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‘Stranger Things’ Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, and Maya Hawke are here to answer your biggest questions leading into the final season of the legendary show. With lots of love and laughs, they settle mysteries about where we left off last season and what’s to come (without any spoilers of course).
Opening up about what the show has meant to them, they ponder fan theories, dive deeper into their characters, and even go way beyond the questions raised in the show–why is it ‘DND’ not ‘D&D?!’
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 is now streaming on Netflix.
Opening up about what the show has meant to them, they ponder fan theories, dive deeper into their characters, and even go way beyond the questions raised in the show–why is it ‘DND’ not ‘D&D?!’
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 is now streaming on Netflix.
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00:00I mean, what they're not saying is that we hate each other on a personal level.
00:02Yeah!
00:03And so, personally, you know, we're all glad to be rid of each other.
00:07But professionally, it's really sad to say goodbye to the characters.
00:11Hi, what's up in style?
00:12We're the cast of Stranger Things.
00:14And today, we're going to be opening some fan mail.
00:21Who wants to go first?
00:23Well, there's one to the group.
00:24Let's start with that!
00:25Let's start with the group. Why not?
00:27That's long!
00:30Stranger Things is more than just a show.
00:34It's a love letter to the pop culture that shaped a generation.
00:37From Spielberg's sense of wonder to Carpenter's chilling horror,
00:40the series weaves together the best of the 80s and beyond into a story that feels both familiar and fresh.
00:46Whether it's a direct homage or a subtle nod,
00:49every reference serves to deepen the show's connection to its influences,
00:53creating a rich tapestry that resonates with fans old and new.
00:57Great writer.
00:58Who wrote that?
00:59The person should write the review.
01:00I know.
01:01Is there a question?
01:02No.
01:03From emotive3don on Reddit.
01:06It's just positivity.
01:08Great Reddit for that.
01:09No question.
01:10Great summary.
01:11Excellent.
01:12I mean, it's really cool to be a part of something that feels like it has a connection that runs so deep.
01:17And I think a lot of the things that it references and pays an homage to are things that have a longevity and a sense of going on.
01:25And I think to be considered amongst that just feels really special.
01:29But I will say that I am so preoccupied with my own feelings about it ending that anyone else's feelings haven't really...
01:35I'm just not really thinking about that.
01:37Yeah.
01:38Thinking about me and how I feel.
01:39How sad I feel.
01:40Do you have anything more you'd like to add to that, Charlie?
01:42I'm so sorry if I picked up a...
01:44No, that's good.
01:45I don't have feelings.
01:46Yeah.
01:47Well, British people don't have any feelings.
01:48No, of course not.
01:49British men?
01:50It's all good.
01:51Let's move on.
01:52We're done.
01:53Oh, these are all like so...
01:55Wow.
01:56Okay.
01:57Robin was the one who figured out how to fight the curse.
01:59Robin deduced that playing the victim's favorite music might be what saves them from Vecna's curse in seconds.
02:04She heard the story from Victor Creel, got busted by Hatch.
02:08This is actually a quiz about how good I am at reading.
02:10Yeah.
02:11You figured out the music thing.
02:12I did.
02:13I did, yeah.
02:14Did you?
02:15Yeah.
02:16I mean...
02:17The character that I play was written to have figured out a piece of information.
02:21How?
02:22How did you figure it out?
02:23Yeah.
02:24We were at the...
02:25We were at the asylum.
02:26I wasn't there.
02:27And you weren't there.
02:28Yes.
02:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:30We were at the asylum and there was some kind of thing of some song.
02:32We heard a song.
02:33Mm-hmm.
02:34And then it was like music is the key.
02:35And then you radio.
02:36Yeah.
02:37Yeah.
02:38Yeah.
02:39I'm like, I think I figured it out.
02:40It's music.
02:41That makes sense.
02:42There's some...
02:43There's the musical connection between the character.
02:44Yeah.
02:45Yeah.
02:46To be explored in future seasons.
02:47Yeah.
02:48Season...
02:49Mm-hmm.
02:50She heard the story of your...
02:51Passed the music room of the...
02:53Wow.
02:54This letter itself was about to answer the question that she had.
02:56Passed on the music room of the institution on the way to the office to wait for the cops
03:02and then worked out the thing that made season four so hyped for months in a few seconds
03:07and shared it with Nancy.
03:09You know, all those edits with your favorite rap or pop song played over the Max floating.
03:14That wouldn't exist without Robin's intelligence.
