Netflix’s Stranger Things TV show broke records. The TV show telling a scary story of a 12-year-old child from Indian being lost was praised by critics and audience both with its original story and successful images inspired by 80s.
When the second season of the TV series is about to start, you can check 10 surprising facts that you don’t know about Stranger Things.
1. The project was rejected 11 times before it was approved by Netflix.
2. The original set was supposed to be in Long Island, New York but it is later moved to Indiana. The TV show was first called Montauk. The TV show was based on Mantauk Project by the US government and the first season was supposed to be in the east of Long Island. We are still wondering why they have made a change but the production turned out to be really fine.
3. There were various name alternatives that Matt Duffer did not want to reveal.
4. The actors were included in the cast by playing the 80s classic scenes.
5. Joyce character by Winona Ryder was modelled for Meryl Streep. The hair of Joyce character was compared to Meryl Streep’s character in Silkwood. Stranger Things happens in 1983 and so does the move.
6. Charlize Theron inspired Eleven’s look. Millie Bobby Brown first hesitated to shave her hair. According to Entertainment Weekly, the crew gave another actress as an example to convince her. Thankfully Mad Max: Fury Road was about to release and Brown was convinced with Charlize Theron’s images in a magazine.
7. Most of the best moments of Holly are improvisation. Holly character was actually played by twin sisters Anniston and Tinsley Price. Both girls were natural in front of the camera and Matt Duffer said in interviews that they improvised in the scenes. (The screenplay writers and producers Matt and Ross Duffer are twins.)
8. People couldn’t watch Shannon Purser (Barb) enough. Shannon Purser started acting with Barb character in Stranger Things. The masses did not get the chance to watch the character or the actor behind it. By the way, Purser was forced to quit her job in a movie theatre in Georgia because she couldn’t cope with fans who want to get photos.
9. The young actors were afraid of the monster. To reduce their fear, the crew asked them to imagine the monster as a Pixar movie character.
10. Duffer brothers found the composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein online. They previously did the soundtrack of The Guest and Duffer brothers manage to catch them.
