STRANGER THINGS Star Joe Keery Shares His Thoughts on Series Ending: "It Won't Be Easy"
Stranger Things has had a great run and with the show coming to an end with the upcoming fifth season, the cast and crew are sure to be going through a lot of different emotions. This show launched the careers of a lot of young talented actors, and after several years of working on the show, their time on it is coming to a close.
While some of the actors are looking forward to the show coming to an end, like Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour, some actors, like Joe Keery, are having mixed feelings. During a recent interview, he admitted that it feels like it's time for the show to end, but he also said that it’s not going to be easy to say goodbye. He told Women's Wear Daily:
"It does feel like it's time. It won't be easy for it to end. I mean, I owe my whole career to being on that show and all the opportunities that I had since are because of that show."
He went on to share his feelings:
"So it's very convoluted. There's a sense of relief, there's a sense of sadness. I guess my goal is to just really soak it up as much as I can while we're doing it, and not take any of it for granted because it's been an amazing ride with such great people. And then once it's done, move forward and try to just hold on to the joy that we had when we were making it….Everything has a beginning and the middle and an end. It'll be nice to have the end of this too."
Kerry’s co-star Millie Bobby Brown talked about her desire for the show to end:
“I think I’m ready. It’s been such a huge factor in part of my life, but it’s like graduating high school, it’s like senior year. You’re ready to go and blossom and flourish and you’re grateful for the time you’ve had, but it’s time to create your own message and live your own life.”
As for David Harbour, he expressed his desire to be done with the show many times, comparing it to George Clooney leaving ER at the turn of the century.
"I think about George Clooney leaving 'ER.' Now we just see him as George Clooney, but there was a time when it was, The guy from ER is doing a movie with Nicole Kidman.’ I'm trying to navigate some of that, and it's tricky because you don't want to shit on the people that love you for this thing that you did that you also love. But at the same time, you kind of want to leave the nest. I got more in me. I got different stuff in me, and I want you guys to see that. I don't want people yelling 'Hopper' on the street every five minutes the rest of my life."
The show's fifth and final season was originally set to begin filming earlier this summer prior to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes delaying principal photography indefinitely. There’s no word on when we will see Season 5 released.