Jamie Campbell Bower breaks silence on secret Stranger Things role

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Jamie Campbell Bower broke his silence about portraying thesupernatural serial killer, Vecna, who casts spells on his enemies, onStranger Things.In a new interview withEntertainment Weekly, the English actor reflected on going into an audition with no information about the roles or series he was trying to land.Rather than reading a copy of a script from the Netflix drama, he was given two scenes, one fromthe 1996 legal thriller Primal Fear, and the other from Hellraiser to perform.

Keeping quiet: Jamie Campbell Bower broke his silence about portraying the supernatural serial killer, dubbed Vecna, who casts spells on his enemies, on Stranger Things; seen on Stranger Things'Then for the recall, they sent me some dummy sides from the show, at which point there was a little bit more information about the character, but not loads,' the star, 33, continued. '[The scene] was actually what ended up being the Chrissy kill.' After the fatefulaudition,Campbell Bower said he 'was called into a meeting with Matt and Ross Duffer,' the creators and executive producers of Stranger Things.After having a 'a getting-to-know-one-another conversation,' Campbell Bower showed the brothers a 'mind map' he created to get into his character.

Unrecognizable: Campbell Bower also offered some intel about what the role entailed, including the more than seven hours of makeup and prosthetics to transform into his role (pictured asVecna) 'I would send Matt and Ross audio recordings of myself with spooky vampire music underneath it as this voice was progressing.