Millie Bobby Brown has shared an emotional farewell letter to Stranger Issues.
Netflix formally introduced the top of filming on the sci-fi present on Friday (December 20), sharing a bunch of pictures from the set alongside the caption: “THAT’S A WRAP ON STRANGER THINGS. See you in 2025.”
Now, Brown has shared her personal heartfelt goodbye to the present she’s labored on for over eight years.
In a video shared to Instagram, the actress tearfully learn a speech from her cellphone, saying: “Isn’t commencement imagined to carry aid, such as you’re glad to depart behind the lecturers and classmates? Not me.
“I’m nowhere close to prepared to depart you guys,” she added. “I really like every one in every of you, and I’ll without end carry the reminiscences and bonds we’ve created collectively as a household. I really like you. Thanks.”
The video got here alongside a group of behind-the-scenes pictures from her time filming the present. “With love, El,” she wrote within the caption, referencing her character Eleven.
Brown, who was 12 when the collection started, beforehand admitted she’s prepared to maneuver on to new tasks after Stranger Issues wraps. “If you’re prepared, you’re like, ‘All proper, let’s do that. Let’s deal with this final senior 12 months. Let’s get out of right here,’” she advised Glamour.
“Stranger Issues takes up a variety of time to movie and it’s stopping me from creating tales that I’m obsessed with. So I’m able to say, ‘Thanks, and goodbye.’”
Finn Wolfhard, who performed Mike Wheeler all through the collection, additionally shared his personal publish alongside one of many first pictures from the present.
He wrote: “We simply wrapped Stranger issues Season 5. I’m nonetheless in shock. We shot it for a 12 months and I’ll miss all of my buddies and our characters terribly. After I consider the present, I image this primary picture. A bunch of goofy younger folks making one thing they assume is cool however actually haven’t any clue what’s to come back. I really feel like we’re nonetheless these folks and I’m fortunate to nonetheless stand beside them right this moment. I hope you’ll love this season as a lot as I do. See you all subsequent 12 months.”
It comes days after the forged celebrated their very own wrap occasion final weekend (December 14) earlier than taking pictures the ultimate scenes.
Lengthy-term forged members together with Wolfhard, Gaten Mazzarro, Caleb McLaughlin, Joe Keery, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton and Maya Hawke have been all current, together with Amybeth McNulty, who had a bit-part function in season 4. Her character, Vickie, is regarded as extra outstanding this time round.
Followers did discover that Brown was seemingly absent from the festivities, with one account on X/Twitter claiming that she was in New York on the time. The actress married Jake Bongiovi, the son of Jon Bon Jovi, in Could 2024 and it was reported that she was spending time together with his household over the weekend.
In the meantime, Netflix revealed the episode titles for season 5 final month: The Crawl, The Vanishing Of, The Turnbow Lure, Sorcerer, Shock Jock, Escape From Camazotz, The Bridge and The Rightside Up.
Whereas Netflix and Stranger Issues creators the Duffer Brothers have largely stored their playing cards near their chest within the lead-up to season 5’s launch, we additionally know that the ultimate season might be set within the autumn of 1987, a leap of a few 12 months and a half from the earlier season.
Matt Duffer advised NME in 2022 that the fifth season will really feel totally different from the others straight from the off. He defined: “Usually within the earlier seasons, every little thing wraps up in a pleasant bow. 4 and 5 are actually [connected] collectively.
“[With five], there’ll be no wind-up time – like even this season, you get to expertise the youngsters and what they’re going by way of in highschool earlier than issues begin to escalate. Then it will get crazier and crazier and crazier – that’s usually the trajectory. 5, you’re simply going to be proper in the midst of it so it’s going to really feel very, very totally different.”
And, whereas this could be the ultimate season of the primary present, the Duffer Brothers have mentioned plans for a spin-off. They advised Selection in June 2022: “We do have an thought for a spin-off that we’re tremendous enthusiastic about… however we haven’t advised anybody the thought but, a lot much less written it.
“We expect everybody – together with Netflix – might be shocked once they hear the idea, as a result of it’s very, very totally different. However by some means Finn Wolfhard – who’s one loopy good child – accurately guessed what it was going to be about. However other than Finn, nobody else is aware of!”
