, Like hanging out and stuff together, he would have a set plan for, like, everything he would have, like, planned out, like to the tea. And he would send, like, these very detailed messages. Yeah, he's man, he's so cool. Couldn't be, You know, it's not, You know, whenever I planned anything, you know, actually, the only thing I did, I did. I did a party at my place where we were when we were in Romania. I did, like, the first sort of not party. We didn't party, but a lot of like, gathering of people, you know, it's like, break the ice. Um, so that one, well, but everything else
Did you guys have your own apartment there?
Yeah, well, I had I had I was I lived above so in our building in general. And then it was me. And then it was pretty good. Yeah, we lived in, like, a three. Yeah, situation we were actually, I think it's funny. My driver was like, uh, I was like, here, and I was like, Yeah, yeah, this is us. This is the We're all in there. Yeah, this building. You like you? Yeah. It was so much fun, like we used to. I used to make the food and, like, take food. Uh, like because obviously, gentlemen, I've also with and I've never seen anybody worked so hard on something. He absolutely smashed issue. And we used to wait for her to get home, and then we used to go for walks, like midnight or whatever and stuff like that. It was really, really fun.
That's so nice. And did you see her blank when she was filming? It's a big
no, I didn't. You know what is actually really funny? When when I'm sort of moved to the side, and then I see her, and I'm like, Whoa, uh, that, Like, I was sort of just like she's just, like, staring into, like, Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's She's incredible. So we hope there's a season two. You better let us know.
Yeah, well, I'm sure you guys will know just as much as well for you, because sometimes people don't find out about their own show, and we're like, You didn't know that.
I know. Yeah, I know, I know. Well, yeah, I hope so. Yeah. It's like the coolest. It's the coolest thing I've ever ever been apart of. So yeah, I hope so. We'll see
and also get a tiktok because people are going to be coming on it. So make sure you do that.
Yeah, I will. I'll put in my bio that you would, You would. You made me do it. Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much. You guys can get together for this. Well, thank you so much. And congrats, literally on everything. Thank you so much. And thank you for having me on. I appreciate it.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Georgie Farmer
Plays Ajax Petropolus in Netflix's Wednesday and is the subject of the interview.
- Percy Hynes White
Wednesday co-star and Georgie Farmer's best friend.
- Emma Myers
Wednesday co-star, plays Enid, and close friend of Georgie Farmer.
- Tim Burton
Director of Wednesday, involved in Georgie Farmer's screen test.
- Joy
Wednesday cast member, mentioned as being fashionably late.
- Oliver
Wednesday cast member, part of the friend group mentioned.
- Jenna Ortega
Wednesday co-star, mentioned for her intense work ethic.
- Naomi
Wednesday cast member, mentioned in the 'Who's Most Likely To' game.
- Jonah
Wednesday cast member, mentioned in the 'Who's Most Likely To' game.
- Victor
Magician who played 'Thing' in Wednesday.
- Oliver Watson
Wednesday cast member, described as well put together and organized.
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