The Addams family is back with a brand-new season of Wednesday. Netflix has dropped the first four episodes of season 2 of the Jenna Ortega-starrer. As Wednesday returns to Nevermore Academy, she faces new challenges and a mystery to unravel. Through it all, she has the company of Thing- the magical hand that remains her faithful companion. But did you know there’s an actual person behind making Thing move the way it does? Yes, it’s Victor Dorobantu.

Who is Victor Dorobantu?

Victor Dorobantu is a 28-year-old magician from Romania. In the show, we see Thing perform several stunts and come to Wednesday’s rescue whenever needed. Thing has a personality and moods of their own, expressing everything with just their five fingers. Bringing this to life takes more than just animation-in fact, Victor’s real han and he performs all the movements we see on screen.

Dorobantu wears a blue body suit while making Thing “dance to his tunes.” Talking about the process, Dorobantu told Tudum, “Nobody knew how to do it. We came up with ideas together. We started from zero. Literally zero.”