Stranger Things has expanded to unimaginable heights since fans first entered Hawkins. The devoted fandom has watched characters and their portrayer grow up in these years. With the show heading into season 5, it is apparent that the actors who were once child actors are now young adults. Viewers have been concerned about this factor for some time now that the cast would not fit into the high schooler roles when the last season arrives.

First, the pandemic created an enormous gap between season 3 and season 4 and now the strike has affected the upcoming season. But fans need not worry as producer Shawn Levy has finally answered all those burning questions.

Shawn Levy has the perfect solution for cast aging concerns 

Shawn Levy sat down with Variety to talk about his new projects, All The Light We Cannot See and Deadpool 3 on Monday. In the interview, he shed light on the worries of the cast aging ahead of season 5. He said spectators have already watched the cast members growing up in the public eye. “So we’re going to use all the all the tools available to us,” he affirmed to help make the cast look younger.

Most of the leading stars were around 12 when they entered the show and like every human, they have changed too. The Canadian director admitted this thing has certainly not been helpful, but they can still hide it. According to him, their incredible makeup, hair, and costume department would do the magic required to make them look younger. Besides this, the 80s in the storyline will also assist them because of the way teenagers lived in that era.

As of now, the cast members are gearing up for their return to the sets, which will happen when the actors’ strike ends. This statement by the creator marks the second time a show member has defended the aging issue in public. Before him, the writers’ team, who constantly remained connected with fans, tried to convince people with an 80s video.

Stranger Things writers shut down criticism about the cast’s age

In July this year, the Stranger Things writer’s account on X, formerly Twitter, dropped a video. Through the video, the team pushed back at people who thought their cast members looked older than the characters. The video featured real-life high schoolers from 1989 who looked a lot older than what high schoolers are supposed to be.

Through this, the team proved their point that age would not matter because it actually happened in that era. In fact, the show has flawlessly depicted the retro style kids used to have in the 1980s. The hairstyles of all the boys and girls in the video were exactly what the series showed. Whether it is Steve’s bad boy mullet or Kali’s radical look, everything perfectly matches the era.

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