Stranger Things 5 BTS is Nostalgia Overload
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“So I started when I was 10; I am now turning 20. It feels very weird.”
Millie Bobby Brown, AKA Eleven from “Stranger Things,” reminds us all how much we’ve aged since the first season of the hit Netflix show in the behind-the-scenes (BTS) footage for Season 5! The show premiered in 2016, and with Season 5 expected in 2025, it’ll almost be a decade of Demogorgons and Upside Down adventures.
Fans can rejoice knowing we’ll see scenes with all the original four friends who unraveled the supernatural mysteries of Hawkins— Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo), Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), and Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair). The four of them are seen Of course Sadie Sink’s Max Mayfield will also be joining them. So will the older familiar cast members, including fan favorites Robin (Maya Hawke), and Billy (Dacre Montgomery), who is like their unofficial best-friend/babysitter.
The BTS footage gives a sneak peek at Day 1 of shooting for Season 5, featuring the beloved cast alongside a few new faces joining them for the grand finale. Everyone looks pumped, and they promise this season will be the biggest yet! Viewers also get a sneak-peak to some of the sets, including the scary upside down. One of the best reveals in the BTS footage is a shot that looks strikingly similar to the iconic lighting sequence from Season 1, where Will Byers uses lights to communicate with his mom, Joyce (Winona Ryder). We might be reading too much into it, but who knows?
At the end of “Stranger Things” Season 4, things got wild. Vecna, the new villain, almost killed Max, leaving her in a coma despite Eleven’s efforts to save her. The gang’s fight in the Upside Down caused a massive quake in Hawkins, splitting the town and hinting at the Upside Down merging with the real world. The season closed with everyone staring at the giant rift, bracing for the chaos ahead.
