Police chief Jim Hopper’s (David Harbour) prison break was no easy feat.
David Harbour found his “inner Russian bear” filming barefoot in the snow. What we wanted to explore also was what if a character sees this, and he cracks a little bit?” And boy, does Jason crack.Ĥ. They react to it sometimes in fear and wonder, but they’re able mostly to overcome that. Ross Duffer adds that Jason was also a conduit for how “a lot of times, we introduce a new character to this world, and they see these extraordinary supernatural things. All of this stuff that is inside of him that probably would have never been unlocked had that not occurred comes spilling out.” Mainly, that he dives headfirst into the satanic panic and launches a mob search party to find Chrissy’s murderer, who he wrongfully suspects is Hellfire Club president Eddie Munson (Joe Quinn). Someone who was very popular, had a sort of self-righteous streak in him, who was viewed by the community as completely virtuous. When it comes to basketball team captain Jason, in particular, whose girlfriend Chrissy is murdered in the first episode, Matt Duffer explains that “we wanted to explore someone who, had this never occurred, would’ve probably led a really good life. But this theme especially applies to Season 4, as we’re introduced to the jocks at Hawkins High.
The prevalent motif in King’s work of humans as the real horror has served as a through line in every season of Stranger Things. Matt and Ross Duffer were inspired by the works of Stephen King when they developed Stranger Things. The Duffers always set out to make a lot of the horror in Stranger Things come from the humans in the story - not just the monsters. And that’s really going to affect what Season 5 is about.”ģ. “The last remaining questions that are answered in that document, we’ve punted a couple of those to have some big reveals in Season 5. And according to Ross Duffer, “there’s still stuff” that audiences haven’t seen yet but that they do “hint about this season.” As he says, “We start getting into a little bit about the Upside Down.” While they don’t resolve lingering questions just yet, he insists that they do have the answers. When the Duffers were in the midst of writing Season 1 of the show, Netflix asked them to write a document that was a walk-through of the mythology of Stranger Things. Questions about the lore of the Upside Down will be answered in Season 5. And now “it’s hard to even imagine what that would have looked liked” without Steve, because it’s the “beginning of his turn” as a character we all know and love - “and a pretty damn good babysitter."Ģ. But remember the Season 1 finale scene where Steve comes back to the Byers’ house with his iconic bat and helps Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton) fight the Demogorgon? “Originally, that was going to be Jonathan’s dad, Lonnie,” Matt says. Ross says that the plan was for him to get killed off in the Season 1 finale, while Matt doesn’t necessarily recall that Steve was going to die. The duo always had a road map for the series, but they insist that it evolves - with the perfect example being Keery’s character and how a cast member’s performance can impact the narrative as it goes. Matt and Ross Duffer differ on when exactly Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) was supposed to die, but they both can agree that he was never supposed to end up becoming a lead in Season 4. Steve Harrington was never supposed to make it to Season 4.