I breathe from my diaphragm I'm scared
it's gonna like a fact you'll be fine is
your name gating monterossa yes are you
16 years old
do you play the character Dustin in
stranger things I do we all calibrate it
yep way did it go then let's get started
okay first thing we'll talk about
stranger things when you first read the
script did you think the show be as big
as it is no I hoped obviously but I we
not all of us have like the greatest
amount of hopes for really blowing up
just because it was a very small
production and this before like a lot of
Netflix shows were even coming out so
this is like only a couple really I
think or just a new black what's the big
one at the time and it was like oh what
if it's one of those what if it's one of
those run oh come on guys let's take it
back a notch
you ever get stopped by fans when you
leave your house someone did come to my
house once I was watching a movie with
my girlfriend and all that I hear a
knock on the door I thought it was like
I don't know if it was like my brother
coming home from school or something
open up the door he's cute little Canton
I'm like oh Girl Scout cookies yes and I
was so excited and like are you Gaytan
like yeah I didn't know they're gonna
give me like a letter or something and
like can we get a picture and I was like
I don't of a sudden I find out the next
day that my they went to my grandma's
house and she invited them in for like
coffee just as this is my grandma so I
don't know I don't know like they had
mutual friends or something or I don't
know how they figured it out but like
they look for him I invited them in it
was like something you should never do
but they were great people
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do you get a lot of fan mail yeah a lot
of fan letters I can't always read them
though because I mean there's a lot of
hey just pile in legs it's not always a
lot of places to put them there's like a
part of my room it's just like a bunch
of like letters and like paintings and
stuff I look like a sociopath it's in
love with myself because they're just a
bunch of paintings like of me and like
next to my bed on my on my dresser and
it freaks me out when I'm looking at it
but alone you're so great I just want to
keep them because they're so talented
people put so much time and effort into
them but a lot of times it's hard to
read all them or keep all of them have
you ever met someone who has a tattoo of
you yes I have I've seen pictures of
people with my face on there I've
actually signed someone's arm before and
they came back the next day and I had
they a tattooed it to themselves does
that freak you out a little bit yeah
feeling excited for the new season yeah
well once summer really change
everything in ways just Netflix train
you how to answer when people ask you
for spoilers actually yeah they sends in
like a guideline before press junkets
and they say what you can say what you
can't say so that you know exactly how
to handle certain situations but a movie
we've done it for a while so I feel like
we're pretty good at it so can you give
me some spoilers no does one of the main
characters die this season yes well this
character will
ever catch a break yes
Lu
do you know what's gonna happen in the
final season no I know that I know that
they have certain things planned I don't
know what they don't usually to express
that do you know any spoilers for other
Netflix shows no no I don't does Netflix
punish you if you spoil stranger things
I don't know
cuz I haven't done it yet so that is
your hope that give read fan theories
about the show on reddit
uh yeah sometimes I do sometimes they're
cool sometimes they're accurate and
sometimes they're just lame do you mind
if I read you a couple please do you
think it's possible that will has
psychic powers that can open the gates
to the upside down maybe that'd be
really cool he's got something going on
have you ever pondered the idea that
Hopper might actually be Elevens death
no I've never really liked that theory
there's a lot of stuff people that think
that but he's doesn't make any sense I
mean you look back to his daughter looks
nothing like Milly and the age doesn't
match up with the with the time with how
much he's aged from that point and it
wouldn't make any sense I think it'd be
far-fetched eleven we recognize him if
you could would you bring back barb from
the upside down
I wouldn't simply because I think her
death was essential and demonstrating
that nobody was safe even the most
innocent likable relatable character
couldn't be saved from what's going on
and I think that really resonated with
audience with audiences and I think
that's why they wanted to come back
because they liked you so much and
because she didn't deserve it and it
wasn't fair that's why she died
Sam do you think the upside down is
actually an alternate universe yeah
that's interesting though there's a lot
of theories that it might be far from
the future do you think the upside down
could be part of the multiverse
what do you mean like maybe it's part of
the Marvel multiverse Oh like that I
don't know about that I think that if
they want to keep it within the straight
to things universe as a whole but uh but
