Gaten Matarazzo aka Dustin from Stranger Things 4: I get a name six months earlier than filming to cease chopping my hair

Actor Gaten Matarazzo’s Dustin is probably the most well-liked and likeable character within the sci-fi horror drama, Stranger Things. The 19-year-old was all of 12 when he appeared in first season of the Netflix present. Seven years and 4 season later, we ask him what retains him going with the identical power and enthusiasm as season one?

“Every time we start a new season, every day I show up on set, it just feels more exciting than the last. The love I have for this show grows and the love I have for these people (his co-stars) grows exponentially. I seriously could not have asked to be a part of a better project,” Gaten tells us, throughout an interplay in Sydney, Australia.

Given that these years additionally occur to be the identical interval when OTT platforms gained steam the world over together with India, Stranger Things has positively benefited by way of reaching wider audiences.

Gaten agrees and says, “That’s something [access to OTT platforms] that really sets it apart. I feel the ability for people to sit down and get it all out of the way like one day to binge was definitely a big part of the appeal [of the series]. And I think that’s how people really enjoy watching the show. We have done a bit of a different spin this year by separating season four into two volumes.”

Revolving round a bunch of highschool pals, who like to play Dungeons & Dragons — a fantasy tabletop role-playing recreation — and the way they flip saviours for a fictional city, Hawkins, after it’s attacked by supernatural forces and outworldly monsters (Demogorgons), the present combines parts of horror, thrill, drama, sci-fi. But what stays on the core is friendship amongst these children. And that’s what Gaten finds essentially the most thrilling and engaging factor in regards to the present.

“You worded it perfectly by saying that at the core, it really is about friends, about community and the love you have with the people around because you do everything for that. You go through so much and fight against something this horrible (monsters) for the normalcy, so you can go back to the mall with your friends, or go back to just paying D & D and enjoying high school. That’s why these characters fight so hard because not only do they want to fight for love they have for each other, but also their community,” he elaborates.

While Stranger Things has an enormous ensemble solid, every character get to face out and makes their presence felt. And Gaten, particularly will get essentially the most consideration for his quirky persona with that curly hair and toothless smile. Asked him if he may return to season one and alter one factor about Dustin — apart from the hair — and he quips, “It’s always such a challenge (chuckles). I always get a call like six months before we start filming… the signal to stop cutting your hair and that’s always a sad, sad day. That’s when they call and say, ‘Hey, jus let it grow’. So that’s about the hair.”

However, he’s fast so as to add that there’s little or no he’s like to alter about his character if something in any respect. “I think the introduction to the show and how my character would progress, it is really quite fun to play. I mean he’s really one of my favourite characters on the show because of the connection I have with him,” concludes Gaten, confirming that there’s going to be a fifth season and “it’s going to be emotional going into that”.

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