Happy Saturday, my fellow strangers! It’s Mrs. Strange once again. On tonight’s episode
for Stranger Universe, I will go over an interview with Jamie Campell Bower, who teases plot
twists in Stranger Things 4, Volume 2.
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After a nearly three-year-long wait, Stranger Things season 4 volume 1 brought the show
back with horrifying episodes on May 27. Season 4 is darker and more mature than previous
seasons, mostly because of Vecna, an Upside Down villain reminiscent of Freddy Krueger,
Pinhead, and Pennywise. Named after Dungeons & Dragons’ spell caster, Vecna invades the
minds of his victims, tormenting them with latent guilt related to past trauma before
twisting their bodies into grotesque human pretzels. Vecna is played by Jamie Campbell
Bower, who wore prosthetics for the role. Bower is famous for playing a young Gellert
Grindelwald in the Harry Potter franchise. Prosthetics aside, Bower can also be seen
in Eleven’s memories as the “Friendly Orderly” whose past, present, and future
dictates Stranger Things. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Bower talked about
the final episodes of Stranger Things season 4 coming on July 1. When asked about a rematch
between One and Eleven, and comparing volume 2 to volume 1, Bower said the final two
episodes will reveal a lot more to the audience.
“I’m going to toe the party line here. It gets bigger. If you thought that it was
as big as it could get, it's not. It goes further, visually, story-wise, and emotionally
for all the characters. It really is quite an explosive climax, let's say. I know lots
of people have used the word explosive and scope and scale, but I do mean that. It goes
a lot further and we get to know more as well. We learn a lot more as an audience in these
final two episodes, as well.”
It’s hard to imagine volume 2 containing a reveal that rivals the volume 1 finale.
When Bower was first announced as a season 4 cast member, Netflix named him as series
regular “Peter Ballard.” Of course, there is no Peter Ballard. In actuality, Bower plays
Henry Creel a.k.a. test subject number One, a physic kid who terrorized his family before
becoming the inspiration for Martin Brenner’s experiments and, in turn, Eleven. In Episode
7, it’s revealed that One manipulated Eleven into removing his inhibitor chip, resulting
in the Massacre at Hawkins Lab. After a villainous monologue and a happy memory, Eleven overpowers
One while inadvertently sending him to the Upside Down and opening its first portal.
Dustin speculated that the Demogorgons are the Mind Flayer’s foot soldiers, and Vecna
is his five-star general. This was before fans knew about his origin story, which raises
even more questions about Vecna's connection to the Mind Flayer. Given his disdain for
humanity and vendetta against Eleven, Vecna could be opening portals to get revenge and
help his boss take over the world. Or, Vecna could have a bigger plan as the one actually in
charge. Regardless, Stranger Things season 4 volume 2 will quite literally be bigger,
as the final two episodes will clock in at nearly four hours long when they drop on July
1. As for what kind of plot twists we will see in Volume 2, we shall see. Overall, very
worrisome times.
And that is all that we have for today. What did you think about this new interview for
Stranger Things 4?
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