On Saturday, three cast members from Netflix’s Stranger Things — Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin) and Noah Schnapp (Will) — hit the red carpet at the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards, and ET Online was there to get their thoughts about season 3.
Although they admit they’re biased, the lot of them say this upcoming third season is the best one yet. “[Season 3] does a good job of mixing the playfulness of season 1 and the darkness of season 2,” said Schnapp. Matarazzo is also on board. “Yeah, everything’s intensified. It’s just bigger, cool…it’s awesome.”
And what moment are they most excited for fans to see?
- Wolfhard: “The last two episodes.”
- Schnapp: “The ending.”
- Matarazzo: “The LEGO set.”
Maybe the ending will involve the LEGO set?
They also address how much longer the show will run. Things aren’t set in stone, but Schnaap guesses that there will be “probably like five” seasons before the story is over, which sounds about right. “We definitely need one more to tie it all up,” he said. Matarazzo is on the same page. “I think that we should stop whenever the story feels like it needs to be completed.” The consensus seems to be that “one or two” more seasons are needed, but only Matt and Ross Duffer know for sure.
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Young as they are, some of the cast members are already looking to their careers beyond Stranger Things, if not always successfully. The 16-year-old Matarazzo is hosting and executive producing a new eight-episode series for Netflix called Encounters, a prank show that “takes two complete strangers who each think they’re starting their first day at a new job,” according to Netflix’s press release. “It’s business as usual until their paths collide and these part-time jobs turn into full-time nightmares.”
Now, we don’t know all the details — are these “contestants” paid, do they get a job afterwards — but it sounds like this show might exploit people who are looking for work. Matarazzo is too young to know how head-bangingly frustrating that can be, but if you’ve been there, you won’t be surprised to learn that the internet didn’t take kindly to this announcement:
I don't blame 15 year olds for thinking bad ideas are good ideas, that's their job. Its pretty much axiomatic, its why we don't let them live on their own or vote or operate heavy machinery.
— The Union Makes Us Strong #WGA #SAGAFTRA 💪 (@saucissonsec) June 15, 2019
I do blame EVERY SINGLE ADULT INCLUDING HIS PARENTS who are making this happen.
Way cool! 🤙 This will be a great companion piece to my new Netflix show where I fuck with people seeking medical care. Wait til you see the looks on their desperate, American faces when they find out I'm not a doctor! 😜
— Michael Welch (@MichaelWelchAct) June 15, 2019
So after the pranked job seeker finds out it was a prank, the second half of the show is them beating those involved with a wrench, right? That'd be relatable
— Reboot! (@Just_Reboot) June 14, 2019
As someone who had crippling depression when I was out of work for five months after being unceremoniously dropped by a company I had been with for 12 years, someone playing a joke like this would have broken me, and I guarantee there are people who this might drive to self-harm.
— Alexander Kern (@Kern9811) June 14, 2019
I’m with @saucissonsec: I can see how a teenager would find this funny, but people desperate for work are already living a “full-time nightmare.” They don’t the Stranger Things kid piling on.
Maybe it’ll work in context…? Until then, this seems like a very bad idea.
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