Stranger Things 5: Core Memories & Ping Pong Battles

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Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery and Charlie Heaton reflect on their Stranger Things journey and what they'll miss about each other with Melissa Nathoo. Report by Nathoom. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Yeah, going to the grocery store is, like, a little, like, more fun.

00:03I find myself around a lot of ping-pong all of a sudden.

00:05You shouldn't like things because people tell you you're supposed to like them.

00:08Recently, I think you probably would smack me down.

00:11Guys, lovely to meet you.

00:13What a journey you must have been on with this whole show.

00:16Do you remember life pre-Stranger Things?

00:18I have a horrible memory, actually.

00:21Nope.

00:22It's kind of hard to remember sometimes.

00:25I mean, yeah, you remember, like, but...

00:27The impact it's had on your lives is just monumental, right?

00:29Yeah, going to the grocery store is, like, a little, like, more fun.

00:34A little more dangerous.

00:35More exciting.

00:37We all need a little bit of danger in our lives.

00:38It's all good. It's all good.

00:39One thing I loved from the episodes I've seen so far is when Robin was saying that

00:44Nancy brings out the Neanderthal in The Two of You,

00:48and I was just curious, are you actually competitive over anything?

00:51Ping-pong?

00:51Yeah, we played a lot of ping-pong.

00:53Ping-pong.

00:54Yeah, yeah.

00:55We had a great thing going where it was like,

00:57Charlie is way better than me.

00:58But then I sort of, sort of, came up.

01:00And then we were kind of going for a bit.

01:02And I had a great streak.

01:04Yeah, you had a good run.

01:05You had a good run.

01:06But recently, I think you probably would smack me down.

01:10Even in New York on the rooftop.

01:11I did. That was amazing.

01:13That was such a good...

01:15You were like, hey, man, do you want to come and hang out?

01:17You want to come to the studio?

01:18Just kind of smashed me.

01:20And then was like, hi, man.

01:21See you later.

01:22See you later.

01:23Do you get involved in any of this?

01:25Oh, really?

01:26I find myself around a lot of ping-pong all of a sudden.

01:30So you have to, like, you know.

01:32And Gaten, too?

01:33Gaten's got a room.

01:33They, just for context, they had a room, kind of like this room, but a lot bigger.

01:39Sort of tricked out.

01:40Yeah, it was like a room for us to hang out in when we weren't.

01:43And like press stuff sometimes.

01:45And press, and yeah, and it had a ping-pong table, pinball machine.

01:48So you had no option other than to get great at ping-pong.

01:52Yes, it felt like this is what we're doing this year.

01:54That is a core memory of season five.

01:56For sure.

01:56Oh, I love that.

01:57I love that.

01:58Do you think there is a particular line or action or something you did throughout Stranger Things

02:04that is going to follow you your whole career?

02:05For sure.

02:06I feel like for each of us, I feel like everybody's got that little...

02:10That people are going to quote in your face, you know, that kind of thing.

02:12What's the thing that you have to write on all those things?

02:14It's like a really long line.

02:15Yeah, I have, and I never remember it.

02:17It's like you shouldn't like things because people tell you you're supposed to like them,

02:21I think.

02:21That's such a tough thing.

02:22You shouldn't like them.

02:24Is it a paint pen?

02:24And a Sharpie, too.

02:26Yeah.

02:26And a window this big.

02:28What about you two?

02:29What's your one?

02:30I get a lot of ask for forgiveness, not permission.

02:35Uh-huh.

02:37I feel like I've gotten...

02:38That's pretty good.

02:39That's pretty good.

02:40That's not too bad.

02:41Nice one.

02:41Yeah.

02:41Other than that, I mean, I feel like Barb to this day probably follows me.

02:45Barb stuff.

02:46Has anyone made you write the salt line on a box?

02:48The salt line has never come up.

02:50The lab line has come up.

02:52I have had to, let's burn that lab to the ground.

02:55Yeah, that one.

02:56Tom?

02:56Never forget.

02:57Funny enough, no.

02:58No one ever...

02:59Wow.

03:00Yeah.

03:00No one's ever going to let Barb go, are they?

03:02It doesn't matter how many seasons we go in.

03:04No.

03:04It's just like...

03:04No, she's no G.

03:06She's catalyst.

03:07Yeah.

03:08What do you get?

03:09Um, always the damn babysitter.

03:13Oh.

03:13They love that.

03:14Yeah.

03:14And also, we are at the end.

03:17Is there anything that you are going to miss about, obviously the ping pong probably, but

03:21anything you are going to miss about hanging out with certain people every single day?

03:26Natalia is always very sweet.

03:28Like, when we will shoot, you'll bring, like, a little assortment of snacks and, like, games

03:34and...

03:35Clementine.

03:35Like, she'll just sort of, like, assemble a nice mood and not say anything.

03:41And then everyone will sit down and have a little snack and all of a sudden you're, like,

03:45playing a little Bananagram or something between takes.

03:47Especially some of the stuff that we're doing, it's, like, a big, a lot of set-up time.

03:51Yeah.

03:52Just because of the size of the, you know, moving all these lights in the condor, you know, whatever.

03:56Um, but, yeah, just each other's company.

03:59It's just we've gotten so used to hanging out.

04:01Yeah.

04:02So, it's not...

04:03Definitely miss that.

04:05Just that.

04:05Joe's always doing some...

04:07I don't know.

04:07I feel like Joe's always doing some prank or some bit.

04:11Oh, sure.

04:12I'll miss that.

04:12Yeah.

04:13I'll miss...

04:13A little project, a little prank project.

04:15Yeah.

04:15Have you guys sat down and watched the entire thing from season one to season five?

04:21Yeah.

04:21Have you done that?

04:22We talked about doing that.

04:23Probably should do that.

04:24We talked about doing that during the shooting of it.

04:26But then it was too much, like...

04:28Coordinating and...

04:29And also, I watched one or two episodes, but then I was like...

04:33I can't watch this.

04:34So, like, it stressed me out, actually, to watch it.

04:37Yeah.

04:37Maybe, yeah, maybe...

04:38Give it a little time.

04:39In the future, we'll get together in, like, ten years.

04:43How does it feel, though, having this as part of your acting legacy?

04:46It is one of those things that's going to be connected with you for your whole life.

04:49The rest of your life, yeah.

04:50Absolutely.

04:50I mean, it's like...

04:52Worse.

04:52I mean...

04:53Could be worse.

04:54I'm a fan of, like, Lord of the Rings, I think, of, like, those things.

04:57Those, like, touchstone...

04:59I don't know.

04:59It is very rare for an actor to get any job, let alone a job that lasts for ten years.

05:06So you kind of have to just do the best that you can to, like, step back.

05:10And throughout the entire process of making this show, I feel like that was always important for all of us.

05:15And we would always kind of be like, God, like, can you believe this set?

05:19Or can you, like, can you believe that we're working with, like, Winona Ryder?

05:23Yeah, for sure.

05:24Or, like, you know, Sean Astin?

05:26Or, like, all these people are, like...

05:28It's just incredible.

05:29So, yeah, it's been, like, an unbelievable ride.

05:33What a journey, guys.

05:35Congratulations.

05:35Good luck with this one.

05:36I don't feel like you need it.

05:37Like, everyone's so excited.

05:39It's ridiculous.

05:40Lovely to meet you.

05:41So nice to meet you.

05:42Thank you so much.

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