David Harbour discusses 'difficult and exciting ride' to losing weight for 'Stranger Things' season 4

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David Harbour took to Instagram to let fans know how exactly he lost all that weight for "Stranger Things" season four. In season four of the show, Harbour’s character, Jim Hopper, has been living in a Russian prison for eight months doing hard labor.The character’s situation called for Harbour to lose quite a bit of weight to make his scenes believable, and it worked, as fans were shocked when they saw him on screen.

Harbour started the post by saying he decided to address his weight loss regimen due to the number of fans who have reached out and asked how he slimmed down so much.

He credited his trainer David Higgins and a strict diet as the reasons he was able to do it. "My trainer @davidhigginslondon worked with me for 8months to make the transformation, and then another year to keep it through the pandemic," Harbour shared. "All told it was a difficult and exciting ride, changing diet and exercise plans (or lack thereof)." David Harbour worked with a trainer for 8 months to reach his goal weight, and another year after that to maintain it. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) The post featured a series of pictures chronicling his weight loss journey, the first of which was a before and after split image of him in season three of "Stranger Things," and then in season four. "All told I lost over 75lbs.

265-270 in season 3 and all the way down to 190 when we shot," Harbour explained. After all his hard work to lose the weight, Harbour landed the role of Santa Claus for a new movie expected to come out this holiday season.