Happy Father’s Day, my dear strangers! This is Mrs. Strange, and on today’s episode
for Stranger Universe, I will go over the confirmation that Linda Hamilton has joined
the cast of Stranger Things 5!
The rumors are true. Stranger Things season 5 has a new cast member: Linda Hamilton, the
legendary actress famous for the role of Sarah Connor in The Terminator movies. Netflix just
announced it at its TUDUM fan event. Details on the Terminator star’s role are being
kept quiet for now, but as we previously speculated in our last video, we think she’s going
to play a military character in season 5. Even though the 66-year-old star is joining
the ranks, back in August 2022, the Duffer Brothers revealed they were trying their best
not to add any new characters into the new season in order to be mindful about wrapping
up the stories for the current players. As such, this news comes as a bit of a disappointment
for those hoping that the focus is entirely on the original cast of characters. With that
said, the Duffers could still accomplish doing that while adding more people to the cast
as a way to explore different factions of the world of Stranger Things.
The Netflix series has already referenced The Terminator, though not Linda Hamilton
specifically, in its stew of 80s pop-culture callbacks. The Soviet assassin Grigori in
Stranger Things 3 was styled to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killer cyborg from
the film, and Cary Elwes’ character even refers to Grigori as “Arnold Schwarzenegger”
at one point in season 3. The Terminator franchise also has elements of time travel, which has
been referenced throughout the show in seasons 3 and 4, and it may play a major role in Stranger
Things 5. I love Linda Hamilton a lot, and her addition to season 5 will bring in lots
of older viewers and attract an elderly demographic to the show.
In other news, as seen in the announcement during the livestream for the event, we saw
our first look at the official logo for Stranger Things season 5. Yes, it just looks like the
show’s logos from the previous seasons, but I am glad that we can finally see the
last logo for this iconic series. In general, TUDUM may not have brought the episode titles
or a small tease of season 5, but quite frankly, there’s a writers strike that is more important
not just for the writers of this show, but the writers of the entire industry in Hollywood.
In the meantime, we can speculate over Linda Hamilton’s role in Stranger Things 5, and
theorize about what kind of character she will play in the final season. Will she be
an ally, or a foe? I speculated on Twitter that she could play a religious nut job who
thinks that the events at the end of Stranger Things 4 was the work of the Devil. After
all, season 4 set up a pretty intense subplot regarding the Satanic Panic, and the town
will definitely believe what Jason Carver said at the public meeting. I could see how
Hamilton could play an older citizen of Hawkins that will serve as a human antagonist believing
that our main gang is responsible for the human sacrifices, especially since Mike, Lucas,
and Dustin are in the publicly blamed Hellfire Club. But who knows, maybe she could play
Mike’s grandma that was mentioned in season 3. We shall see! Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today! Are you excited to see Linda Hamilton in Stranger
Things season 5!
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