How will the children of Stranger Things be able to remain children in season 5?
Producer Shawn Levy admits that the more time passes, the more complicated it becomes. But they still have some tricks.
Stranger Things was launched in 2016. At the time, Millie Bobby Brown was only 12 years old. The first season continued with new episodes in 2017, then with season 3 in 2019. The plan then seemed to be unfolding as planned and the story of Eleven could have ended in 2021 or 2022, at the end of the 5 imagined seasons. by the Duffers. The young star of the show would have been just 18 years old at the time of its conclusion Stranger Things. Perfect.
Except that the COVID-19 pandemic blocked season 4 for many years, and season 5 is now on hold due to the Hollywood strike. Production won’t resume until 2024, which means the final season 5 of Stranger Things will not be released until 2025 on Netflix. Millie Bobby Brown will then be 21 years old. Finn Wolfhard (Mike) or Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin) will be 24 years old. And the big brothers of the band, Joe Keery (Steve) and Charlie Heaton (Jonathan) will be past 30!
Stranger Things clearly missed the boat on good timing. So how do we maintain the children’s youthful appearance without a significant time jump made impossible by the events of the story? In a new interview with Variety, executive producer and director Shawn Levy admits that “theThe passage of time doesn’t help!“
“We have already seen the actors of our series grow up in the public eye. Especially since between the ages of 12 and 22, every human being changes profoundly. Now, our hair, makeup and props department is quite exceptional, using costumes, wigs and makeup to keep them as young as possible.”
And Shawn Levy also blesses the time in which it takes place Stranger Thingsvery practical for disguising the actors and camouflaging their true appearance: “The 80s are also our friends in this area. It’s a great time and it helps bring our young adult actors back to their iconic Hawkins characters just before style. So we are going to use all the tools at our disposal. And I know our actors are as eager to get back to work as the rest of us.”
