‘It felt surreal, weird’

Stranger Things actors Millie Bobby Brown Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo vividly remember the moment when the show turned their lives ldquoupside downrdquo by making them overnight starsStranger Things created by Matt and Ross Duffer is set in the 1980s and takes a look at the fictional town of Hawkins Indiana where a secret government lab accidentally opens a door to a parallel dimension referred to as the lsquoupside downrsquoA group of friends try to make sense of the strange disappearances and the evil things haunting their town while also struggling to hide a new and mysterious friend The fourth season of the show is currently streaming on NetflixBrown who became a global star courtesy her role of Eleven a girl with psychokinetic and telepathic abilities still remembers waking up to see her ldquotennis ballshapedrdquo face everywhere after the first season ldquoI think the moment I knew the show had taken off was when I woke up from a nap in my car and looked at my phone and my tennis ballshaped face was everywhere I was like lsquoOh this is really itrsquo I remember thinking to myself lsquoThis is legit people love thisrsquordquo Brown told in an interview during a virtual set visit of the showBut the most surreal moment for her was during the premiere of season two when people were chanting her and costar Wolfhardrsquos name ldquoI was like lsquothis moment will last foreverrsquo The show has immortalised itself I feel itrsquos gonna last forever I am so grateful that I got to be a part of that I do remember that season two premiere was surreal for merdquo she added The 18yearold actor who was just 12 when she starred on the first season of the show in 2016 has since gone on to play major roles in Hollywood films Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 its sequel and Netflix period mystery drama Enola Holmes 2020 that she also producedWolfhard 19 had a similar trajectory and has featured in horror film It 2017 and its sequel The Goldfinch and Ghostbusters Afterlife 2021 He described the experience of working on the show like being part of a camp ldquoWe kind of grew up with the characters because we come back every year Itrsquos an interesting thing and something like a camp Like the way Irsquom coming back every year and seeing the same people and seeing what everyone has been up to in real life and on the showrdquo Wolfhard saidThe actor said the showrsquos success has ldquochanged and impacted our lives completely and for the betterrdquo ldquoMillie and I are just happy to be back every seasonrdquo he added The actor hopes Stranger Things which is currently in its fourth chapter would ldquogo on for more seasonsrdquo The fourth season is already streaming on Netflix the second half of the series will arrive on July 1 This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever