Should Max have died on Stranger Things? Sadie Sink weighs in

The fourth season of Stranger Things was its biggest yet. We met the terrifying villain Vecna, got answers to some long-simmering questions, and even lost one of our main characters!

Or, well, we came close. Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) put her life on the line to fight Vecna and nearly didn’t make it out. When last we left her she was in a coma, and according to Sink, showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer almost went further than that.

“I didn’t know this until I read it in an interview, but I think Matt and Ross [Duffer] were planning to kill me off, like completely kill me off, and that was in the original plan for the season, but then they did change it,” Sink said During an appearance on the Variety Awards Circuit podcast. “What I do know is that the Duffers are very smart, they’re very calculated, and they’d only choose to kill a character off if it was good for the plot, or would come in handy later, and they’d only keep a character if it was going to serve the plot later as well.”

"So everything is very calculated, they know what they’re doing, but I understand, I think, if Max did completely die, then it would’ve had a bigger impact for sure, but I’m personally happy she’s still around."

Will Max die in the fifth and final season of Stranger Things?

Stranger Things did kill a couple characters in season 4, including Eleven’s abusive “papa” and newcomer Eddie Munson, who quickly worked his way into the hearts of fans. Max made it out by the skin of her teeth, but given that there’s only one season left, all bets are off.

We probably won’t see new episodes of Stranger Things until 2024. But you can see Sink now alongside Brendan Fraser in The Whale, which is getting lots of Oscar buzz.

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