>>> JUST THAT MUSIC. WHO ELSE BINGE-WATCHED THE
SECOND SEASON OF "STRANGER
THINGS"?
ME, TOO.
I HAVENT SEEN THE LAST EPISODE
OF IT.
DONT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
ANYTHING.
IN A CAST FULL OF FAN FAVORITES, ONE IN PARTICULAR ATTRACTED AES,
ONE IN PARTICULAR ATTRACTED A LOT OF ATTENTION IN OUR
HOUSEHOLD.
HOUSEHOLD.
HE IS HERE THIS MORNING.
WE WILL SPEAK TO HIM IN A
MINUTE.
FIRST, TAKE A LOOK AT THE
PHENOMENON THAT IS "STRANGER
THINGS."
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>> IS THAT REAL? SORRY.THAT REAL?
SORRY.
I WAS JUST -- NEVER SEEN A KID
WITH A TATTOO BEFORE. >> Reporter: ITS THE HIT SHOW
THAT TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE.
"STRANGER THINGS" BURST ON TO
THE SCENE.
THE SCENE. INTRODUCING AMERICA TO A RAG-TAG
GROUP OF LOVABLE CHARACTERS AND
THEIR SEARCH FOR A YOUNG BOY,
WHO MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS. >> FIND MY SON.Y DISAPPEARS.
>> FIND MY SON. FIND HIM.
FIND HIM. >> Reporter: SET IN THE
MID-1980s, THE GROUP ENCOUNTERS
CHANGE THINGS, INDEED, INCLUDING
A MONSTER THATS TERRORIZING THEIR TOWN.HATS TERRORIZING
THEIR TOWN. ONE OF THE BREAK-OUT STARS, JOE
KEERY.
KEERY.
HE PLAYS STEVE HARRINGTON, THE FORMER BAD BOY WHO SHOWCASES HIS
BATTLE SKILLS, HIS HEART OF GOAL
AND HIS ENVIABLE HEAD OF HAIR.
>> SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER, WHEN
THE HAIR IS DAMP, NOT WET, YOU
FOUR PUFFS OF THE FARRAH FAWCETT
SPRAY.
SPRAY.
>> Reporter: THE LAST EPISODE
WAS A CLIFF-HANGER, LOOKING AT
WHAT ADVENTURES AND CREATURES AWAIT FOR THEM IN THEREATURES
AWAIT FOR THEM IN THE UPSIDE-DOWN.
UPSIDE-DOWN.
>> HE WAS LIKE THAT. NOW, HES LIKE THIS..
NOW, HES LIKE THIS. >> SWEAR TO GOD, ITS SOME
LITTLE LIZARD.
LITTLE LIZARD. >> ITS NOT A LIZARD.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW?
>> ITS FACE OPENED UP AND HE ATE
MY CAT.
MY CAT. >> PLEASE WELCOME JOE KEERY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> GREAT TO SEE YOU. ME.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU. SO, THE HAIR IS AMAZING.
EVEN IN PERSON.
IS IT TRUE, THE FARRAH FAWCETT
SPRAY?
SPRAY?
>> NO.
I NEVER USED IT. >> WHAT IS THE METHOD TO GETTING
IT LIKE THAT?
>> RIDE IN THE CAR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN.E CAR WITH THE
WINDOWS DOWN.
>> IS THERE ANY CHANCE I CAN TOUCH YOUR HAIR?CHANCE I CAN
TOUCH YOUR HAIR? OH, MY GOSH.
ITS THICK AND ITS AWESOME.
JUST IN CASE YOURE WONDERING.
YOURE FROM OUTSIDE THE BOSTON
AREA.
AREA.
YOU GOT PULLED INTO ACTING BECAUSE YOUR SISTER WAS GOING TO
A THEATER.
A THEATER.
>> SHE DID IT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I DID LIGHTS AND SOUND AT FIRST.
STARTED
STARTED GETTING INTO ACTING.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BIG
BREAK?
>> MAN.
I DID AN INDEPENDENT FILM IN
CHICAGO AFTER I GRADUATED FROM
SCHOOL THERE.
I GUESS THAT WAS KIND OF MY
FIRST PROFESSIONAL JOB.
>> AND NOW THIS.
DID YOU EVER EXPECT THIS THING
TO BE WHAT IT IS?
>> NO.
I DONT THINK ANYBODY -- WE
THOUGHT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INTO THE GENRE WOULD REALLYE
INTO THE GENRE WOULD REALLY ENJOY IT.
ENJOY IT. >> SCI-FI-ISH.
>> SCI-FI-ISH. >> PEOPLE INTO "STAR WARS" AND
INDIANA JONES AND STUFF.
I DONT KNOW.
TO HAVE THIS LARGE RESPONSE IS
CRAZY.
