How Caleb McLaughlin Found His Divine Calling In The Upside Down
essence.comStranger Things, Caleb McLaughlin has much more in store.ESSENCE caught up with the young Netflix star just as Stranger Things season 4 ended and left fans hungry to know what happens next now that Vecna has sealed his victory in Hawkins. “I knew this was going to be the best season yet and everyone would be excited, everyone would be on the edge of their couch watching,” he said.
And indeed, nearly literally everyone was. Stranger Things 4 was the first-ever English language program to cross the 1 billion-hour streaming threshold – surpassing the wildly popular Squid Game by 15 million streams in just its first 28 days of availability.
Needless to say, McLaughlin is a star.This season of Stranger Things not only saw the children of Hawkins in more dire circumstances than ever before, but, naturally, looking far more grown up than when we were first plopped into the plight of Eleven and The Upside Down back in 2016.
Though McLaughlin’s much more mature appearance was jarring for some fans, the visceral online reaction to their post-puberty appearances was just a bit funny to the 20-year-old actor. “It’s like, people grow.
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