As we wait for the new series of Stranger Things, fill that Hawkins sized hole in your life with official Stranger Things merchandise from our online shop. Nothing will make the time go faster than a gift or two… or Eleven. During the filming of season 1, actress Millie Brown (Eleven) appeared on set covered from head to toe in glitter. Where the glitter came from is still as mysterious as the series itself.

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I want to say yes, I want to give some glimmer of hope. But it’s frightening to think that Trump could lead us, if he runs again, into a kind of civil war. It’s quite possible. The people who have all the guns in America support that man. I don’t have a gun. It was horror maestro Stephen King who suggested Millie Bobby Brown for the role of Eleven. The legendary author had seen the BBC series Intruders, in which Brown was already impressing audiences with her acting skills.

November 6, 1983, Hawkins, Indiana: Will Byers, a 12-year-old boy, disappears without a trace on the way home. Greatly concerned, Will's friends - Mike, Dustin, and Lukas - decide to get to the bottom of the matter and solve the case. During their search, they come across a girl in a wooded area wearing a hospital gown and with a shaved head and the number 11 tattooed on her arm. They name her, creatively, Eleven.Stephen King himself suggested Millie Brown for the role of Eleven. The master of horror had seen the BBC series "Intruders", in which Brown already impressed with her acting skills.

You became known to a new generation when you played the villainous Dr Martin Brenner in Stranger Things . What made you take the role? I respect him as a film-maker and then I got to know him as a man, as a father, as a husband. He was probably the most independent independent film-maker I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. He figured out how to be able to work for 20 months and still be financially viable. What he did was create an environment where he was able to explore and experiment. He often said how funny it was that people would always ask how many takes he did. He said: “Imagine someone going up to Mozart and saying, ‘Wolfgang, how many notes are there in your concerto? Or to Picasso and saying how many strokes in that painting?’ It’s just it’s so rude and who cares? The result is what you should be interested in.” During their search, Mike, Lucas, and Dustin encounter an unusual girl called Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), who is on the run. Familiar with the supernatural, she reveals the location of Will: a parallel dimension known as the Upside Down, where he is being held captive. Fortunately, Eleven possesses powerful abilities, which can be used against the Demogorgon.Having become one of the most popular TV series on Netflix, Stranger Things has received multiple seasons, all of which have expanded upon the narrative in interesting ways. This includes the introduction of new antagonists, such as the all-powerful Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), whose past is a mystery that conceals massive revelations. Stranger Things Merch I have to say it’s been such a joy to be in London. It’s probable you can hear a dozen different languages, different accents when you walk from one place to another. There is still a happiness and optimism that exists here. It’s so refreshing. The Thoughtflayer repeatedly communicates with the friends through telepathy and reveals that he wants to destroy the real world with an army of monsters from the shadow world. To realise his plan, the Thought Flayer only needs a human host. The choice falls on Max's older brother Billy. The teenager with behavioural problems, who already shows disturbingly aggressive behaviour, seems to be an easy victim for the demonic monster from the shadow world. Police chief Hopper and Will's mother Joyce are also involved and, as always, help the friends with words and deeds. Will the mind flayer manage to put his destructive plans into action? Will Will and his friends manage to stand up to the new danger? One thing is for sure: the new season will be at least as exciting as the previous two! In 2016, the world of streaming turned upside down with the release of Stranger Things, a Netflix TV show written by Matt and Ross Duffer. The story begins when a young schoolboy, Will Byers (played by Noah Schnapp), disappears. His friends — Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin), and Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) — attempt to find him, but their search is complicated by supernatural occurrences. Once a peaceful place, the town of Hawkins, Indiana, is plagued by the emergence of dark forces, including the Demogorgon.