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Wednesday's Bianca Plays Would You Rather

Wednesday's Bianca Plays Would You Rather

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Joy Sunday, who plays Bianca Barclay in Netflix's "Wednesday," discusses her experiences before, during, and after filming the hit series. She shares details about how she landed the role, her reaction to the show's massive success, and the intensive training involved. Joy also explores her real-life connections to Bianca and plays a "Would You Rather" game, offering insights into her preferences on various topics related to the show and her personal life.

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We're all buzzing about Wednesday, but today is all about Sunday -- Joy Sunday, that is! The actress portrays the queen of the sirens clique at Nevermore Academy, Bianca Barclay, in Netflix's hit series "Wednesday" who turns out to have a lot more going on in her life than we initially thought! Young Hollywood catches up with Joy via Zoom to find out more about her experience before, during, and after filming this show, including how she found out she got the role, her reaction to its insane success, and her favorite activities that she had to train for! She also reveals the ways in which she relates to Bianca in real life, plus we play a game of "Would You Rather" to find out if Joy prefers Enid or Wednesday's style, which co-star she'd rather be stuck on a deserted island with, whether she'd attend or teach at Nevermore irl, and more! "Wednesday" is now streaming on Netflix.

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Hello. How are you today? I'm good. How are you? You look so good. Thank you. And you're in the city, new york city, right? Mm hmm. Is it cold? It is pretty cold. It's an adjustment. I just got back from L. A. Last night and so I'm having to juggle the emotions. We just missed you because we had Percy in person on monday and then we had the season London, but we've had a little cast a whole Wednesday week now you're okay? So we're gonna, we have, we posted like content saying like we're interviewing joy so everyone's going crazy. So we have a bunch of Wednesday content to ask about. So what do you remember from when you found out that you got the part is Bianca well, I had told my manager to text me if it was a no and call me if it was a yes. And so I was warming up food because I finally was eating that day. So I was like, I can't wait any longer to hear. And it was the last day that I was supposed to hear. And then I got the call and I ran upstairs and immediately started screaming with my reps. So we just screamed for about 10 minutes and then I went downstairs and I told my parents and they were really happy for good reason because it was, did you ever expect it to be this big so quick? No. And I know that might sound dumb, but you can ask anyone. I kept telling people like, like not much is gonna change. Like I don't really know if, you know of course, like jen is gonna have a moment but I don't know if that much will change for us, Absolutely was wrong, extremely wrong. And you have seen like such a big social media blow up, What do you remember from the night before the show aired, how your instagram was and when you woke up and throughout the next first fresh week, well what was happening was the day before thanksgiving? Um I don't even know, I think you know what I was, I was thinking, I was thinking that the episodes that you really start to get a sense of Bianca we're gonna come in about like four or five hours and if somebody who's binging it from 12 AM PST and so I knew that I would wake up to some attention, but especially by the end of the day it was like, oh okay, you are really responding to this um bracing myself essentially. But I was also very nervous, like I was more concerned for the health of the show than yeah, what is one crazy d um that you've gotten either funny or out of pocket that you've got, that you're just like, whoa, there was one person who and I guess it's something that people do because they've gotten many more like it, but they would say like day one of trying to get your attention and I immediately was like, I don't have time for this. And so I think I either deleted the message, but then they just kept messaging me and so I blocked them and I blocked them like, and I did the instagram option where you can say, you know, block all the accounts that can make. So then I guess they made a different one still got through and then they said, how dare you block me? It's disrespectful to block someone who just wants to be nice to you or something like that. I was like, I don't know why you thought you would obtain your objective. It obviously didn't work the first time. Um Just some very audacious DmS, but nothing too crazy or out of pocket. Yeah, deep in there. Huh? The Wednesday fans are dedicated from the percy content and georgie content that we've been posting. They, oh my God, your fans are, oh yeah, I'm getting the bulk of it. But I think my fans are pretty, pretty chill. Yeah. Do you relate to Bianca in any way in your real life? Oh, for sure. I mean, I I love to be good at what I do and I do think that's a protection for myself and also for Bianca. Um And we also have had to adapt to many different environments multiple times. I've moved quite a bit. Not in my childhood. I've always, you know, been stationary in new york, but just where I've gone to school, I've gone to school in different cities, I've, you know, went to L. A. For universities. So I definitely have been very familiar with having to have new people love me and creating a new home wherever I've gone. So that part of Bianca I definitely relate to and it takes a lot to, to be moving that much in new cities. That's a lot. It is, it is, but I also love to travel. So that help and one of the most asked questions that everyone wants to hear from you is your relationship with Jenna Ortega behind the scenes. So was there moments where you guys kind of lost it filming a scene because it's like, oh, we can't really be like that mean to each other, you know? Oh no, absolutely, like she is so kind. There's no animosity there at all. People are reading that. Um no, she's so, so sweet and I loved her immediately when we met, she was actually the first person that went into my apartment uh like that first week. So no, I mean she, she's lovely and honestly, I mean she might not think it, but I look at her like a little sister. So, and for the blinking, did you ever catch her blinking in between scenes or anything? Cause that's such a huge thing on the internet. I don't know that I was paying much attention to it. I know it's a thing now, but I don't know that I was like, oh she's not blinking. Yeah especially because we had a fight team so yeah it would be a bit unnatural to not to not blink in those moments. I don't think I was thinking of it. Yeah. Plus like you don't really pay attention to if someone is blinking anyway so you know. Yeah same field if you're paying. Yeah it'd be it'd be it'd be hard to act while trying to wait for her to blink. Yeah you had a train so for like you were fencing archery rowing, you guys wait for like a month for that. Yeah. Did you find that you were better at one thing? And then another thing how was training? Getting up at six a.m. I loved fencing, I took to it almost immediately or really immediately um And rowing was really fun, it was really cold and I love the water but I don't I'm not a huge fan of something, I know I'm a mermaid, whatever. Um And so that part and like