03:16Oh, fuck.
03:17Wow, yeah.
03:18That's...
03:19You know, Max Mayfield, she would be dead in season four, episode four, if Robin wasn't a genius.
03:22Wow.
03:23Wow, all of these...
03:24Are these more...
03:25My mind had thought they were gonna be questions, but they're more compliments.
03:27Yeah, that was...
03:28Yeah.
03:29That was...
03:30That's nice.
03:31This was written by H...
03:33Bartheon.
03:34Bartheon.
03:35Yeah.
03:36I feel like they're very like-minded with Robin.
03:38Just the way...
03:39I think so.
03:40I think they would have figured it out.
03:41Yeah.
03:42If Robin hadn't.
03:43Yeah, yeah.
03:44That would be so cool to have a Stranger Things that was like choose your own adventure
03:45where you could be like,
03:46It's this!
03:47Oh, yeah.
03:48While you were watching it and then...
03:49Yeah.
03:50They'll build that with AI and we won't get paid for it.
03:52They did scanners.
03:53And then it'll suck, so never mind.
03:54They did scanners.
03:55I love how smart she is because I don't think she's the typical, like, smart nerd character in something.
04:00You know, like she's not just like, you know, take her glasses off and like,
04:04Hey everyone, I think I figured it out.
04:06She's like different and weird and...
04:08But also intelligent and I think that's what I love about the Duffer Brothers writing is that,
04:13you know, they let characters be multi-dimensional and don't force them into like pigeonholed stereotypes.
04:21And I think that that's really...
04:23And even while they play on all these referential, stereotypical characters from the 80s,
04:29they actually let all of these characters be real, individual, unique people that haven't,
04:34you know, been seen exactly the way that they are on television before.
04:37And I think that's really special.
04:38Okay.
04:39Okay.
04:40Hello.
04:41What have we got?
04:42You'll get your compliment.
04:43Joey Eaton.
04:44Jonathan is carrying a lot of weight on his shoulders.
04:46Mm-hmm.
04:47Will might not notice that Joyce is struggling.
04:50We see that her job isn't exactly going well.
04:53So money is likely to be an issue, as it ever was, of course.
04:57Yeah.
04:58But Jonathan is old enough to see that.
05:00He has always been family orientated.
05:02It's a very real struggle that countless teens go through,
05:06chasing their own big dreams or staying nearby and helping out their family.
05:10That's true.
05:11Yeah.
05:12If things are hard and tough, Jonathan might want to pursue his own desires,
05:15but he also sees Joyce struggling.
05:17And the struggle between what he wants and what his family needs is very real for him.
05:21Oh.
05:22That's lovely.
05:23They really see him.
05:24They really do see him.
05:25Yeah.
05:26From KCRC.
05:27Thank you, KCRC.
05:28That's always going to be there, you know, I think, with him and his family
05:32and the connection to his brother.
05:34And, you know, that's something that's ever going to go away.
05:37But, you know, hopefully he would want a sense of, like,
05:41also give him a bit of space to, you know, get to do what he wants.
05:46Maybe.
05:47He's only young, I think, right?
05:50Yeah.
05:51Yeah.
05:52Who knows how old we are.
05:54We don't talk about that.
05:56We don't need to bring that up.
05:57No.
05:58You guys will probably do it for us.
06:00Yeah, right.
06:01It's true.
06:02Here's a question.
06:03Why didn't Vecna kill Nancy?
06:05Vecna preys on those with trauma.
06:07Clearly Nancy is still feeling guilt regarding Barb.
06:10Clearly.
06:11Clearly.
06:12He chooses Nancy to tell his story to and show what he plans to do.
06:16But why didn't he kill her?
06:18Does Vecna have a tie to the Wheelers?
06:20From Nelly Music on Reddit.
06:22Curious.
06:23I just love that it's clearly she's still feeling guilt.
06:27Like...
06:28Of course.
06:30I also asked this question to the doctors.
06:34And I think Vecna needed someone to sort of, yes, tell...
06:39A vehicle.
06:40A vehicle.
06:41A vehicle to tell...
06:42You know, to go back and report all of these things that he was going to do.
06:46And I think he...
06:47You know, if he killed her then she wouldn't be able to do that.
06:49So...
06:50It wouldn't be an effective message.
06:52It would be hard to do that.
06:53He likes to spread fear to me, doesn't he?
06:55Yeah, he's a little...
06:56Mostly feared.
06:57He's got some flair.
06:58Yeah.
