Stranger Things Cast Reveal Uncomfortable Truths in the Hot Seat

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Is it just us, or is it getting hot in here? Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink and Finn Wolfhard take turns facing uncomfortable questions as the all-seeing camera stops on the person who must answer.   Director: Jameer Pond Director of Photography: Ricardo Mejia Editor: Lika Kumoi Talent: Millie Bobby Brown; Gaten Matarazzo; Caleb McLaughlin; Noah Schnapp; Sadie Sink; Finn Wolfhard Producer: Emebeit Beyene Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi Talent Booker: Mica Medoff Camera Operator: Shay Eberle-Gunst Gaffer: Osiris Nascimento Audio Engineer: Gloria Marie Production Assistant: Adam Griffo; Spencer Mathesen Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo Assistant Editor: Ben Harowitz Senior Manager; Creative Development: Hannah Pak Director; Creative Development: Claire Buss Director; Content Production: Lane Williamson Senior Director; Programming &amp; Development: Ella Ruffel Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin

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00:00The moon landing was fake.

00:02I could be convinced.

00:04Millie, would you like to share one?

00:06No, they're really coming for you.

00:08They're like, is the app, you idiot!

00:26Ranked the five Stranger Things seasons,

00:28from favorite to least favorite.

00:36Uh-oh.

00:36Okay.

00:37Oh, here we go.

00:39Season one's my favorite.

00:40Okay.

00:42Then season five.

00:44Then season three.

00:46Then season four, then season two.

00:48Wowie zowie.

00:49Season one, nostalgia-wise,

00:51for me, it's my favorite season

00:53because personally, it was the most exciting time in my life.

00:55But season five, the way it looks, the way it feels, the plot, all of it is my favorite.

01:00Least favorite season two.

01:01Okay, I think season two gets way too much glamour.

01:03I just don't really remember it.

01:05It feels like a bit of a blur.

01:06Why does everyone hate so much on season two?

01:08Everyone hates episode seven.

01:10I don't know why.

01:12I don't know why people hate so much on season two.

01:15It could be just from that one, that one episode.

01:21You have not been called on, sir.

01:23So he's a hater.

01:24You just said it out loud.

01:26Yeah, but you don't have to agree.

01:27I don't agree.

01:28I think season two is good.

01:29I don't agree.

01:30Who makes the best wing person from the cast?

01:35Oh, wow.

01:36Why is that, why is it me?

01:40Caleb and Gaten, I feel like, are solid wing people.

01:45You need two wings, don't you?

01:47I need two wings.

01:47You need two wings to fly.

01:48I do think you haven't given me a chance.

01:50I haven't given you a chance.

01:52I haven't.

01:53I actually haven't.

01:53I would love.

01:54But it also, you know, I haven't already, you know, it's not like I've given these guys

01:57much of a chance either.

01:59We haven't been in a situation to be a wing.

02:02I think we test it this evening.

02:04I think we go out first birthday.

02:06We go out on Hollywood Boulevard and see who we can find.

02:11That's crazy.

02:12Why do you think you said Gaten first?

02:15Because we were roommates.

02:17Gaten and I were roommates.

02:18And I feel like he's also just like a naturally confident person that I think injects confidence

02:22into other people.

02:23That's nice of you to say.

02:25Thank you, sir.

02:25That was lovely.

02:26I appreciate that very much.

02:28Who will live most comfortably in the upside down?

02:30Comfortably.

02:31See you in his apartment.

02:37Oh.

02:37So I guess, yeah, the upside down is like, who's like the messiest, right?

02:43I don't think that's what they're implying.

02:44So let's start from cleanest to the dirtiest, right?

02:49It's clean.

02:49I say I'm the cleanest.

02:53Yes, I know.

02:54Then it's Millie.

02:56Then it's, ooh.

02:58If I'm not expecting company, who's it for?

03:00Sadie, then you.

03:01Really?