the late that we were training in was a little grimy and it was cold so it's just everyone do everything in your power to not fall inside. But it was also a huge bonding exercise. We were racing each other, The girls in my boat were singing Gwen stefani you know to keep um so there was that and then I actually love archery as well. I didn't get to do it as much because my character doesn't need to, but I've done it before, so it was, I would get to practice even though I didn't have to do it a whole boot camp a whole month before filming. What is life actor's dream? Honestly, what is one thing? One comment, you didn't think people would catch on about Bianca, but you're getting so many comments about it. I really appreciate that everybody notices her nuance and embraces it. That's something that was really important to me going into the character and I'm so happy that everyone sees that and that it doesn't come across as one dimensional to everyone. I am really grateful that people see how much heart I try to put in her. Yeah. And for makeup products. So your lip product is the one that everybody was asking you about, right? Because you did the questions on instagram story everyone was using on your lips was would you say that's your stable product or was there one product that you had with you without fail that wasn't always have lip balm on me and that essentially functions at the lip balm, especially in Romanian winter. So it was either that, but that would mostly be on my lips anyway, but I always have lip balm within three ft of me always yeah. Oh my gosh, and what did you guys do? What do you remember is being your favorite memory when you guys weren't filming, you were just hanging out. What did you do the most together? Even the cast um shenanigans. General shenanigans. Yeah shenanigans. Tm What is some love interest that you'd want to see if there was a season two. I mean maybe sheriff golfer needs some love. Honestly, I don't know that the teens are really concerned about it. I mean I guess that's the crux of the show but moving forward, I don't know, I think I think focuses will change. But yeah, Sheriff golfer needs some love. Yeah, we can agree with you can agree with that. I bet that will have so much to come about that because like obviously everybody's talking about like the love angles and love interest. Yeah, big thing, big things. And what is, how close would you say that you guys are like when you aren't filming? I know that you guys shenanigans getting all of that but like Percy had said George had said that you guys are like family essentially. I mean every time we're in the same city we try to see each other. I'm actually going to London soon. So I'll hopefully see a lot of the, a lot of the girls and and guys um yeah, I mean I love them and I really got close with Hunter and Jonah throughout the experience and I'm very excited. I just got to see Hunter. I'll get to see Jonathan in London. So yeah, everyone's clothes. It's such a good thing to hear too because like yeah, with them for so many months, you know, so, and I have to say like I think Geno is a huge part of that glue because it's so important to have a number one who you know is is really warm and and really hard working and that spirit ran through the entire cast. Yeah. Okay, before we wrap, we're going to do, would you rather it's related to the show? Okay. Would you rather get stuck on an island with Hunter or Percy? So if I got stuck on an island with Hunter, he would kill me if I got stuck on a island with Percy, I would kill Percy. So it depends on who's dying. But I think I would, I would die laughing with Hunter. Would you rather have indian style or Wednesday style? Definitely Wednesday. I'm a new yorker. So period, period Tiktok edits of you or I g edits of you. What do you look at more in what do you like better Would neither am I. The only videos I watch on instagram are dog videos and I don't have a Tiktok. So, but maybe Tiktok so that I don't have to see them. I don't necessarily love watching myself so they can stay away. Are you gonna get a Tiktok account? Probably not. You won't, you don't want to do it kind of abstain from it and not, you know, insert a new drug into my life. Yeah. Yeah. It's so funny because the cast is all like just not on Tiktok, like you guys are just chilling, blowing up our person georgie and then Janet has one but she doesn't like, she posted one like brand video, but everyone's like, please please get them to get like begging us to get them to make a Tiktok. I was like, yeah, let me just make them count quick and make sure you two will have a cast Tiktok that they're great idea. Yeah. And ran by you. We're gonna hold you to that. I don't know about that because I'm running my nine years, you know, just as long as someone, someone's posting content, I definitely have a lot of ideas behind posts. I love a caption so I can contribute there. But as for creativity, Percy and georgie, I think would fit that. Okay, couple more. We love this one. Twizzlers or red buns. I feel like I've already exposed myself as a Twizzlers head. I'm very passionate about it. You know how people create a problem in their head that doesn't really exist. Yes, that's me, Twizzlers. So yeah, I will defend Twizzlers with my life. I don't care who you are, Hansel, me, I love Twizzlers to personally, so I'm totally on Team Team Joy for that. So offensive that they even came on the scene who asked for those, no one if you want to have an issue have an issue with red vines. Yeah, not Twizzlers, not the original. You know, I don't know the sound but it's like you cannot be original or something. Yeah. You cannot replace compete where you don't compare. Yeah period. Okay. Sleeping her up or sleeping or up early. I would love to be able to sleep in more these days. But if I had to choose something that would be really good. It would be to get up early because I am quite productive I guess I'm always productive but it'd be nice to get more things done if I was really, really okay. A couple more slide in or get slid into um um Are you sliding or will you reply to if someone slid apply if someone slid if they're cute. But yeah, that's it for that question. Okay. She'll reply, attend never more as a student or teacher and never more attend who wants to teach. I mean I love teachers. Hold on I just too lazy to do that. I love kids though. Will attend. You will be continuing to attend. Well no I don't. Yes. Okay. So I love Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I don't hate kids. I don't want to I don't want to seem like I hate kids. Okay. Last one. Have everyone know your thoughts or you read everybody's minds. Um I don't I don't mean to abstain from all these questions. Um Probably read everybody else's mind I think. Yeah. Yeah. But I also want to be surprised to learn that everybody essentially has the same thoughts as I do, so. Yeah. Well, congratulations on Wednesday. Thank you everything you're up to. Can you give us a hint at anything you're working on now? I'm working on a couple projects with friends actually, so I'm excited to develop next year. There you go. Well, everybody in Hollywood loves you there patiently waiting for the interview. So we'll talk everything and you'll be able to see it everywhere. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. And if you let us know because you can come in person and we can do a fun segment with you. Oh, fun. Yeah, I'll definitely let my team know. Perfect. Well thank you so much. Thank you. See you. Bye.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Joy Sunday

