‘Stranger Things’ Star Finn Wolfhard Talks “Very Emotional” Experience Leaving Show Behind & What He’s Looking To Do Next – Sundance Studio

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Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard is reflecting on the way he’s been personally affected by seeing his 10-year run with the show come to a close, with the conclusion of production on the series’ fifth and final season. “A lot of people grew up on that show.

It was a very emotional thing to leave behind,” Wolfhard told Deadline today in an appearance at our Sundance Studio, where he was promoting his forthcoming A24 film The Legend of Ochi. “But I’m incredibly excited just to see the show because you work for something for so [long]… It was sort of like this movie where it’s like, we worked on this so long ago, in 2021, and you move on and live your life, and then all of a sudden it’s like, oh, it’s happening.

The thing we did is finally coming out, and you get to re-experience these awesome things.” Initially, Wolfhard said, when production on the beloved supernatural epic wrapped in December, after 11 months, “I was feeling a bit depressed about it being over just because of not being able to see everyone and stuff.

And then you remember…You’re like, ‘Oh, but it comes out and people get to see it, and you get to re-experience it with everyone.'” Wolfhard compared the impending arrival of Stranger Things Season 5 to the experience of premiering The Legend of Ochi at Sundance, reconnecting with cast and crew for the first time since wrapping production in 2021. “To be able to sit down and watch the movie with the crew and reconnect was so emotional for me and made the movie all that more important,” he said. “And I would hope that obviously that’s where Stranger Things 5 goes.” With Stranger Things‘ final set of episodes set to debut this year, what’s next for Wolfhard?