Suddenly it’s like a lightning bolt,” said Ross. I’m just going through these tapes, and then suddenly, it’s Samwise ( Gamgee, from Lord of the Rings ). The Duffer brothers said they knew, straight away, that we wanted him in it, and cast him as Dustin quick smart.īut when Sean Astin auditioned, the Duffer brothers realised they needed more of Bob on screen. I mean, how could you see Gaten’s cherub face and missing teeth and NOT want him in your 80s nostalgia TV show? Gaten Matarazzo was the first person cast. “And that it doesn’t need to be in focus,” added one of the Duffer brothers. “I hope other actors can take away from this that you can audition from your bed, sick, on an iPhone,” said Rash. “I’m Finn, I’m sick, and I’m 12 years old,” he said. And while they were all pretty great (Gaten IS Dustin, and Millie’s pure emotion as a distressed Eleven is on another level), Finn’s audition tape literally came from bed. Finn auditioned for Stranger Things from bed.Īll five of the kids had their audition tapes played, to the acute embarrassment of Finn and Millie. Makes sense that these two would go on to create a show together that pays homage to all the best films of the 80s, no?ĥ. The Duffer brothers were held back in kindergarten for not socialising with other people.Īnd it later came out that during high school, they used to bail at lunch to go sit on the front of their car together, influencing a couple scenes in this season. And now, in front of millions more.įinn Wolfhard ( Mike) and Milie only had to film their kiss twice, but Finn whispered to Millie, ventriloquist-style, “I’m coming in” right before their smooch – and if you watch it closely, you can see Finn’s lips move.Ĥ. “Our first kiss was in front of 200 extras, and their extras, and the crew, and my mom,” said Sadie Sink ( Max). The kiss between Lucas and Max was the actors’ first kiss!Īnd they had to film it at least ten times, because the poor, beleaguered steady cam operator kept missing Caleb McLaughlin‘s ( Lucas) reaction. People Would Fucking Die For Steve Harrington After ‘Stranger Things 2’ģ. So we thought that they could help heal each other.” “We fell in love with this idea when we came up with it because we were like, ‘I think that will lend to some great moments of bonding,’ especially because these are two characters that are both a little heartbroken. And then we also realised that Steve was just left alone by Nancy. “We realised that Dustin needed help because none of his friends were around. “When we first pitched the season there was no Dustin and Steve bromance,” said Ross Duffer. But that relationship was only written in to give Steve something to do. Suddenly there they are, Stand By Me-ing their way down the railroad tracks talking about girls. We’ve said it before: one of the best things to come out of Stranger Things 2 was the adorable friendship blossom between Steve ( Joe Keery) and Dustin ( Gaten Matarazzo). The ultimate bromance of Steve and Dustin almost never happened. It was referred to as the Nether in the scripts for the entire first season, but by ST2 time, it was faithfully restored to its rightful name of the Upside Down.Ģ. “The Upside Down – the actual name for it is the Nether.” “Literally no one even knows this,” said Levy. The Duffer brothers and Levy were discussing how they kept calling this season’s antagonist monster, the Mind Flayer, a ‘ Shadow Monster’ for the longest time, when Millie Bobby Brown ( Eleven) chimed in with, “We did that with the Upside Down. Turns out, it’s actually called the Nether, but Stranger Things did this thing where the common saying accidentally became the new name. The Upside Down is not actually called the Upside Down. There’s a bunch of cool facts you can gleam about the show here’s a few of the ones we picked up.ġ. the Duffer brothers) and director for a bunch of the episodes, Shawn Levy.Īnd it’s actually not bad, especially when you’re trying to figure out what to do with your life until Stranger Things 3. Hosted by Jim Rash (yep, that’s Dean Pelton to you), Beyond Stranger Things 2 chats to pretty much every star of this season, plus creators Ross and Matt Duffer (a.k.a. I admit, I had no intention of watching it, but then suddenly Stranger Things 2 ended and I was a bit like, what do I do with my life? Ah! I’ll spend the next two hours watching Beyond Stranger Things 2. WARNING: This piece contains spoilers for Stranger Things 2, so if you haven't finished binging yet, STOP READING AT ONCE and go do that.įor the first time this season, Netflix is trialling an after-show about Stranger Things 2.
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