    Actress playing Bianca Barclay, being interviewed

  • Bianca Barclay

    Character played by Joy Sunday in 'Wednesday'

  • Percy

    Co-star, mentioned having content with Young Hollywood

  • Jenna Ortega

    Co-star, mentioned as 'Jen' and 'number one' for cast glue

  • Hunter

    Co-star, mentioned in "Would You Rather" and as a close friend

  • Jonah

    Co-star, mentioned as a close friend

  • Georgie

    Co-star, mentioned having content with Young Hollywood

  • Gwen Stefani

    Artist whose songs were sung during rowing training

FAQ

Who does Joy Sunday play in "Wednesday"?+
Joy Sunday portrays Bianca Barclay, the queen of the sirens clique at Nevermore Academy, in Netflix's "Wednesday".
How did Joy Sunday react when she found out she got the role of Bianca?+
Joy Sunday's manager called her with the good news, and she immediately ran upstairs to scream with her reps for about ten minutes before telling her parents.
Did Joy Sunday expect "Wednesday" to be so successful?+
No, Joy Sunday admitted she was "extremely wrong" in her initial belief that not much would change for the cast, aside from Jenna Ortega.
How does Joy Sunday relate to her character Bianca?+
Joy Sunday relates to Bianca's drive to be good at what she does and their shared experience of adapting to many different environments and needing to make new places feel like home.
What training did Joy Sunday undergo for "Wednesday"?+
Joy Sunday underwent a month-long boot camp before filming, training in fencing, archery, and rowing.
Does Joy Sunday have a TikTok account?+
No, Joy Sunday does not have a TikTok account and prefers not to get one.

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