‘Stranger Things’ star Gaten Matarazzo wants to wrap show ‘quickly’: Kill off Dustin!
nypost.commuch-anticipated Season 5, initially set to begin in May 2023, only kicked off filming in January due to various setbacks.Matarazzo, who has played Dustin Henderson on the Netflix series since its 2016 debut, opened up about the final episodes to TMZ on Wednesday.
Now 21, it’s challenging to maintain the illusion of being a teenager, having started on the show at 13. When asked if there’s a rush to release Season 5, he responded, “That’s the hope, yeah.”“Well we want to get it out as quickly as we can, you know what I mean?
It’s just a big season so it’s taken a bit to shoot and there are a little bit of delays from the pandemic and both of the strikes and stuff,” he added.
Matarazzo emphasized that the cast is “going full force” to deliver the final season to viewers. When asked should be killed off, he joked: “I’m gonna go for myself I think—why not?”“I hope towards the end of it, if it’s gonna happen, I want to be in it as much as I can,” he continued. “I want to hang out with my buds as much as I can.”In February, he previously said at MegaCon Orlando that the show would be “better” if it killed off more characters.“It might sound messed up but we should kill more people,” Matarazzo said at the time. “This show would be so much better if the stakes were much higher, like at any moment any of these kids can kick it.
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