Jamie Campbell Bower shocked theatergoers Friday night by making an surprising cameo within the “Stranger Issues” Broadway present.
The actor, who performs Vecna/One/Henry Creel within the Netflix sequence, made his Broadway debut on Friday with an look within the prequel play’s last scene, changing his on-stage counterpart, Louis McCartney. The casting swap truly labored for this second, as the ultimate scene connects straight to at least one from Season 4, the place Henry interacts with a younger Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and brings a few bloodbath at Hawkins Lab.
Campbell Bower expressed an identical sentiment to Tudum after the debut, noting, “The top of the play is the type of lead into Season 4, and I bear in mind precisely the way it felt and precisely who that individual is.”
“I’m honored to have been requested to do it,” he added. “I’ve been so lucky to see ‘First Shadow’ twice, each in London and when it opened right here. It’s each a really weird and in addition stunning expertise to see it, so to wrap up my journey with ‘Stranger Issues’ by doing this, it’s actually cool.”
Video footage of Campbell Bower’s curtain name has already made the rounds on X, and reveals the “Stranger Issues” villain wearing a white orderly uniform, just like the one he dons in Season 4.
“I simply need to take a second to acknowledge one thing very, very particular has occurred right here tonight,” McCartney stated whereas standing subsequent to Campbell Bower onstage at “Stranger Issues: The First Shadow.” “The Broadway debut of freakin’ Jamie Campbell Bower.”
Jamie Campbell Bower makes his Broadway debut enjoying Henry Creel in Stranger Issues: The First Shadow!
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After receiving a spherical of applause from each the solid and the viewers, McCartney reminded audiences to tune in for the remainder of Season 5 — which releases Vol. 2 on Christmas Day and the sequence finale on New Yr’s Eve.
“Stranger Issues: The First Shadow” takes place in 1959 and tells Vecna’s origin story, in addition to provides glimpses of youthful variations of fan-favorite characters like Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper. It’ll will probably additionally issue into the remainder of the plot for Season 5.
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