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‘Stranger Things’ made megastars of its young cast. As ‘Stranger Things 2’ hits screens, we meet them to talk fans, filming and the “wonderful disaster” of their friendship
There’s water everywhere, and an illuminating tiff is unfolding between three of the stars of Stranger Things. We’ve just sat down in a central London hotel, and Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas) is pouring some San Pellegrino for the four of us – but he’s goofing around, spilling it everywhere and splashing his co-stars. “I’m drenched!” yells Noah Schnapp (Will). Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin) sighs, a fistful of napkins in hand; mopping up the spillage, he grasps his own glass and smiles to Caleb, “Thank you, I appreciate you making this terrible mess.”
I ask about the first day they met each other, and Gaten deadpans, “We’ve always hated each other.” The three of them act like brothers: the tight dynamic between them is as authentic in real life as it feels on screen. Noah is wide-eyed, eager; Gaten authoritative and wry; Caleb a fidgety joker. We’re here to talk the spooky nostalgia-trip of Stranger Things 2 – out today on Netflix – but it’s September, and spoilers are on lockdown. Even Caleb’s parents don’t know the details – though that’s more a sign of how much their lives have changed in the past year with the success of the show. “For season one they were more hands-on reading the script,” he says. “For season two they were too busy booking flights to different places.”
Mixing Stephen King scares and Spielberg wonder, Stranger Things’ magical debut season told the tale of an unknowable alien force appearing in a 1983 Indiana community and changing its future forever. With the show’s runaway success, life has imitated art for the ‘Stranger Things kids’, as they’re collectively known: fame has knocked their lives for six, making them the most…
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