Christina Ricci gives Wednesday Addams role credit for shaping her life while promoting new thriller

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Christina Ricci gave her portrayal of Wednesday Addams in the 1991 film The Addams Family credit for shaping her life on Thursday during a talk show visit.The 42-year-old actress discussed her breakout role while promoting her new supernatural thriller Monstrous on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.Jimmy, 47, shared a still of 'baby Christina Ricci' from The Addams Family and asked if she fell in love with movies when she did it.

Child actor:Christina Ricci gave her portrayal of Wednesday Addams in the 1991 film The Addams Family credit for shaping her life on Thursday during a talk show visit'I did.

I think The Addams Family, one, those movies were so sort of formative for my career. Because the first thing I did that was really successful was all about me being allowed to do something that was not conventional,' Christina said.'So it really sort of shaped everything for me in so many ways and then also I remember I kind of fell into being a kid actor.

It was brought to me, and then I was like, ''Okay, sure. I'll do this.'' But I had always planned on doing something different,' she added. 'And then I remember I was 13, and I was walking on the Paramount lot and shooting Addams Family 2.