STRANGER THINGS Season 2 - New Photo and New Character and Plot Details
We've got more Stranger Things season two goodies for you today! You can see a new image from the upcoming season above featuring Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), and Will (Noah Schnapp) trick-or-treating as Ghostbusters. Also, thanks to EW, we have some new information regarding the characters and plot of the second season!
We know that the season two is set in 1984, a year after the events of the first season. Will is infected by something from the Upside Down, this was made apparent at the end of season one when he threw up a nasty giant slug. But now he is having strange visions. Co-creator Matt Duffer explains:
“He seems to be seeing images from the Upside Down—the question is whether they’re real or not. So it seems like he’s having some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder.”
While this is all going on, Will's mom Joyce is trying to keep her family together. She's started dating an old friend from high school named Bob, who is being played by Sean Astin. She hopes that he can give her boys a father figure to look up to. Winona Ryder says:
“She’s trying to mask a lot. I think she’s made this choice with Bob because she wants a good father figure in her sons’ lives.”
As for Hopper, he's trying to keep everything a secret, including the disappearance of Barb. He's doing this because he thinks it's a way to protect Joyce and her kids. According to David Harbour:
"It kind of falls on Hopper to be the voice of authority to say, ‘This did happen and this didn’t happen,’ He’s struggling with the compromise that takes him to, having to lie and cover things up.”
When it come to Nancy and Mike, they are in a messed up place as they mourn the deaths of Barb and Eleven. Ross Duffer explains:
“She and Mike are both the most screwed-up because they’re the ones who both lost someone. They’re both grappling with that, and we see the effects.”
We also have some new information on two new characters being introduced in season two! They are a brother and sister by the names of Billy (Dacre Montgomery) and Max (Sadie Sink). Both Lucas and Dustin end up having a crush on Max. As for Billy, he's not really out to make friends. Matt Duffer teases:
“Stephen King always has really great human villains. The evil in the real world is often as bad or worse than the supernatural evil, so we wanted to introduce a character like that.”
Sounds to me like Billy is going to end up bullying the characters we've come to love. Another new character being brought into the mix is Dr. Owens, who is played by Paul Reiser. He's described as "seemingly friendly," which means he could be putting on a face when deep down there's something more sinister going on with him.
There are also new creatures and monsters teased in the report. Matt says that they will be exploring “different kinds of horror.” Then according to Matarazzo, Dustin will have a new creature for a pet. He says:
“It’s a little creature I get to bond with. It’s obviously not from this planet or this dimension.
There's no new information on Eleven, but we know she is set to return! Stranger Things returns this Halloween!