And now, several months later, it seems there’s still excitement about the finale. Not about the ninth episode, which we know so far doesn’t exist, or the biggest things about the actual finale, like whether or not Eleven is In fact dead. Rather, it’s about how people are involved stranger things Felt about the whole kerfuffle.
The Hollywood Reporter caught some of Hawking’s escapades at a recent “For Your Consideration” event, and now we have even more reactions to add to the pile.
Executive producer Shawn Levy called the “wishful thinking” about episode nine “surprising”.
He also explained that “The Internet and social media are this kind of self-fueling machine of theory and story. I felt bad for the world, because they really believed; as much as I believed Eleven was still alive somewhere near those springs, the world really seemed to believe for a while in that extra episode. I knew their absence would break their hearts, but I couldn’t do anything to save them that pain.”
As for the cast, who they’re probably tired of thinking about stranger things At this point, there’s less of a piece of it stranger things He doesn’t exist, he had even more enthusiastic things to say. Jamie Campbell Bower, Vecna himself, called the speculation “fucking crazy”, while Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) recalled the flood of messages he received demanding to know whether episode nine was real or not.
For his part, Levi was also able to see the upside of the situation. “You’ll never be able to satisfy everyone, but it feels like we’ve satisfied most. It’s better than most series I can think of, especially with a fan base like this, which is brutal.”
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