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Stranger Things 5: Keery, Hawke Put The Feels Out There for Questions
In a video from earlier today, Stranger Things 5 stars Joe Keery and Maya Hawke put out the call to fans that they want their questions.
Earlier this week, fans were treated to a behind-the-scenes look at filming on Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer's Stranger Things 5 in honor of the production having reached the midpoint and the eight-year anniversary of the hit Netflix series. Now, Joe Keery (Steve) and Maya Hawke (Robin) are reaching out to you – the fans – with a very special request. Do you have questions? Well, if you have questions, then head on over to the Twitter/X video post below and leave them. Might they get answered? Sure! Are you going to get any Season 5 spoilers? Absolutely not! But that doesn't mean that there aren't hundreds of other topics to ask about. I mean, Keery and Hawke went to all that trouble to make the video and all… just sayin'…
Here's a look at the video that went live earlier today, with the duo putting out the call for questions:
And don't forget that Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, Alex Breaux, and the amazing Linda Hamilton have joined the cast for the fifth and final season – here's a look back at the video announcing Hamilton's casting:
Stranger Things 5 "Like Season One on Steroids"
During an interview with The Guardian, Ross & Matt discuss the pressures of ending the series in a way that works creatively and satisfies the audience's expectations and how this final run with these characters will feel "like season one on steroids."
"The nine hours that precede the ending can be amazing. But if you stumble at that one-yard line, people will never forgive you for that. And they'll forget the previous nine hours of awesomeness! So it's amazing what they will forgive if you score a touchdown at the end," Matt Duffer explained when discussing their feelings on how series finales are viewed. "Endings of shows are like opening a restaurant in terms of the success-failure rate – there's an 80% failure rate, I'd say. But I think one very particular way to fail is to attempt to appease everybody."
Matt continued, "We have a huge variety of fans that span a huge age range, and I'm sure they have all their own ideas of how they want the show to end. But we're not consulting social media on this. Then you just hope and pray that it resonates. But it was funny: once we got there, it just felt right, and we're going to go for it!"
As the duo had stated previously, the universe will live on after Stranger Things 5 – but the characters that viewers have grown to love & connect with will see their stories end with the fifth season. With that much on the line, the Duffer Brothers aren't going out quietly. "This season – it's like season one on steroids. It's the biggest it's ever been in terms of scale, but it has been really fun, because everyone's back together in Hawkins: the boys and Eleven interacting more in line with how it was in season one. And, yes, there may be spin-offs, but the story of Eleven and Dustin and Lucas and Hopper, their stories are done here. That's it," Matt shared – before adding, "Outside of the play. So if you want to see more of some of them, go see the play."