Stranger Things: Duffer Bros Tease 'Vecna 2.0' In Season 5, As Jamie Campbell Bower Reveals He Took Character's HAND As Souvenir
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Stranger Things actors Sadie Sink and Jamie Campbell Bower, who played arch-rivals Max and Vecna in its seaosn 4, share a rather easy chemistry off the camera. Ahead of the release of its final season
5, fans of the Netflix show were in awe seeing their camaraderie in a clip posted by the show's social media handles. The two are watching the scene where Max gets stuck in the clucthes of Vecna, in the Upside Down.
Sadie, Jamie discuss Max, Vecna's memorable Upside Down sequence
The video was captioned, "honestly don't know if jamie or sadie has the cooler souvenir from set." Sadie and Jamie both reveal the souvenirs they picked from their characters following the show's upcoming finale. While Jamie took home Vecna's "hand", Sadie grabbed Max's iconic Walkman.
Seeing the ease with which the two discuss the show left fans in awe. Many claimed how they were so different from what they do onscreen. One netizen commented on the Instagram post, "They are so chill while I was fighting for my life watching this." Another one reacted, "Jamie seems to take every chance he gets to tell youngers actors that they're doing a great job. Must be a lovely colleague to have."A fan wrote, "Jamie seems to take every chance he gets to tell youngers actors that they're doing a great job. Must be a lovely colleague to have." A second one took thw jibe, "Max getting killed on the screen and these two are having a gossip session."
Duffer Brothers on 'Vecna 2.0'
Showrunners, the Duffer Brothers had in their recent interview with Empire wpoke about what to expect from Vecna in season 5. Matt Duffer revealed, "We’ve been calling him Vecna 2.0, because he’s changed. He’s stronger and scarier than ever, with new real-world abilities. In Season 4, he was deadly because he could infiltrate your mind and manipulate you in that manner. Now he can kick your a** in truly violent ways, like Freddy on steroids."ALSO READ: Stranger Things Season 5: Eddie Munson - Dead Or Alive? Duffer Bros REVEAL Joseph Quinn's Fate, But Fans Refuse To BelieveJamie added, "Vecna was a human. Vecna was a child. Vecna was a boy who felt like he could never fit in anywhere. He was quite a lonely figure to me — this very sad boy who really only needed to be cared for. You’ll see more in Season 5, so I’m hesitant to say too much. But from the pain he’d suffered, he wanted to create a better world. Or what he envisaged as a better world…"Stranger Things Season 5 is split into three parts. It will see actors Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, and others returning.