-Welcome to the show. -Thank you.
-Jamie, It's great to meet you.
It's so nice to meet you. I'm happy you're here.
-It's a pleasure to be here. I'm so grateful.
Thank you so much, Jimmy.
-I have a lot to talk to you.
congratulations on everything with "Stranger Things."
I mean, it's the biggest thing.
You joined the season this year as the villain, as Vecna.
You instantly became a fan favorite.
People love you. And...
[ Cheers and applause ]
There it is. How much of a...
[ Cheers and applause ]
I love that -- did you ever think that you would ever get
to play a character and wear all these prosthetics? I mean...
-Absolutely not.
I mean, I never even imagined I would be on
a show like this, let alone playing this thing.
[ Laughter ]
Yeah, it's amazing. It was just such a blessing.
The whole thing feels like such a whirlwind since I got it.
It's bizarre.
-How much is CGI and how much is real?
-It's about 90 percent real.
So it takes about eight hours to put the whole thing on,
so I have to kind of... [ Audience groans ]
Thank you, I appreciate that.
[ Laughter ]
I feel sorry for me, too.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-I'm working with Barry Gower, who's amazing, who works on
"Game of Thrones" and "The Witcher."
Duncan Jarman, Mike McCash, Nicks and Eric Garcia.
Shoutout to those guys. Thank you so much.
-Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Um, yeah, so it's about eight hours in the process.
And we start at like 3:00 A.M. in the morning
to be ready for about 10:00, and then --
-And then you have to act. -And then I have to act, yeah.
-And how fast is it to take off?
-It's about an hour, hour and a half, yeah.
-Yeah. I like these random photos they took of you
behind the scenes, like backstage.
Your fellow cast members who love you so much.
They just take photos of you and post them on the Internet.
Here is one of Vecna drinking a Starbucks,
which is just thought...
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ]
I just love that.
You got to have a little caffeine in there, yeah.
-Always, yeah. -Always.
-That's only way to get through. really.
Powered by caffeine, Vecna. There you go.
-And when you do the -- on top of the physical transformation,
the voice of Vecna, did you always know
which voice you were going to go with?
-No. It took -- it took a few months to get right.
We had to read through in March of 2020,
and I had been doing a bit of work on Vecna and on Henry.
I only got the job in January, so I had kind of February
to prepare for it.
We did the read through, and I was there
kind of at the table reading with everyone.
I sat behind Milly, and I was doing the voice
and it started in this like very kind of like
nasally kind of area, kind of more like
Freddie Krueger and it just wasn't landing.
So I went home and worked on it, did a bunch of reference work
on like "Hellraiser"
and Doug Bradley, in particularly.
And said that, you know, this deep, booming voice
kind of comes out of the darkness.
And I was like, "Oh, yeah. You can tell."
-Yeah. You're getting somewhere.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I like that.
-I loved it. It was amazing.
So I just kind of worked on that,
and I'm a singer so I kind of just relaxed myself,
relaxed my larynx.
You're a singer, so you know what it's like.
Relax your -- I've seen you sing.
You can sing. Don't give me that.
-No, I mean, you're a singer.
I sing. I sing, but you're a singer.
That's the difference, yeah.
You actually have a new song coming out August 12th.
-I do, yes.
-August 12th.
It's called "I Am."
-Yes. -Congrats.
Are you excited for that?
-I'm so excited.
Everything just feels not real right now.
-It's all happening. -Yes.
-I mean, that's soon. August 12th.
-Yeah, it's like two weeks away.
-Yeah, so guys, look for "I Am," who's coming out,
yeah, Jamie's new song.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And then on top of that, I heard that you're also
filming a movie with Kevin Costner.
-I am. Yes, you get the exclusive.
I'm doing a Western saga with Mr. Kevin Costner.
I'll be -- Yeah, I know, wild.
I'll be in, I think, Utah in October
riding a horse wearing a Stetson.
-I mean, come on! -I know, I know.
-That's a dream right there. With Kevin Costner?
-Yeah, yeah. -Who's also a good musician.
-Amazing musician. -Yeah, you should jam with him.
-I heard some of it like two weeks ago.
-It's good. -I was in a fitting,
and I just heard it, it's amazing.
He's so talented.
-I was listening to your stuff today.
I know you're in a band, I listened to your songs.
But also I found out this very cool things.
I didn't know.
I knew the voice before I heard Vecna.
And I realized that you're also the voice
of Skiff from "Thomas & Friends."
-[ Laughs ]
-This is real.
[ Cheers and applause ]
This is true.
This is true. -Yeah.
-It's hard to believe that these
are both the same person.
[ Laughter ]
Yeah, Vecna and...
-[ Laughs ]
[ Applause ]
-And just for fun, we wanted to see what would sound like
if you had used your Vecna voice for Skiff.
-Oh, my goodness. -Check this out.
-Okay.
-[ Deep voice ] It is time that I bring you to join me.
-There you go. It's very frightening.
-[ Laughs ] -Skiff.
[ Applause ]
Fans of "Stranger Things" have called Vecna
the scariest character that they have ever seen.
He's pretty terrifying.
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind doing the Vecna voice
for us right now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-For you Jimmy, anything.
I got you, I got you.
-But here's what we did.
What we did, we put some of your lines on cue cards.
-Okay. -Okay, and the twist
is that there are all things that Vecna would never say.
Okay.
-Whenever you're ready.
Roots, can you give us a little music?
[ Sinister music playing ]
-I'm sorry about this everyone.
[ Laughter ]
[ Deep voice ] I'm just a girl
standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Try this on, try this on. This is it.
-I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Jack, oh, Jack.
I want you to draw me like one of your French girls.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
[ Normal voice ] This is a daily affirmation for Vecna, okay?
[ Laughter ]
[ Deep voice ] I am strong.
I am beautiful.
I am kind.
-Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-[ Laughs ]
-You see it?
-Alright, this is for you, Jimmy.
-Okay, I really beg you do this one.
♪♪
[ Laughter ]
In a minute, I'ma need a sentimental man
or woman to pump you up.
Feeling fussy, walkin in my balenci-ussy's
tryna bring out the fabulous.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-That is how you do it!
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna in "Stranger Things."
Take a look at this!
-But in the end,
he could not control us.
He could not shape us.
He could not change us.
Do you not see, Eleven.
He did not make me into this.
You did.
♪♪
-Jamie Campbell Bower, everyone.
Season four of "Stranger Things" streaming now on Netflix.
August 12th, "I Am."
We'll be right back with a performance from King Princess!
Stick around, everybody!