03:02Then Finn.

03:03Yeah.

03:03That's right.

03:04That's right.

03:04I think that's totally right.

03:06Yeah.

03:06Oh, they're still going.

03:07I do remember this.

03:09They're still going.

03:10Gaten would be comfortable in the upside down.

03:12I remember this one time.

03:13The upside down would be uncomfortable with him.

03:14We were walking to me and Finn's place, and it was just me, Finn, and Sadie, and I ran

03:24down the block so I could make sure that the door to my room was closed so that nobody looked

03:29inside.

03:31Something that Gaten does that I think is funny is that I've been into his room multiple

03:37times, and I will always find plates in his bed.

03:41Plates?

03:41A little late night snack.

03:43Yeah, like you got a little snack.

03:44If I know I got to watch a little YouTube, I have a little late night snacky-wacky, and

03:48then if I finish the food and I fall asleep, sometimes the food's on, lights on.

03:51If, yes.

03:52Wait, no, that was it also.

03:53I think that was the story you were in New York.

03:54One time he walked in, he walks in, like, in the morning, because I think I overslept or

03:58something, and he's like, hey, Gaten, and I was shoes on, jeans, the night before, lights

04:05on in my room, and I just forgot to, like, have my routine for the night.

04:09I saw Gaten once, like, I slept over at Gaten and Finn's house one time.

04:13Now, um, I went into Gaten's room.

04:15It's just boots on, full clothes.

04:19Under the covers.

04:21Under the freaking covers.

04:25What the frick?

04:27So, Caleb, you think you're the cleanest.

04:29Okay, I actually kind of, I feel like I am the cleanest, but I feel like, because I've

04:34been to Millie's house, I feel like she'll probably get her house cleaner faster than I

04:37would, because I, I mean, um, uh, can I say?

04:42Yeah!

04:42She has, like, people that clean her house, like, every morning.

04:46So, I don't have that.

04:47I do it, like, once a week type of thing.

04:49Can I say?

04:50Uh, I just wanted to, because you just never know.

04:52Can I say that?

04:53Can I say that?

04:54I mean, I had ten dogs.

04:55It's like your party, like, mess at night, and then in the morning, you was spot, spotless.

05:00I'm like, can't do that, can't beat that, can't beat that shit.

05:02Who is your favorite cast member to impersonate?

05:06Here, in this group.

05:11Uh-oh.

05:13Ooh.

05:14Caleb.

05:16Hands down.

05:17What, what?

05:18Just Caleb, the little Caleb-isms you have, just little things that you do and say that

05:22just baffle me, and it is, it fills me with delight, and glee, and joy.

05:26Caleb-ism is sometimes, if you find something really funny, but doesn't quite have, like,

05:30it hit him in that moment to really laugh, he'll just go, ah-ha-ha!

05:35He does, too.

05:36Or, season one and two.

05:38Good.

05:38What was this?

05:39Oh, yeah.

05:40Before Caleb even, uh, because now you've gone into laugh, and then...

05:44Oh, very good, is sometimes he won't even laugh, he'll just go,

05:46Hilarious.

05:47Yes!

05:51That's great.

05:52It's so delightful.

05:53It's so great.

05:54It's so good.

05:55What was something you improvised that made it to the final cut?

06:03Uh-oh.

06:04It's me?

06:05It is you.

06:06Okay.

06:07I've never improved dialogue, because she doesn't ever speak.

06:09Right.

06:10But, um, but, like, maybe, like, when I did my powers for the first time,

06:15that was, like, improvised.

06:17Like, I kind of, they were just, like, trying to make something move, and I just kind of...

06:22I did that.

06:23I didn't improvise it on screen, I improvised it, like, in the makeup and hair trailer, but...

06:28But other than that, like...

06:29It's iconic.

06:30It's iconic.

06:31I mean, maybe just, like...

06:32Yeah.

06:33I feel like...

06:34In our scenes.

