It’s been almost six months sinceStranger Thingsdebuted on Netflix last summer, and fans just can’t get enough of this hit series. Several of the young stars were part of the opening musical number at the Golden Globes this weekend, where they even teased that Barb (Shannon Purser) is still alive, even thoughMillie Bobby Brownconfirmed that Barb is still dead. Netflix hasn’t issued a Season 2 premiere date yet, with production still under way, but producerShawn Levyrecently pulled back a few layers on the new season, which will be much darker this time around. Here’s what he had to say.
“Season 2 is bigger and potentially darker in its stakes. The threat, which in Season 1 was to Will Byers, has grown. That’s all I’m going to say! But, I will say Season 2 has a bigger cast and is definitely loyal to the kind ofmagical storytellingthat we established in the first season. It’s character-based and still about our core group of characters.”
Vanity Fairalso caught up withNoah Schnapp, who played Will Byers, the young boy everyone inHawkins, Indianawas searching for. The young actor has been promoted to series regular forStranger ThingsSeason 2, teasing that there may be a gruesome transformation in store for Will Byers this season. Here’s how he explains it.
“You’ll be seeing more of me. I’ll be there. In the last episode, I threw up a slug, so Season 2 begins with what happens from there. There may have been some effect on him. I may or may not have turned into a monster. You’ll have to watch to find out.”
Stranger Things Season 2will also bring back the rest of the young cast, includingFinn Wolfhard(Mike Wheeler),Millie Bobby Brown(Eleven),Gaten Matarazzo(Dustin Henderson),Caleb McLaughlin(Lucas Sinclair),Natalia Dyer(Nancy Wheeler) andCharlie Heaton(Jonathan Byers). Vanity Fair also caught up withFinn Wolfhard, who teased that they know everything about their characters this season. Here’s what he had to say below, saying they’ll be taking their characters to the next level this season.
“Now that we’ve done a season, we know exactly about our characters. We are very conscious of them and can take them to the next level. I think we’ve grown up a little bit, and our characters have too. They have been through a lot and have used those experiences to help them grow and to be stronger in Season 2.”
Along with the returning adult stars such asWinona Ryderas Joyce Byers andDavid Harbouras Sheriff Jim Hopper, there will a number ofnew cast memberscoming by this season.Sadie SinkandDacre Montgomeryare playing step-siblings Max and Billy,Sean Astinis playing the manager of the local Hawkins Radio Shack, whilePaul Reiserwill play a government official who comes to town to investigate what happened during the first season.Linnea Berthelsenis playing Roman, a damaged young woman who doesn’t actually live in Hawkins, but is connected to the mysterious events ofStranger ThingsSeason 1.Brett Gelmanhas also come aboard to play a former journalist turned conspiracy theorist who comes to Hawkins while investigating a cold case.