maybe I'll be interesting to think about
I think it's definitely a lot closer to
home than we might believe her or maybe
even a lot further there's a lot more
about it we don't know I'm really
excited to see where they take it to see
if we can learn more about it do you
think it's possible Riverdale is the
upside down and that's my Barb's there
no that'd be that's interesting to think
about did you like your characters
makeover at the end of season 2 I
wouldn't personally I dress up that way
but I think it was very fun actually
didn't take that long to it to do but it
was very fun getting to dress up like
that I enjoyed it a lot she'd never worn
that hairstyle in regular life I've well
I mean I have technically during the
shoots but I wouldn't use it as a
stylistic choice now loo that one was
largely deceptive what oh goodness
who would you say is a better mom Joyce
buyers for Steve Harrington
probably Joyce she ever stops trying she
never stops wanting what's best for kids
and she doesn't care if he puts herself
in home for that and she was a very good
protector but it seems like he's always
the one in a way he seems to bring them
towards the trouble even though he
should probably keep them back I feel
like every time I mean of course he
doesn't never really wants to bring them
there but when he's there like he helps
them out in that sense but I think Joyce
I think Joyce would die for any of the
kids I think Steve my too now but before
maybe not do you ship hopper in choice I
do yeah I think that's a really cool I
think it's an interesting plot line I
think that would be really cool if they
went further with that I do
season 3 comes out July 4th 7 4 7 plus 4
is 11
oh my coincident most likely let's move
on to your co-stars you and the other
stranger things cast seem to get along
very well
hey do y'all have a group chat um we
Swedish several I guess I think there
are some depending on like what's going
on because sometimes there are press
junkets that happen with there's just
three of us so we have a group chat and
there's group chats with all of us or we
don't really use it a lot especially
when we're in Atlantic if we see each
other for like 10 hours a day everyday
we really need to text is there any one
person who texts too much no actually we
don't text each other a lot I think we
should
is there a collab in the works between
your band and Finn wolf hearts in my
mind there is that'd be really cool I'd
like that and even if it wasn't even if
we didn't make my music together at
least like a show together there would
be a lot of fun I think that would be
great
do you know who would win in a battle of
the bands
I'm gonna say to them right now who's a
more original music and they all play
instruments
really and yeah it's probably like the
only reason I was into them now but who
knows I mean we're still making stuff so
we got it like establish our sound first
I think
but someday someday someday someday
would you say that this man Joe Curie
hmm is more of a heartthrob
than this man dicker Montgomery no I
wouldn't for some reason it just feel
like I don't know why but for some
reason like every one of the female
friends that I have asked me about taker
before I would how did they stack up
against this guy Noah sent an a yeah my
girlfriend's in love with him she tells
me all the time I don't know his name
comes up more with that topic so we'll
see can you tell the difference between
the two tougher brothers I can and I
know exactly how I can Matt always had
Matt has this gray streak at the front
of his hair its natural he doesn't know
why he has it and he's always had it
that's how I told him parted to begin
with but eventually like he just starts
to like decipher certain features I
don't even take you even realize what
they are and like eventually it's just
like it's not even a question anymore at
first sometimes I'd mix them up
especially when it was like night shoots
so you're sure you can tell them apart
not to show me that when they're on the
kids they're usually features when they
were like students probably not but now
definitely which one is this
that's Ross
I believe that's Matt no way it's not
mad that's not mad it's rod is that Matt
oh sorry buddy
just the cast ever go out to karaoke
together they did karaoke for the
seasons here at Party and I couldn't
attend I had to get out of there really
quick I was upset about that but I've
never gone to do karaoke with them
before I'd like to you though deep down
to karaoke on your own I had like a good
man you have a go-to song I think it
depends I I mean I'm a musical theater
guy so sometimes I'll sing that and
usually people don't really care about
missing a musical theater cuz there's no
way fun to listen to what karaoke but
it's fun who would win in a karaoke off
you or Millie Bobby Brown
I don't know I might say her she was
like much more upbeat and energetic
about the whole thing so I think she
might like be a little bit more
comfortable doing it whenever I do it I
actually go to try and sing as best I
can and it's not much karaoke is for is
that I have fun with my idea I have
something to prove I don't karaoke what
about a rap battle oh she totally went
first sure she totally went I can't rap