06:35Maybe our stuff.

06:36Like, I've kind of tried new things, but...

06:39But usually, Eleven has, like, a goal.

06:41You know, at the end of any scene, she has to, like, kill something, or move something, or play the victim.

06:47I'm the monster.

06:48I'm the monster.

06:50Um, but I actually think that I've been there for very...

06:53No, no, Papa, no.

06:54You're not a monster.

06:55Um...

06:56She's a little pick me, but...

06:58I will say, um, I've been there for really funny improvised moments with the boys, and...

07:04Um...

07:05I've really enjoyed seeing...

07:06Like, I...

07:07Because I can tell when they're improvising, because, you know, you read your sides, and you're like,

07:10Okay.

07:11And then Caleb comes out with something, and you're like, that was entirely improvised.

07:16Or just, like, a...

07:17Or a moment, or a look, and you're like, that...

07:19And then it makes the cut, and you're like, that's what makes the scene so nuanced and special.

07:23So, sometimes it's just a look between us, and I think that those are the moments that make it really interesting and fun.

07:29Who has the most embarrassing cast-given nickname?

07:34Oh.

07:41Like, Sudi.

07:44Probably.

07:45No one has a stupid nickname.

07:47Findler?

07:48Findler's a classic.

07:49Findler Magoo.

07:50These aren't embarrassing.

07:51Okay.

07:52I feel like mine might be.

07:53Kalub.

07:54Yeah, Kalub.

07:55That's embarrassing.

07:56That one really stuck.

07:57That sucks.

07:58It's stuck, but, like, I don't think we've ever considered that the word...

08:00No, it sucks.

08:01But I love it, because it's...

08:02I thought you gave it to yourself.

08:03No, I didn't.

08:04It was Noah.

08:05Then why'd you give me Sudi?

08:06Because Noah said it.

08:07Oh.

08:08You did?

08:09You definitely started.

08:10I think...

08:11Whoa!

08:12I definitely did not start.

08:13Whoa!

08:14It's because we used to do...

08:15Sorry!

08:16No, you didn't.

08:17You did.

08:18And then you brought it.

08:19Alright, cool.

08:20Awesome.

08:21Because in season one, we used to make those songs, and we'd be like, Kalub.

08:23Yeah.

08:24And then, like...

08:25Yeah, but what was it in season one?

08:27It was like...

08:28It was a Noah and I thing.

08:30Like, we were just always like, Kalub.

08:32Noah's not a loony.

08:33But then, like, the Duffer's trying to do it in the, like, Kalub.

08:35Yeah.

08:36Hank.

08:37No, this is the Duffer's directing.

08:38Hank, hello.

08:39Hank, hello.

08:42Love you guys.

08:43So, who do you think knows the least about the Stranger Things universe?

08:52Yeah.

08:55Hmm...

08:57Here?

09:01It might be me.

09:04It might...

09:06I was like, you were terrified.

09:08I think it's me.

09:09I really...

09:10Yeah.

09:11I think it's me.

09:12Not that I don't know, but I just know the least, probably.

09:15Or I get the most confused.

09:16That's not something you can prove unless, like...

09:19Like, asked upon.

09:20Like, if the room was asked about lore questions, we wouldn't really be able to prove.

09:23I'm just gonna pin it down to...

09:24I wasn't in season one, so I've had less time in this universe.

09:29I can always recall, but I feel like my memories often jogged.

09:33Like, I completely forgot about Russia.

09:36As a country.

09:37That's a joke.

09:38Within the plot of it, I was like, Russia?

09:40Oh, yeah.

09:41Yeah.

09:42No, yeah.

09:43I forgot about that plot line.

09:44Oh, that's so mean.

09:45I just thought that was funny.

09:46If you all were on a road trip, who would you never trust with the ox?

09:51Ox cord.

09:52Oh, wow.

09:53I think this is just subjective, right?

09:54I have no idea.

