Happy Monday, my fellow strangers! It’s Mrs. Strange again. On today’s episode for
Stranger Universe, I will break down the new characters for Stranger Things 4 and speculate
about them.
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“Stranger Things” is bringing 8 new characters for its upcoming fourth season, most notably
Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, and Tom Wlaschiha,
who Game of Thrones fans will remember as Jaqen H’ghar. In addition to them, the newcomers
include Jamie Campbell Bower, Eduardo Franco and Joseph Quinn, who are all series regulars
for “Stranger Things 4,” as well as Sherman Augustus, Mason Dye, Nikola Djuricko, all
of which are recurring cast members, much like Englund and Wlaschiha.
That’s 8 new characters for this season so far, all of them male actors, which is
an important factor in this because there’s rampant speculation that Netflix will also
announce a new batch of female actresses for Stranger Things 4 in the near future. This
includes the controversial cheerleader that we have seen in the past couple of weeks.
As we wait for more characters and actors to be revealed, let’s break the 8 new characters
that have been announced so far.
1. Argyle. Played by Mexican-American actor Eduardo Franco, the character description
for him says that he will be Jonathan Byers’ new BFF, and a fun-loving stoner who proudly
delivers delicious pizza pies for Surfer Boy Pizza. We have seen the Surfer Boy Pizza delivery
van around the production set, and the phone number seen on it starts off with “805.”
The area code puts this somewhere around this vicinity in California, so the signs that
the Byers moved to that place keep mounting up. His audition tape from this other actor
who auditioned for the role suggests that he will give relationship advice to Jonathan,
because it sounds like there is trouble in paradise for Nancy and Jonathan. The full
audition tape also mentions the following. It seems like Argyle has at least seen Mike
Wheeler, leading me to believe that Mike will indeed come around to visit Eleven and Will.
Seeing as how Argyle is a series regular, I expect Argyle to die, unfortunately. Unless
there is more to him than meets the eye, he seems to have been created as a foil to Jonathan
and give him an interesting storyline and of course, character development that he needed
for the past two seasons. However, with the Pizza delivery-man role that he’ll be serving,
it is possible that his character could also be created for memes and merchandise, similar
to Steve’s role in season 3 as being in his Scoops Ahoy costume all throughout and
cracking jokes.
2. Eddie Munson. Played by Joseph Quinn as opposed to Levon Thurman-Hawke like we previously
discussed, Eddie is an audacious 80’s metalhead who runs The Hellfire Club, Hawkins High’s
official D&D club. Hated by those who don’t understand him, and beloved by those who do,
Eddie Munson will find himself at the terrifying epicenter of this season’s mystery. Joseph
Quinn, much like Eduardo Franco, will be a series regular, so we can expect Eddie to
be a major new character this season, much like Argyle. He will for sure get a lot of
focus, which might be an iffy thing for some people hoping that this season stays focused
on its original characters. We previously saw Eddie in the forest alongside Lucas, Max,
Dustin, Nancy, and Robin, although we don’t know that many details as to what happened
in there. With the new character description, it sounds to me like Eddie will perhaps be
a good guy, and definitely a senior in high school since he definitely doesn’t look
the same age as our main kids. Jason, whom we’ll talk about next, will accuse Eddie
for something that happens to his girlfriend, Molly. His audition tape from another actor
reveals that the Satanic Panic of the 1980s has invaded Hawkins, and the high school,
as evidenced by Jason accusing Eddie, will for surely cause trouble for the Hellfire
Club, which has Mike and Dustin in it, and maybe even Lucas as well since Eddie makes
a small comment about it in the audition video.
3. Jason Carver. Played by Mason Dye, Jason seems to be the new King of Hawkins High,
taking over the jock bully role from Steve in season 1 and Billy in seasons 2 and 3.
He is handsome, rich, athletic, and he’s dating the most popular girl in school, which
we know is Molly because he calls her out saying “I love you babe” in the audition
video with Dylan McTee as Jason. As a new evil threatens Hawkins, his perfect world
begins to unravel. The good thing about Jason is that he will be a recurring character and
not a series regular, meaning that he will get some focus but not a whole lot, at least
compared to Argyle and Eddie as previously mentioned. Seeing as how Mason Dye is 26 years
old, much like Charlie Heaton and a year older than Natalia Dyer, that leads to believe that
Jason will be a high school senior, which makes sense since the role of being the most
popular guy in school is usually a senior in both real life and in fiction. His girlfriend,
Molly, will suffer something seemingly horrific, and with the town being struck by fears of
devil worship, Jason will immediately blame Eddie and the Hellfire Club. His audition
tape suggests that he will most likely share scenes with Lucas and the rest of the basketball
team, and when he blames Eddie for whatever happens to Molly, Lucas seemingly steps up
to him and says that Dungeons and Dragons isn’t some cult for Satan. Will Jason become
Lucas’ archenemy?
4. Lt. Colonel Sullivan. Played by Sherman Augustus, Colonel Sullivan is an intelligent,
no-nonsense man who believes he knows how to stop the evil in Hawkins once and for all.
