Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard says the cast feared a Game of Thrones-style backlash to the final season: "We hope to not have that happen"

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Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard has recently talked about feeling the pressure of wrapping up one of the most popular shows of the last decade. Ahead of the release of its fifth and final season next month, the Netflix show is hoping to avoid the fan backlash that iconic shows like Game of Thrones and Lost received for their final episodes.

"I think everyone was pretty worried, honestly," Wolfhard told Time magazine. "The way that Game of Thrones got torn to shreds in that final season, we're all walking into this going, 'We hope to not have that kind of thing happen.' But then we read the scripts. We knew that it was something special."

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"It's just a symptom of what filmmaking can be, which is chaotic. As a child actor, you're trying to make things easy for people. You don’t know how to speak up for yourself. You don’t know how to ask for a break… It was incredible and subconsciously terrifying to be 13 and all of a sudden everyone knows who you are," he said.

Mireia Mullor
Mireia Mullor
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Mireia is a UK-based culture journalist and critic. She previously worked as Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy, and her work as a freelance writer has appeared in WeLoveCinema and Spanish magazines Fotogramas, Esquire, and Elle. She is also a published author, having written a book about Studio Ghibli's 'Kiki's Delivery Service' in 2023. Talking about anime and musicals is the best way to grab her attention.

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