09:55I hate it.

09:56Leave me alone.

09:57Oh, who wouldn't I trust with the ox?

09:58And this doesn't come from...

09:59Hear me out.

10:00This doesn't come from a place of me necessarily not liking your music taste.

10:01No eye contact.

10:02I think it comes from a place of me just not knowing your music taste.

10:05And I think it's got to be Noah for me.

10:06Oh.

10:07Oh.

10:08I just don't know your taste.

10:09Oh.

10:10Oh.

10:11Oh.

10:12Oh.

10:13Oh.

10:14Oh.

10:15I just know that there's a world of bops that I could find with everybody.

10:28And I don't know that if our tastes really mesh.

10:32There are worlds of music.

10:33I think Sadie and I would listen to show tunes all day for sure.

10:36I've never been in a situation where Noah's the pilot of the ox.

10:41Of the ox.

10:42I just haven't seen it.

10:43No, no.

10:44It has a beautiful taste.

10:46And actually it's very similar to mine.

10:49Okay.

10:50And so it would be the both of us.

10:51And I agree.

10:52Our taste sucks.

10:53No.

10:55We just...

10:56Yeah.

10:57Taylor and Sabrina.

10:58It's just basic.

10:59It's okay to be basic.

11:00And Charlie.

11:01But that's fun for road trips.

11:02No, he didn't say it was bad.

11:03He just said it wouldn't like...

11:04Mesh.

11:05Yeah.

11:06But hey, you like...

11:07I like Broadway music.

11:08It's great.

11:09We'll play some show tunes.

11:11Some Defying Gravity.

11:12Yeah, we'll play some Defying Gravity.

11:13Absolutely.

11:14Are you tired of playing a teenager?

11:21Me?

11:22Is it my turn?

11:23Am I tired of playing a teenager?

11:25Uh...

11:26No.

11:27I don't think so.

11:28I mean, I think that when I'm like 50, I'm going to want to play a teenager.

11:33So I'm going to just live in the moment now.

11:35And while I can seize it, my skin is skinning.

11:38I also just think whatever I say is going to be a meme or something.

11:41Oh, right.

11:42So just slide on away.

11:44But I did find out though recently that I'm playing a lot younger than I thought I was.

11:49Like, I couldn't believe that like 11 is so much younger than I thought she was.

11:55Like, I thought that she was my age.

11:58But she's like...

11:59She's a few years younger.

12:0015, 16.

12:01Like in this season, she must be 15, 16.

12:04I thought it was...

12:05So it's our age.

12:06It was like 17.

12:07No.

12:08I thought we were like 17.

12:09Okay.

12:10On season four, she was 14.

12:12What?

12:13Yeah.

12:14Wow.

12:15We were all the same age, huh?

12:16And we're all playing the same age.

12:17Yeah?

12:18Yeah.

12:19And also like, we're just like, make it out like that.

12:22I don't know.

12:23It just feels very crazy.

12:24Like, so if that, if that, if she was 14 in season four, then in season three, she must've

12:28been what?

12:2913?

12:3012?

12:3113?

12:32No, she must've been like 15.

12:33Were you guys freshmen in high school?

12:34Yeah.

12:35In season four?

12:36I didn't go to school, Gaten.

12:37In season three, just the summer before, um...

12:39High school.

12:40Freshman in high school is minimum 15.

12:42Okay, guys.

12:43How many actors does it take to do just anything?

12:47Fucking literally anything.

12:49What's an item someone's borrowed from you that you still want back?

12:52Ooh.

12:54Oh, I've got one.

12:55I hope it lands on me.

12:56I don't think it will because I already went.

13:00Ooh.

13:01Um, I don't think anyone has actually taken anything from me that I want back.

13:06Gaten has one.

13:07This is, uh, reverse.

13:08I keep trying to give Finn a t-shirt back, and he keeps giving it back to me because he

13:13doesn't have anywhere to put it, so it's just been in my backpack for seven months.

