‘Stranger Things’ Star Jamie Campbell Bower on Relating to Vecna: ‘I Understand Him and I Love Him’
variety.comEmily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched Episodes 8 and 9 of “Stranger Things 4,” now streaming on Netflix.There’s no argument that Henry/One/Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) is the villain of the “Stranger Things” Season 4 (and likely 5).
But the actor doesn’t really look at it that way. In fact, Bower sees the character as the one with the most humanity.“He grew up in an environment where his father murdered a civilian and a civilian family on the orders of people he never knew, who were presenting themselves as these upstanding citizens,” he tells Variety in an interview. “In whose eyes are they upstanding?
I’m still angry about it now.”Bower believes “there was a lot of humanity there” — and still is, wherever Vecna is now — but when Eleven sent him into the Upside Down, all he had left was “rage and resentment.” He adds, “She takes everything away from him — everything that he possibly could have had is now gone because of her.
That is enraging. It’s more than that — it’s hate-fueling. It’s irritating. It’s actually really irritating.”Read more from our interview with Bower below:I want to clear up about something about Vecna’s relationship with the Upside Down.
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