06:59But I also asked that question.
07:01I've also never thought of this, but he does prey on people who are traumatized
07:05or like going through deep psychological discomfort.
07:08And, of course, you feel a lot of guilt over Bart.
07:12Of course.
07:13And, I mean, you should have seen her every day before filming.
07:16She would go down and she would like lay down some flowers at the...
07:19At a shrine.
07:21It's like, you know, she's...
07:23But Nancy has such a strong mental disposition that maybe she was too strong.
07:30She was like not interesting to him because she had so much...
07:35Yeah, too tough, too strong.
07:36Too much of a challenge.
07:37Yeah.
07:38That's gonna be a lot to break.
07:40Yeah.
07:41Yeah.
07:42That's gonna be...
07:43Oh, that brain?
07:44I can show it some scary movies, but I can't destroy it.
07:47Yeah.
07:48That's a nice interpretation.
07:50Throwing it out there.
07:51I like that.
07:52I like that.
07:53What are you doing?
07:54Ooh, the mail.
07:56The Maya mail.
07:57Here we go.
07:58Maya mail.
07:59Maya mail.
08:00Do you say that all the time when you open your mailbox?
08:01Yeah, I go, oh, Maya mail.
08:03Are yours?
08:04I've got pictures.
08:05Oh, you've got pictures.
08:06Oh, okay.
08:07I absolutely adore Steve and Robin's relationship.
08:09Me too.
08:10Love the scene when Robin and Vicky are talking, making sandwiches, and he just looks over at
08:14them and smiles while he's folding clothes.
08:16He genuinely cares about Robin.
08:17Aw.
08:18I think he does.
08:19He does.
08:20You know?
08:21I think he really does.
08:22And I think that that's...
08:23I love their friendship too, and you know, I say it all the time, but I think that the
08:24way in which the Duffers write friendship and put an emphasis on the importance of friendship
08:30is not just, you know, what makes the show so wonderful, but also is, I think, a good reminder
08:35to all of us.
08:36I think it's so easy to get preoccupied with family and relationships, and those things are
08:41very important and extremely rewarding, but friendship is just a really special category
08:48of relationship, and we all need to, you know, make sure we spend enough time with our friends
08:53and value that highly, and the show is a great reminder of that to me all the time.
08:59Well said.
09:00Oh, fuck.
09:01Me again?
09:02There's some groupies.
09:03There's a couple of groupies.
09:05Let's do some groupies.
09:07Okay.
09:08Hello, groupies.
09:10Okay, everyone, there's only one thing more terrifying than the Upside Down.
09:15Realizing this is the final ride with the Hawkins gang.
09:18Oh.
09:19From Ryan-GZ9XG on YouTube.
09:24Oh, Ryan GZ.
09:25Ryan GZ.
09:27Couldn't agree more.
09:28It's the final ride.
09:30It's gonna be a good one.
09:32It's a good final ride, though.
09:33It's gonna be good.
09:34I think it's gonna be a good one.
09:35Yeah.
09:36It has to be a final ride, at least.
09:37Yeah.
09:38I mean, it's such a gift, I think, to live with these characters and live with these people
09:42that you genuinely like to work with and, you know, let things develop over time.
09:47And then, yeah, then get to be there for the beginning, for the end.
09:51Yeah, it's really special.
09:54I feel very lucky.
09:55Yeah.
09:56I feel like, you know, as an actor, you're always, like, you know, looking at, oh, you know,
09:59this experience, this experience.
10:01But, like, I think what I noticed at the end of this is, like, wow, it's pretty, like,
10:05it's such a rare thing to have, you know, to be able to, yeah, have this experience,
10:09to shoot with the same people for ten years and to act across from them.
10:14And, you know, I don't think any of us will have that again.
10:17Maybe, but probably not.
10:18I don't think so.
10:19So it was like, that was, like, what I loved in its purest, like...
10:22I mean, what they're not saying is that we hate each other on a personal level.
10:25Yeah.
10:26And so, personally, you know, we're all glad to be rid of each other.
10:30Yeah.
10:31But professionally, it's really sad to say goodbye to the characters.
10:34Yeah, yeah.
10:35Yeah, that's it.
10:36But, no, I mean, it's like you...
10:38There's a story someone told me once about doing...
10:41These two friends were doing a play together and someone came back to be, like...
10:45They didn't know that they were friends.
10:46They were like, how did you build that chemistry?
10:48You know, how did you ever...
10:50How did you do that?
