‘Stranger Things’ Stars Winona Ryder and David Harbour’s Sweetest Comments About Playing Love Interests Joyce and Hopper
usmagazine.comOnscreen lovers and offscreen besties! Since Stranger Things debuted in 2016, Winona Ryder and David Harbour have gushed about getting the chance to collaborate on Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper’s love story.The Netflix sci-fi series explored the fictional couple from two people caught up in their town’s supernatural events to best friends who finally get the chance to take their relationship to the next level in season 4.According to Harbour, the development for Joyce and Hopper’s romance (a.k.a.
Jopper) was a longtime coming for him and Ryder.“It’s something that we’ve mapped out, how much they want to show is really up to them.
Winona and I postulate a bunch of stuff, we have a bunch of theories. Some of them are very wild, and some of them are very tame,” he told Variety in May 2022, shortly after the first installment of season 4 premiered. “In general, they had a time in high school — they knew each other when they were super innocent, and they had all this potential, both of them.”The actor noted that their characters had to come back together to have a second chance at something more.“Now they don’t have much potential.
They’re sort of what they are. Knowing someone who, when you look in their eyes, you see that young person they were, is part of the bond between the two of them,” the New York native continued. “They’ve known each other for so long and knew what you wanted to be and what you couldn’t be and what you couldn’t be.
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