David Harbour Hated 'Stranger Things' Family Dog and Requested It Be Killed Off | THR News - video Dailymotion

The Jim Hopper actor does not hold back about his least favorite scene partner.

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00:00Why did you call the Byers family dog, Chester, one of the worst actors that you've ever worked with?

00:05Oh my god, I hated that f***ing dog.

00:08Must love dogs? Not David Harbour.

00:10The Stranger Things star revealed that he requested the Byers family dog, Chester, be killed off of the Netflix show.

00:16When Harbour appeared on the popular YouTube series Hot Ones to promote his new film, Black Widow,

00:20he didn't hold back when asked about the dog who appeared in season one of the Netflix series in which he plays Jim Hopper.

00:26I hated that f***ing dog so bad.

00:28Take after take it would like wander off or do something and then I just remember the trainer like on the sidelines going,

00:35Come on! We gotta make our money!

00:38He went on to reveal this about the dog's fate.

00:41Yeah, I walked up to them and I was like, you know, the Byers should probably have that dog put to sleep next season.

00:47Needless to say, the dog hasn't been on the show or even mentioned since the initial season.

00:52But maybe we haven't seen the last of it yet.

00:54Find it in the Upside Down note in one of these future seasons.

00:56There he went. He crawled through the tree.

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01:02For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.