10:51I need to learn.
10:52I'm, you know, an actor, too, and I want to learn how to build that kind of chemistry.
10:55And the two actors said, oh, no, we've been friends for 20 years.
10:57And, you know, the person who'd seen the play went, oh, never mind, that's cheating.
11:02And it is cheating.
11:04Because when you have real intimacy with people, when they've seen you on hard days and good days,
11:10there's something in the way that you make eye contact, even across a green screen, that is special.
11:16And, yeah, I feel extremely grateful that I got to join this ride and ride it out to the end with these guys.
11:25Yes.
11:26Even though we hate each other, obviously.
11:28Yes, even though.
11:29Can't forget that.
11:30Did you just read yours?
11:31I can't remember where you are.
11:32Is it mine?
11:33Is it proof?
11:34Whose turn is it?
11:35Whose turn is it?
11:36Oh, look, there's one that has...
11:39Oh, just for us?
11:40Whoa.
11:41Wow.
11:42Hello.
11:43Okay.
11:44Alright.
11:45This is interesting.
11:46What?
11:47Do you guys...
11:48We have...
11:49We've delivered a line to each other.
11:50Okay.
11:51Will Jonathan and Robin have any interaction in season five?
11:58I think they would get on really well.
12:00They seem like they'd get on well if they met each other.
12:03They seem like the same sort of person.
12:05That's so nice.
12:06That is nice.
12:07What a beautiful observation.
12:08Well, you'll have to watch and find out, but you will get lots of TikToks of us getting along quite well.
12:13Cheers.
12:14Nat?
12:15Yeah.
12:16I'll keep this one.
12:17We can get a frame.
12:19This is for me and Maya.
12:22Oh!
12:23Nice.
12:24I personally would like to see more Nancy and Robin moments in S5s.
12:27I feel they have really good chemistry together.
12:29Nancy and Robin are both highly intelligent and their mental talents are complementary.
12:33Intuitive, creative Robin is the first to grasp what's going on.
12:37Rational, analytical Nancy comes up with a plan to deal with this situation.
12:41That's so true.
12:42That is so true.
12:43People are so perceptive.
12:44They are.
12:45That's why it works.
12:46I'm glad that people really...
12:48Are you guys new?
12:49This one?
12:50Yeah.
12:51Did you already say it?
12:52I just was...
12:53I don't know.
12:54It's nice to say.
12:55Yeah.
12:56Camp Circle.
12:57Camp Circle on Reddit.
12:58You guys are great together too.
12:59I love those scenes.
13:01I mean, there's some more stuff for us.
13:03We definitely don't have...
13:04Season four is definitely the Nancy and Robin season.
13:07Yeah.
13:08But I think what's so beautiful about this season, hopefully, is that kind of
13:11all your favorite things will get at least a moment.
13:15You know?
13:16Yeah.
13:17Everyone gets a moment.
13:18Go ahead.
13:19This is the one I said uh-oh too.
13:20I don't know why.
13:21It's crazy.
13:22Do you want me to read it?
13:23You read it.
13:24You read it.
13:25This is for me and Nat.
13:26Are the Jonathan and Nancy fans loving all the shots of them together from the trailer?
13:30They're going through it this season, but they're going through it together.
13:33Yeah.
13:34Yeah.
13:35That's a question.
13:36Ah, the Jonathan and Nancy fans.
13:37Right.
13:38It's not a question for us.
13:39It's a question for other people.
13:40Oh!
13:41The proverbial like-
13:42Lizzie and Limbo on Reddit.
13:43I mean, again, I feel like there's a lot of things that we can't really speak to.
13:46But yeah, but everyone's together and I think you'll definitely get, you know, interactions
13:52in a sense of where they are.
13:54I feel like I can say my favorite scene in the whole season is the scene with the two
13:58of you.
13:59Um, like maybe one of my favorite scenes in the entire five seasons.
14:04No pressure.
14:05Oh.
14:06What?
14:07Um.
14:08But thank you.
14:09Or at least on the page.
14:10On the page.
14:11Yeah.
14:12On the page.
14:13On the page.
14:14Yeah.
14:15No, it's, uh, yeah, they get some really beautiful stuff this season.
14:18Yeah.
14:19Uh, yeah.
14:20They are going through it.
14:21Are we still going?
14:22Yeah, we're still going.
14:23We're still going.
14:24I got one more.
14:25I got another one.
14:26I think this is my last question.
