‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 is ‘basically 8 movies,’ star Maya Hawke says

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“Stranger Things” Season 5 is group to deliver an eager experience, spanning 8 “very long” episodes, according to Maya Hawke, who plays Robin connected nan Netflix show.

Hawke gave penetration into nan show’s accumulation for nan last play connected nan June 27 section of nan “Podcrushed” podcast.

“We’re making fundamentally 8 movies,” Hawke, 25, explained. “The episodes are very long.”

Maya Hawke, who plays Robin connected “Stranger Things” said nan last play is “basically 8 movies.”

The “Inside Out 2” character said nan episodes will return a afloat twelvemonth to shoot. 

When “Podcrushed” co-host Penn Badgely remarked that a twelvemonth is simply a agelong clip to movie a TV show, Hawke flatly affirmed, “Yes it is — that’s true.”

Hawke said nan episodes will return a afloat twelvemonth to shoot. ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Hawke’s confirmation of “movie”-like episodes counters what show runners Matt and Ross Duffer said connected nan “Happy Sad Confused” podcast 2 years ago. At nan time, nan brothers said they “don’t expect” Season 5’s episodes to beryllium arsenic long, isolated from for nan past episode.

“It’s going to beryllium moving fast,” Matt said connected nan July 2022 episode. “Characters are already going to beryllium successful action, they’re already going to person a extremity and a drive, and I deliberation that’s going to carve retired astatine slightest a mates hours and make this play consciousness really different.”

Clearly, things person changed.

In 2022, show runners Matt and Ross Duffer said they “don’t expect” Season 5’s episodes to beryllium arsenic agelong arsenic Season 4’s, isolated from nan finale. Podcrushed/YouTube

“Stranger Things” shaper Shawn Levy, who directed 1 of nan episodes successful nan 5th season, told Total Film Magazine: “There’s nary measurement to beryllium contiguous pinch Season 4, and not, frankly, grow standard and depth.”

Originally slated to statesman accumulation successful May 2023, Season 5 faced galore delays owed to unforeseen circumstances and yet started accumulation for nan last play successful January 2024.

“The show is cursed,” said Hawke. “The pandemic happened correct arsenic we were starting nan play 4, nan onslaught happened correct arsenic we were starting this season.”

There will beryllium a three-year spread betwixt Seasons 4 and 5, which is nan aforesaid magnitude of clip location was betwixt Seasons 3 and 4. Season 4 faced delays owed to COVID-19.

Natalia Dyer is Nancy Wheeler (left) successful Season 4, section 9 of “Stranger Things alongside Maya Hawke arsenic Robin Buckley. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection

Hawke besides emphasized nan dedication of nan Duffer brothers, highlighting their meticulous attack to penning and production. 

“We are very fortunate and our show runners Matt and Ross really return a batch of responsibility,” she said. “They person an astonishing squad of writers but they’re very progressive and they constitute a batch and they are very aggravated and superior astir nan value of nan continued writing, and truthful it takes a agelong clip to constitute each season, and it takes a agelong clip to sprout them.”

When asked astir her acquisition joining nan show successful nan 3rd play aft it had an established, close-knit cast, Hawke admitted “it was intimidating.”

She quipped: “Especially because I’m a personification that loves TV.”

“I often consciousness that erstwhile they bring successful caller characters successful shows that I get frustrated. I for illustration my original cast. I don’t request this to travel this caller crippled line,” she explained. “I was worried astir group emotion astir my characteristic that way.” ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection

“I often consciousness that erstwhile they bring successful caller characters successful shows that I get frustrated. I for illustration my original cast. I don’t request this to travel this caller crippled line,” she explained. “I was worried astir group emotion astir my characteristic that way.”

But, nan show did it nan correct way, and tends to ever bring successful caller characters without “leaving them retired to barren connected their ain arc,” she said, allowing for viewers to link pinch them.

Robin joined nan show’s storyline alongside Steve Harrington (Joe Keery), who was successful nan show since Season 1. The aforesaid point occurred erstwhile Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) and Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) were introduced to nan crippled successful Seasons 4 and 2 alongside original characters Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) and Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin).

The show did it nan correct way, and tends to ever bring successful caller characters without “leaving them retired to barren connected their ain arc,” she said, allowing for viewers to link pinch them. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection

All quickly became instrumentality favorites.

Quinn, 30, precocious teased that he mightiness reprise his domiciled arsenic Eddie Munson successful nan last play of “Stranger Things,” contempt nan character’s tragic demise.

“I mightiness person that emotion too,” nan character told Entertainment Tonight of a imaginable comeback astatine nan June 26 New York premiere of “A Quiet Place: Day One.”

Joseph Quinn, who played Eddie Munson successful Season 4, teased that he mightiness reprise his domiciled successful nan last season, contempt nan character’s tragic demise. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I mightiness person that emotion too,” Quinn, 30, told Entertainment Tonight of a imaginable comeback astatine nan June 26 New York premiere of “A Quiet Place: Day One.” AFP via Getty Images

“Or possibly I don’t. Who knows? Maybe I do…” he added. 

Regardless of Eddie’s fate, Quinn expressed his desire to revisit nan “Stranger Things” group for its past episodes.

“I emotion those guys. I’d emotion to travel and opportunity hello,” nan character told ET. “I’m judge they’re moving very difficult to onshore nan plane. It’s a agelong clip they’ve been moving connected that truthful I’m really delighted they’re getting toward nan extremity and they’re having a bully time. I’m judge they’re gonna present it successful a beautiful epic finale.”

Regardless of Eddie’s fate, Quinn expressed his desire to revisit nan “Stranger Things” group for its past episodes. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection

Hawke told ET that it’s “heartbreaking” that nan show is coming to an end.

“It’s nan extremity of a really agelong journey,” nan “Do Revenge” character said. “Longer for immoderate of my cast-mates, even, than for me. So it’s really sentimental. But arsenic a precocious summation formed member, I consciousness for illustration it’s my occupation to beryllium present to facilitate their feelings and conscionable beryllium grateful and excited to person been a portion of it astatine all.”

Millie Bobby Brown, meanwhile, is fresh to move connected from her Eleven role.

Winona Ryder plays Joyce Byers and David Harbour plays Jim Hopper successful nan deed Netflix series. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
Hawke told ET that it’s “heartbreaking” that nan show is coming to an end. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection

“I’m decidedly fresh to wrap up. I consciousness for illustration there’s a batch of nan communicative that’s been told now,” nan actress, 20, told Seventeen mag successful March 2023. “It’s been successful our lives for a very agelong time. But I’m very fresh to opportunity goodbye to this section of my life, and unfastened caller ones up.”

The show besides stars Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, David Harbour and Winona Ryder.

Season 5 is expected to debut successful 2025.


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