to save my life what about you versus
this person
Caleb mcLaughlin hmm it's hard to say
actually and karaoke results I am yeah I
don't know I think I might take him on I
think I might I think I might take him
on karaoke but we have to actually have
an official battle to see it sounds like
the gauntlet and throne I think so I
think so excited no okay let's talk
about your life so you've been
auditioning since you were 7 years old
that's right did you know it's 7 that
you wanted to be an actor not in
particularly not particularly I think it
was until I was about nine when I first
actually got my first role that I
realized there was like oh yeah there's
what I want to do
have you ever bombed an audition oh yeah
for sure it's actually funny one of the
auditions that I bombed actually got the
role for it's funny I messed up on the
script like three times I went out of
the room crying I was nine and I
actually got the roles the first of all
I ever got is it true you played
Gavroche in my miserable that's true
yeah did you know that Nick Jonas also
played that role I did I think Nick and
Joe both lives apart
do you think your death scene was better
than his actually I've never seen his
death scene oh wait no that's not true I
have I think that the way the scene in
my production was choreographed was way
cooler I'm gonna say beats NICs
nothing to a performance but the way it
was set up is really cool do you think
you make a convincing dying face yeah I
think the key is just to relax every one
of your muscles and just it's not just
about not moving because we need to just
when you think not moving you tense up I
mean you tense up it's unconvincing so I
think the keys just relax almost like
you're sleeping with your eyes open
can you give us a sample example you
just kind of tense open okay my head
rolls back naturally so how's he doing
well he's dead it's let's move on okay
do you've an older sister and a younger
brother I do do you feel like you get
less attention as the middle child uh
not necessarily simply because of the
line of work I'm in no I don't get less
attention for my from more attention for
my parents obviously they treated us
both all three of us equally would you
say you need to be the center of
attention
no I don't like being the center of
attention
but you're an actor I am I think the
reason I act is simply just because it's
so easy and so it satisfying to get lost
in somebody else but I think that those
who go into that the acting field to get
attention I'm not gonna make it far I
think if you're in it for the right
reasons then you do it because of your
passion you do it because you love it
you're gonna do fine Lou he is being
truthful so proud of those for this one
yeah nice I'm glad that I didn't like
get nervous for the reason do you think
your parents have a favorite child
probably it's definitely not me do you
still have to do chores
there isn't much Tori need to do chores
and like I we get yelled at for not
taking out the trash and doing the
dishes for you need to I just go by the
litter box more than my brother my
sister do we have three cats so there
needs to be a lot of scooping and so I
feel like I'm the one who scoops it most
that's a lot of scooping just I am
100% true it is you told Jimmy Fallon
that a fire alarm once made you cry it's
true I actually have a story about that
I found out quite recently that well my
girlfriend is the grade is a very
younger than me sure she was in second
or first grade she pulled the fire alarm
I was like oh that's funny
I cried in second grade about the fire
alarm ringing and I fell out of my chair
she's like wait when was this and we
figured out that she was someone who
pulled the fire alarm that made me cry
do you cry a lot
depends on the situation I think I'm
good at sharing my emotions and I think
what helps is sometimes like I'll just
cry at night just cuz you need to cry I
think everybody needs to cry if you
don't like a lot of stuff gets bottled
up and there's nothing to be ashamed
about it I'm not ashamed of it
can you cry on command it's hard but
I've done it before and it's weird
because usually when I know I have to
cry I can't
but it's the times when I don't need you
or when I don't necessarily think I'm
going to when it happens so joke Yuri
told glamour that you're one of the
brightest young people he's ever met
that's very nice of him would you agree
with that statement I don't know I think
there I know many people that I believe
are smarter than me and I know many
people that have achieved many greater
things to me I think I do pretty well at
school and I think I I like I love
learning I love knowledge and I like
obtaining knowledge but I think smarts
is different I think brains and being
smart is different than knowledge but I
really appreciate him saying that how we
doing good this is a very truthful
person all right next category let's
talk about pop culture so you have
almost 9 million followers on Instagram
I do if acting doesn't work out are you
considering a career as an Instagram
model no
do you have a Finster Graham I knew if
Instagram I do it's usually for my
friends I haven't posted on it in like a
year I think it's been a while I usually
