Stranger Things Fame Linda Hamilton Lauds Millie Bobby Brown, Recalls First Meeting With 'Lovely' Actress

Families and friends will assemble for one last adventure in Stranger Things 5, along with a few new faces — including Linda Hamilton as the mysterious Dr. Kay. The final season launches on Netflix on November

26 with the first four episodes, followed by three episodes arriving on Christmas and the finale on New Year's Eve. Fans are super excited for the final season and ahead of the big release, Linda Hamilton lauded actress Millie Bobby Brown.

Linda Hamilton Lauds Millie Bobby Brown

Talking to Variety, the actress said, "There’s a part of me that would almost rather watch it than be in it. So during our script readings, I am watching everything, because I’m never going to get to see it on the screen and to watch it unfold."Praising Millie Bobby Brown, Linda added, "I had not met her before. And you know, truthfully, I was just hoping she wasn’t a little diva who had somehow become completely soured by all the early success. And I was not disappointed. She was just so lovely. And really good. I loved her, just immediately. Thank God she’s not an asshole, because that would just cripple me. She’s so unspoiled and as talented as I have witnessed. She’s got it, man, that girl has got it. So she invited me to her trailer, where I met her family and all the dogs — well, not all of the dogs, apparently they are, like, 10 more that I haven’t met. She’s just open and kind and sweet and all the things that we would like our young leading ladies to be, right?""I have worked with some children — not that she’s a child now — who, from the first to the third time I worked with them, just became little assholes. Because this business — if you don’t have your head on straight, and it’s hard to when you’re a child — can really fill you up with the wrong notions of what matters, and she seems to be really grounded in the things that truly matter. I’m just proud of her," Hamilton concluded.

More About Stranger Things 5

Co-created by the Duffer brothers, Ross and Matt, the final season sees everyone in Hawkins, Indiana, get together to fight Vecna and destroy the Upside Down once and for all. Additionally, the Duffers have teased that the story will reveal why Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) was taken by Vecna in the first season.The first four episodes to premiere on Netflix on November 26, 2025, at 5 pm PT. It will air in India on November 27 at 6:30 am.