The arrival of the series Merlina (Wednesday) on Netflix has only confirmed that the universe of Los locos Addams (or The Addams Family) is inexhaustible.

The sinister fictional family first appeared on screens in the mid-1960s, when ABC aired a cartoon-based comedy series that Charles Addams he had created for the New Yorker.

It wasn’t until 1991 that the first movie ‘Addam’ hit theaters. This captivated the screens with a luxurious cast made up of Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Cristina Ricci, Raúl Juliá, among other stars. The box office reflects this: the production cost 30 million and grossed almost 200.

The Noble “Giant”

Today, more than thirty years after its premiere, the impact of Los locos Addams makes it clear that no matter how much effort has been put into the years since its premiere, it is very difficult for any production on the subject to match its significance popular.

One of the great values ​​of the film undoubtedly has to do with the highest of its supporting actors. It is very difficult for those who have seen Los locos Addams from 1991 to forget the disturbing, but at the same time tender figure of Length.

Largo is played in that film by the Dutch actor Carel Struyckenknown for appearing in The Witches of Eastwick, Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Haven” and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, among other productions.

In Los locos Addams, Largo is the good-natured and not very long-winded family employee who gets along very well with the little ones, Merlina and Pericle. The character was created by Charles Addams and originally portrayed in the 1960s series. Ted Cassidy.

Currently, Carel is 74 years old, lives with his wife in Los Angeles, USA, the country where their two children were born, and has a very successful career playing quiet and very, very tall men.

Is that Struycken measures 2.13 meters. Due to his height, it was enough for him to be in the right place in Hollywood for a producer in 1978 to see him and call him to participate in a film. That film, his film debut, was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

His “giant” role would be repeated in Los locos Addams, in the 1993 sequel to that film, in the TV movie Addams Family Reunion, in a small role in Men in Black and – perhaps most remembered – in the TV series David Lynch Twin Peaks, where he plays a character who is literally referred to as “The Giant”.

His most recent roles have to do with his appearance in the third season of Twin Peaks, released on Netflix in 2017, and as a “villain” in the horror film Gerald’s Game, based on a novel by Stephen King and released that same year in . the red “N”.

The actor suffers from this acromegalya disorder that results from excess growth hormones after the growth plates have closed.

Among its main symptoms are enlargement of the hands and feet, forehead, jaw, nose and even, in some cases, joint pain, thickening of the skin, deep voice, headaches and vision problems.

merlin

Merlina also has its Largo. In the Netflix series, the character is played by the Romanian actor George Burcea.

According to the official synopsis, the series of Tim Burton Follow Merlina closely as she attempts to harness her psychic powers, stop a monstrous wave of murders of the city’s citizens, and solve the supernatural mystery plaguing her family while also dealing with her new relationships.

Merlina has 8 episodes. She has Jenna Ortega, Luis Guzmán, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Gwendoline Christie, Emma Myers, Thora Birch, and Christina Ricci in the main cast.