use it just so I can like pose like
random stuff that I see a lot this is
funny do you have the app that lets you
know when someone unfollow us you know
okay
you know you don't have to follow me you
know what's here I guess sometimes
people like it first for sometimes I
don't post for like a month and a half
and the one I do post it'll be for
something like something from my band
coming up and so there's nothing really
interesting going on so I get why
somebody would unfollow me have you ever
used face tune on any of your photos
what's that
so you don't know oh like Photoshop yeah
I usually don't like you they might have
been something like for like
I mean Hollanders photos of me like
never Photoshop I for like put like
promotion for like changing things and
stuff like it hazards like for like to
make it to calm you look cooler but I
wouldn't do that personally people
there's a running joke and I post like
terribly awful quality pictures of
myself and of everything else like I
like like look up like a like a image
offline I like screenshot it and then
post it and now we have a picture like
Kaden come on you can definitely do
would you consider yourself to be part
of Gen Z Gen Z
yeah I I'm not an I don't think I'm
gonna I think like by definition I'm not
able anymore
I think like after 2000 or 2001 on 2002
so I think I'm like the first gen Z
Gen Z's are said to spend at least three
hours a day online Wow are you part of
that group depends on the day usually
when I'm sick or like sometimes I'm like
rainy day weekends I'll spend a lot of
time on YouTube or Netflix and I like
binge watch something
motives like social media and like stuff
like that now at most I'm on like five
minutes like every couple of days
did you dab dab wait to dance move not
to be cool if I ever do is since it's a
spoof or a parody above the tab is lit
part of your everyday vocabulary oh god
no it is when I'm joking around but
nothing to be serious they don't
actually use the term Lich as a way of
describing a fun time be honest do you
floss every day my teeth no what the
dance no I have done it I've done it
before
kind of like feel pretty good at it I
don't like to are you gonna make me fall
I don't know if Lou would be happy about
that you into video games I am how many
video games give her play online
multi-player 'he's like fortnight I
don't I'm terrible at it I can't call
Judy campaigns and stuff
I love RPGs like Skyrim I love I love
spider-man Red Dead Redemption read that
twos so I always keep going back and
forth between read that to in spider-man
like there - my favorite games is there
anyone who if you saw them in real life
you would fan out over them
I found out of some people
I got pretty nervous when I met mark
hamill understandable that was that's
pretty good that's that's respectable
nobody was great such a nice guy he
turned 16 years old this year right yes
I'm sorry oh I turned 16 last year I'm
turning 17 this September
did you know you're legally allowed to
quit the school at 16 oh yeah
have you considered it no I want to
finish I've started senioritis and I'm
just finishing my junior year so if I'm
gonna be sick of it but next year all my
classes are all fine so do you see
yourself going through a rebellious
stage at any time I don't know I feel
like if I were gonna have a rebellious
stage I would I had it by now I might
just I feel like I sometimes I might
feel like I'm growing up a little too
fast or I might want to grow up a little
too fast
there are things set up like I just want
to stop in a kid for now but I realize I
just need to accept what I have now and
know that once it's go on I'm not gonna
get back so I got a C+ because if I see
the positive when I don't have it I'm
gonna miss it would you consider getting
a face piercing god no what about a
tattoo yeah I'm gonna get a tattoo
there's a tattoo - my sister has it's an
upside-down triangle that represents my
brother me and her and so that each
corner represents us and then a
different design of their preference and
the know she has flowers and I want to
get one I like the back of my shoulder
or something - something small because I
I'm still have to do shows and acting
and stuff that with our zodiacs on it
and my brother was gonna get one as well
do you know what you do if you really
wanted to make your parents mad
trying to think
it's probably a bunt I do stuff that I
don't intentionally mean to make them
mad and they get them mad sometimes like
I forget my place a lot and so sometimes
like when they tell me to do something
like I'll do it or like when they like
get mad at me about something I'll start
to yell back and that's not okay at all
and there's no freak out about it then
I'll realize that that's a terrible
thing to do oh god no I'll regret it
later and then all apologize then it'll
be good and then eventually like
something will happen again this is this
is how it works
how's he doing Lou he's being truthful
he is absolutely pissed off his parents
love you dad final question
okay at any point during this interview
did you lie and we didn't catch you I
don't think so no you're an open book
I'm an open book
I just found out that I'm an open book I
don't I don't lie a lot of air