14:27I'm not sure if it's been mentioned before, but I saw a post recently where Robin could be classed
14:30as a D&D bard since she has good communication skills like translating the Russian code,
14:35finding relevant info in the newspaper archives, figuring out music, helps escape Bekna's curse,
14:40convincing all the people are really into how smart Robin is, convincing the warden of Pennhurst
14:44to let her and Robin visit Victor someday.
14:46I'll tell you what I think about that.
14:48Um, it's speculated that Robin is the host of the WSQK radio show.
14:52Ooh, who's speculating that?
14:53Um, do you think this is where she grows more into her role as a D&D bard?
14:58Or does anyone else see her fitting another D&D class or role?
15:02Wow, that's so cool.
15:03It is cool.
15:04Do you know what a D&D bard is?
15:05No.
15:06No, me neither.
15:07I learned today that it's not D and D.
15:10Yeah, you were saying that.
15:12But it is Dungeons and Dragons.
15:13But it is Dungeons and Dragons.
15:15That's why I thought it was D and D.
15:17Yeah, yeah, yeah. You said that earlier.
15:18I would assume the same thing though.
15:19But it's N.
15:20Why?
15:21I think it's just for the shortness of it, right?
15:23Because it looks better.
15:24Um, a bard, I'm guessing it's like a sub-genre of character.
15:27I'm sure it's a character.
15:29Yeah, yeah.
15:30And I know what a bard, like Shakespeare is the bard.
15:32Mm.
15:33So if I...
15:34Okay.
15:35So maybe they mean kind of like a narrator?
15:36Yeah, a narrator.
15:37Yeah.
15:38Yeah, good at communication.
15:39She's translating.
15:40It's not the...
15:41It's a type of role.
15:42This is how people used to figure out what things were before Google, kids.
15:45This is...
15:46It's a type of role that you can be, right?
15:49In D&D you can choose it.
15:51So that's nice.
15:52The host.
15:53She's the host.
15:54She's the squawk radio host.
15:55So yeah, I think you're right.
15:56I think you're right on the money.
15:57I think so too.
15:58And you should play it.
15:59And I should play it.
16:00I think you should.
16:01I love that ready weekend 1594.
16:04I also really...
16:061594.
16:07I also really would love to play D&D someday.
16:09I think it's totally pathetic that I haven't.
16:11I would really like to.
16:12Yeah.
16:13I played online during the pandemic.
16:15The pandemic?
16:16Right?
16:17There was some kind of...
16:18It was really confusing though.
16:19So I think playing it in person would be fun.
16:21I'd really like to do that.
16:22Do we keep going?
16:23Yeah.
16:24Wow.
16:25We've got five minutes.
16:26Should we do one nap?
16:27Okay.
16:28Yeah.
16:29I think we've got a couple more in there.
16:30Two more.
16:31Oh my god.
16:32You've got some work.
16:33Here.
16:34I actually think Nancy has objectively one of the strongest character arcs across the series so far.
16:38Yep.
16:39I agree.
16:40She's had consistent, progressive character growth with clear objectives each season,
16:44is always driving the action of the story rather than passively assisting in it,
16:48and none of her development has come at the expense of her original character traits.
16:53She's retained a lot of the same qualities, smart, principled, ambitious, fearless, and flaws,
16:58single-minded, impulsive.
17:00She's always had, but has become a more mature version of herself,
17:04and her season arcs always seem to build on each other.
17:07That's lovely.
17:08Yeah.
17:09I feel like I'm always so grateful to the doctors for just giving Nancy this story.
17:15It's been so fun, honestly.
17:19It's that thing of the characters growing up, and you're growing up at the same time.
17:23I just felt really lucky that I get to inhabit that.
17:28Don't shortchange yourself, though.
17:29You fiercely protect that character, and what makes sense for her and what doesn't,
17:36and remembering where she started and where you're going.
17:39You're extremely diligent and vigilant about that as an actor, and it's all important.
17:49I don't, yeah, I'm just, you know, I'm just doing the things.
17:52No, you do some action stuff.
17:54People think it's cool.
17:55I think it's cool.
17:56Yeah.
17:57You're gonna think it's cool.
17:58This is fun.
17:59This season was fun.
18:00I think across the board, though, I think everybody gets to be a bit of a badass.
18:05Thanks for opening the fan mail with us.
18:07Be sure to catch us on Stranger Things.
18:08Probably on Netflix.
18:09Amazing.
18:10Okay, great.
18:11Thank you so much.
18:12Bye.
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