Maya Hawke Would ‘Love’ Her ‘Stranger Things’ Character To Die, But Open To A Spinoff With Joe Keery
etcanada.comMaya Hawke is really hoping to send Robin off in a blaze of glory. The “Stranger Things” actress reveals that she would “love” to see her beloved character die in the show’s upcoming fifth and final season, but that she’d also settle for a lighthearted spinoff with Joe Keery. “It’s the last season, so people are probably going to die,” she tells Rolling Stone of the Duffer Brothers’ sci-fi drama on Netflix. “I would love to die and get my hero’s moment.
I’d love to die with honor, as any actor would.” Hawke responds to co-star Millie Bobby Brown‘s recent quip that the showrunners need to start killing off more characters because the cast is so large, they can’t fit in a photo together. “I love the way that the Duffer Brothers love their actors,” Hawke replied. “The reason that they write so beautifully for me and for everyone else is because they fall in love with their actors and their characters, and they don’t want to kill them.
I think that’s a beautiful quality that they have, and I wouldn’t wish that away.” To wit: the Duffer Brothers have previously stated that fan favorite Steve, played by Joe Keery, was originally supposed to die in the show’s first season.
Ultimately, they loved Keery’s performance so much that they decided to keep his character around. “You’re learning what works and what doesn’t work,” Matt Duffer said on a panel at Netflix’s Geeked Week earlier this year. “The cast is impacting where you take the narrative, the other writers and directors…it’s this living thing.” In recent seasons, Robin and Steve have formed a dynamic friendship and brought levity to the show’s heavy subject matter.
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