ITS REALLY COOL, THOUGH.
I FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY, I WAKE UP
AND LIKE, WHAT THE HECK
HAPPENED?
>> I NORMALLY CANT STAND SCI-FI.RMALLY CANT STAND
SCI-FI.
BUT I LOVE STRANGER THINGS. >> I CANT STAND SCARY STUFF,
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY.
>> REALLY?
>> TOTALLY.
>> THERE WAS THAT SCENE WITH YOU AND THE BAT AND THE NAILS COMING
OUT OF IT.
BATTLING -- WAS THAT SCARRY AT
ALL?
ALL?
>> NOT AT ALL.
THERES NOTHING THERE.
YOURE RUNNING AROUND AND YOU
HAVE TO GO -- AND THERES -- NOTHING THERE.AND THERES --
NOTHING THERE. ITS NOT SCARY AT ALL.
>> YOUR CHARACTER HAD QUITE THE
EVOLUTION.
EVOLUTION.
HE STARTED OFF AS A BAD BOY, JERK, BIG MAN ON CAMPUS.BOY,
JERK, BIG MAN ON CAMPUS. THIS SEASON, HE IS MORE LOVABLE.
LIKE A BABYSITTER TO THE YOUNGER
KIDS.
KIDS.
YOU HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DUSTIN.REAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH DUSTIN.
>> THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE SEASON, JUST TOTE
PARTS OF THE SEASON, JUST TO WORK WITH HIM.
HES SO GREAT.
>> THE TWO OF YOU, IT WAS THE
THING THAT WE NEVER KNEW WE
ALWAYS WANTED.
ALWAYS WANTED. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. ME, TOO.
ME, TOO. I NEVER KNEW I WANTED IT,
EITHER.
EITHER.
YEAH.
IT WAS GREAT.
>> DO YOU HAVE -- I HAVENT SEEN
THE FINALE OF SEASON TWO.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A SEASON
THREE?
>> I THINK SO.
I HEARD RUMORS.
I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE ACTUAL CALL FROM THE DUFFER BROTHERS.
>> WHO ARE THE DUFFER BROTHERS?
>> THEYRE TWIN BROTHERS.
>> THEY WRITE THE WHOLE SNINGTHI
>> THEY WRITE THE WHOLE THING.
>> THEY GREW UP.
IM 47.
I WAS BORN IN 1970.
AND IT NAILS THE 80s.
IF YOU LIVED THROUGH 1983, THEY NAIL IT.IVED THROUGH 1983, THEY
NAIL IT. WHEN WERE YOU BORN?
>> I WAS BORN IN 92.
>> GOOD GRACIOUS.
>> I ONLY -- THE ONLY REFERENCE
I HAVE WAS THE FILMS, THE MUSIC
AND ALSO, MY DADS HIGH SCHOOL
YEARBOOK AND STUFF.
>> OH, GOD.
NOW, IS IT TRUE WHEN YOU FIRST
GOT CAST IN THIS ROLE, YOU
THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE A
SWIMMER AND YOU DECIDED TO TONE
UP?
UP?
>> YEAH.
I TALKED TO THEM OVER SKYPE RIGHT BEFORE I GOT THE PART.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY WERE
THINKING ABOUT.
THINKING ABOUT.
OKAY.
TRYING TO TAKE MY FIRST JOB
REALLY SERIOUSLY.
I NEVER REALLY HAD A JOB LIKE
THIS.
IM GOING TO GET IN SHAPE UP. IM A SWIMMER IN THE SHOW, I.
IM A SWIMMER IN THE SHOW, I SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW WHAT IM
DOING.
DOING.
AND I TRAINED FOR A WHILE. THEN, THEY CUT IT.A WHILE.
THEN, THEY CUT IT. I SHOWED UP THE FIRST DAY.
SWIMMING?
SWIMMING?
NO.
THATS GONE. THATS TOTALLY --
>> YOU WERE NICE AND BUFF.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
I WAS -- I LOOKED OKAY.
YOU KNOW?
I WASNT LIKE RIPPED.
IM NOT LIKE DAKER. DAKER IN THE SHOW IS CUT.
>> WHO IS TAKE CENTER.
>> DAKER PLAYS BILLY.
>> THE NEW WEIRD GUY, THE
BROTHER OF MAX.
THEYRE MAKING THE SAME FACE IM
MAKING.
MAKING.
>> YOU GUYS -- HES NICE IN REAL LIFE.U GUYS -- HES NICE IN REAL
LIFE.
DONT WORRY.
HES A GOOD GUY.
>> ON THE SHOW -- GREAT TO SEE
YOU, JOE.
CONGRATS ON ALL YOUR SUCCESS.
BEEN REALLY FUN WATCHING YOU.