Netflix cast tease new villain Vecnu

Although the show has had many ups and downs in previous seasons, the buzz around very strange things upcoming fourth season or at least First part out of this, very real. With some actors leaving Hawkins, Indiana to California or mysteriously ended up in Russia, it’s only a matter of time before everyone reunite deal with a big new evil who threaten the world if they can’t put an end to it.

In this new season new antagonist this is Vecna, a powerful god-like lich from Dungeons and Dragons. Throughout the series, very strange things easily referred to the popular TTRPG and she’s playing a key role this new season thanks to Vekna and newcomer Eddie. D&D nerd being played Joseph Quinn. Previously, the Duffer brothers promoted Vecna a far scarier entity than the Demogorgons of previous seasons, and last night at the season premiere party, the cast went a step further in creating Vecna threat. David Harbour, who plays the sheriff who becomes Hopper’s surrogate father, described him this way: Diversity as a different kind of horror for the series, and even went so far as to call it the big evil that the series needed..

“The underside was a wild west world with creatures running around,” admits Harbour, “but we’ve never seen something as calculated psychologically evil as this…Vecna it’s a psychological horror that I don’t think we’ve actually seen.” Bye Hopper will not deal with the lich directly, this presence of evil will be felt when he fights the Demogorgon who has taken over the Russian prison.

Due to the character’s perceived horror, he came to life using mostly practical effects. Back in April, Ross Duffer stressed the importance of practical effects for actors to really sell their horror, with the character’s look designed by prosthetic artist Barry Gower, who previously worked on HBO’s The Night King. Game of Thrones. “This is unprecedented,” said Joe Carrey, who plays Steve on the show. As a fan of old horror films and practical effects, he was very fond of Vecna ​​to play with during filming. “There are no other people who do that kind of thing, so being the fan in me, I just went crazy.”

And Pria Ferguson and Gaten Matarazzowho respectively play Erica Sinclar and Dustin Henderson promised that Vecna’s debut changed the tone of the series. “Vecna ​​is very terrible, and this something is interfering mind,” Ferguson said. Matarazzo added: “He brings a whole new vibe of how we deal with our villains and how we will continue to do so in the future.”

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First part very strange things The fourth season will be released on Netflix on May 27, while the second part will be released on July 1.

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