It sounds an awful lot to me that Sullivan will cause problems for our gang in Hawkins,
perhaps going as far as interrogating them if he captures the group. In an audition video
from Demetrius Shipp Junior, Sullivan seems to be talking to someone who sounds an awful
lot like Doctor Owens from Stranger Things 2, blaming him for not taking care of the
situation at the town. So far, Augustus hasn’t been spotted own the set, and with production
soon to be moving to New Mexico, it is unknown if he has shot all of his scenes already or
if he will also have more scenes over there. Maybe Sullivan’s mission is to hunt down
those connected to the “Fire of Starcourt Mall” in the summer of 1985 that happened
in Stranger Things 3.
5. Yuri. Played by Serbian actor Nikola Djuricko in a recurring role, Yuri will be a seedy
and unpredictable Russian smuggler who loves bad jokes, cold hard cash, and crunchy style
peanut butter. Not much is known about Yuri except that he will surely interact with Hopper
at the Russian gulag in Kamchatka. It is worth noting that Hopper will have both friends
and foes at the prison. There will surely be people like Grigori and then there will
be those like Alexei. It is possible that Yuri will be a friendly person, but it is
just as likely that he could double cross him, especially if they plan an escape heist
that will surely be exciting to watch on screen. Another question of interest is how the Russian
Demogorgon ties into all of this. Could Yuri be a friend that Hopper makes but as a sign
that they mean business, the Soviets could end up sacrificing Yuri and feed him to the
monster.
6. Dmitri. Played by German actor Tom Wlaschiha, Dmitri is a Russian prison guard who befriends
Hopper. Dmitri is smart, cunning, and charming, but just like his character description asked,
can he be trusted? Much like Yuri, Dmitri will be a character that will interact a lot
with Hopper in Kamchatka, maybe even helping them behind the scenes away from the other
prison guards. I sincerely believe that between Yuri and Dmitri, one of them will be a double
agent and betray our fellow American, and will surely cause problems for him. Seeing
how Tom Wlaschiha has a lot of experience fighting in HBO’s Game of Thrones and Amazon’s
Jack Ryan, it is easy to expect that Dmititri, who wields a gun in the teaser from February,
will be involved in a lot of action sequences, which is why my first thought was that he
will indeed backstab Hopper and fight him in a battle during his escape.
7. Peter Ballard. Played by Jamie Campbell Bower, Peter Ballard will be a caring man
who works as an orderly at a psychiatric hospital that is certainly Pennhurst Mental Hospital.
Tired of the brutality he witnesses day after day, will Peter finally take a stand? I questioned
if Ballard was “Warden Hatch” from the leaked character descriptions, but it seems
like that could be another character altogether since his description is very different. Jamie
Campbell Bower is a major actor who has been in the Harry Potter and Twilight movies, and
since he will be a series regular, we can sure expect Peter Ballard to have a major
role in the story. We do know that Nancy and Robin will visit Pennhurst, so he will for
sure interact with them. Maybe he will give them access to files in restricted area, or
maybe he will be Victor Creel’s minion and help him escape, which will for sure be a
nightmarish thing to happen, wink wink. It is possible that he could also be the “Ashe”
person from the character descriptions, which we know for a fact will be a series regular
that returns in season 5. Bower is certainly not an American in his 20s but neither was
the guy whose audition we saw, so maybe they changed the nationality and age requirement.
Ashe also had no other details regarding his character in order to avoid spoilery details,
which is why many people, us included, thought that Ashe would have been test subject #1.
But maybe Ashe will be our next and final new character…
8. Victor Creel. Played by the iconic horror movie actor Robert Englund, Victor Creel will
be a disturbed and intimidating man who is imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital for a
gruesome murder in the 1950s. With England cast in the role, Stranger Things continues
the tradition of casting an 80s icon in the show every season. However, Creel himself
sounds like a very interesting character with a lot of intriguing possibilities for the
show, and I can imagine what Freddy Krueger himself with say to our character Nancy. On
a serious note, Creel sounds like he will be involved heavily at the plot in Hawkins,
and with the flashbacks to the 1950s, one has to wonder if whatever he did and whoever
he killed will be what kickstarts the plot. Perhaps there will be a murder mystery involved
in the show now. I think it is safe to assume “Ashe” is a codename for Victor Creel,
and maybe the actor in his 20s will play the young version of him in the 1950s. That is
assuming that “Ashe” isn’t Peter Ballard, who will be sharing scenes with Victor Creel
from the looks of it. It is also possible that the Mind flayer will possess Creel and
he will escape the hospital, and a slasher flick happens during the plot of Stranger
Things 4. It is also possible that Victor Creel could be a Hannibal Lecter-type of character
that assists our heroines Nancy and Robin into solving whatever mystery is developing
during the storyline this season. So many possibilities for Creel, that’s for certain.
And that is all that we have for today. What do you think about these character details
and predictions for them? Do you think all of these characters will die? Do you see one
of them already becoming a fan favorite?
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