13:16I have it now.

13:17Yeah, finally.

13:18It took so long.

13:19Like, I...

13:20So, he came to visit me in New Jersey, left a t-shirt there when he packed.

13:23I brought it back, and he's like, I don't have anywhere.

13:25Put it back in your bag.

13:26I give it back to him later in the day, I don't have anywhere.

13:28Put it back.

13:29That's the craziest thing I've ever put.

13:30And for some reason, I'm carrying around this t-shirt of his.

13:32You don't have a chest of drawers?

13:33Four months.

13:34And finally, he has it back.

13:35So, I just wouldn't.

13:36He wouldn't.

13:37He doesn't want it.

13:38I'm sorry.

13:39Do I travel with a chest or drawer?

13:41Like what Millie said?

13:44Just carry, like, a bag or, like, a backpack or a coat or something.

13:47I have shit in there.

13:49When is the last time you cried?

13:52This is insane.

13:53I could go on for an hour.

13:57Caleb?

13:58Noah?

13:59No.

14:00Like, yesterday, um...

14:02But, but, cried tears of joy.

14:05Because I was laughing so hard in our interview.

14:08Because we were, we recreated like some meme and I...

14:11Like Ratatouille.

14:12Yeah.

14:13Which one?

14:14Well, it was a Noah meme.

14:15There's like some meme online of like,

14:17I just bought Ratatouille for nothing or something.

14:19And then we were just...

14:20What?

14:21It was because we were doing a really serious...

14:23But it was for a serious, like, letterbox top four.

14:25It was letterbox and it was like,

14:26pick your top four.

14:27And he was like, well, Ratatouille.

14:28And then I was like, wait, isn't there a meme?

14:30And then he started doing it.

14:31The woman was so kind of confused of both of us.

14:33He just wanted to get out of there.

14:34And then we just, we broke and there was no coming back.

14:37And we were both crying.

14:38I had a Pixar in my list too.

14:40I'd find a new one.

14:41I had Up, yeah.

14:42Oh!

14:43Very good.

14:44Do you wish you could do more of your own stunts?

14:51Yeah, I do my own stunts.

14:53Cold in!

14:54What?

14:55This is crazy.

14:56I do my own stunts, thank you very much.

14:58I had the most stunts this season, I feel, I've ever had.

15:01There's only been one time I couldn't do it,

15:04but that was because I was ill.

15:06But yeah, I love to jump.

15:07I've been jumping in the air all season.

15:09And I've never felt more like Elphaba than ever before.

15:13So I've been having a very good time.

15:15Cece, my stunt double, is amazing.

15:17And she does the stuff that Netflix just won't let me do,

15:20which is mostly just like, you know,

15:22hitting yourself really hard with a wall or something like that.

15:25But all the jumping and all the training sequences I've done myself,

15:30which was exciting.

15:32I felt very much like Tom Cruise.

15:34What's a conspiracy theory you could be convinced is real?

15:39Oh.

15:41If anything.

15:47Oh.

15:48I don't think she knows any of the shows.

15:51No, it's not.

15:52It's just in general.

15:53That was a callback.

15:55That was a good callback.

15:56It was, it was, I was just, yeah, it was a callback.

15:58I know.

15:59The moon landing was fake.

16:01The moon.

16:02I could be convinced.

16:03You could be convinced.

16:04Why?

16:05Do you actively believe that now?

16:06I don't actively subscribe to that conspiracy theory,

16:08but like I could, I could be convinced.

16:10Do you see a world?

16:11I could see a world.

16:12Millie, would you like to share one?

16:14They're like, is the Earth part?

16:18You idiot!

16:21No, I can, again, I just need to shut up.

16:24They pointed the camera.

16:26Yeah, they're like, Millie, anything else?

16:28Sing Imagine.

16:29You may say.

16:30You may say.

16:31You may say.

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