‘Stranger Things 4’ Star Joseph Quinn Detained at U.S. Airport, Then Freed by Officer Who Knew Eddie Munson

variety.com:

Zack Sharf It turns out that Eddie Munson was such a massive breakout from “Stranger Things 4” that the character saved actor Joseph Quinn from a prolonged detainment at a U.S.

airport. During an appearance on “The Tonight Show,” Quinn told host Jimmy Fallon that he nearly missed the interview because he got detained at the airport by U.S.

immigration.“I very nearly didn’t make it,” Quinn said. “I was taken into, I guess what you could call it more of a dungeon.

And I was asked to wait there for about 20 minutes and then I was summoned to this desk where someone asked me, ‘What are you doing in the United States, sir?’ I said, ‘I’m actually here to meet Jimmy Fallon on ‘The Tonight Show.’ And he didn’t believe me.” It wasn’t until a second immigration officer recognized Quinn as Hellfire Club leader Eddie Munson that the actor was allowed to enter the country.“One of his colleagues looked over at him, looked at me, and said: ‘Leave Eddie alone!'” Quinn said. “And then [the colleague] said, ‘It’s Eddie from “Stranger Things,”‘ and he was like, ‘You’re Eddie Munson?'”Quinn continued, “[The man asked], ‘Do you come back next season?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know,’ and he said, ‘You better,’ and gave me my passport.”While many people discovered Quinn because of “Stranger Things 4,” the actor’s been working for quite some time in his home country of Britain.