1 00:00:06,757 --> 00:00:09,927 Will struggles throughout Volume 1 2 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:12,971 with this shame and this guilt of, 3 00:00:13,055 --> 00:00:14,556 "Am I evil?" 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,809 "Am I bad? This monster inside of me…" 5 00:00:17,893 --> 00:00:20,896 "Am I the monster? Am I responsible for all these things?" 6 00:00:20,979 --> 00:00:23,482 I don't understand. How did you… 7 00:00:23,565 --> 00:00:26,818 He's a sorcerer. A real-life, honest-to-God sorcerer. 8 00:00:27,402 --> 00:00:29,696 "Am I a superhero? Am I good?" 9 00:00:29,780 --> 00:00:32,741 "I don't know if I am because this monster is inside of me 10 00:00:32,824 --> 00:00:34,409 and I can't control it." 11 00:00:34,493 --> 00:00:36,745 I could've helped them fight if I'd acted sooner, 12 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:38,038 but I was too late, 13 00:00:38,121 --> 00:00:40,999 and now he's got all of them, all 12. 14 00:00:41,792 --> 00:00:43,168 We failed. 15 00:00:44,169 --> 00:00:45,170 I failed. 16 00:00:53,011 --> 00:00:54,805 -And action! -Action. 17 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:58,225 Five, four, three, two, one. 18 00:00:58,308 --> 00:00:59,434 Door! 19 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:07,484 It was an idea early on that we wanted to bring Kali back. 20 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:12,531 It was a character we have been wanting to explore further. 21 00:01:12,614 --> 00:01:14,283 We've had a lot of ideas for Kali 22 00:01:14,366 --> 00:01:16,868 that in Season 2 we weren't able to explore, 23 00:01:16,952 --> 00:01:19,246 so finally we found the perfect place. 24 00:01:20,539 --> 00:01:23,709 In some ways, it is a completely different character. 25 00:01:28,839 --> 00:01:30,007 She's not in control, 26 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:32,593 which I think what we saw in Season 2, 27 00:01:32,676 --> 00:01:35,470 it was very much a person who wants to be in control. 28 00:01:35,554 --> 00:01:39,891 You take control over your own look, your own narrative, 29 00:01:39,975 --> 00:01:43,520 and she loses everything in Season 5. 30 00:01:43,604 --> 00:01:46,356 They found me, found my friends… 31 00:01:47,232 --> 00:01:48,609 and they took me. 32 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,867 I asked Matt and Ross if I could do the head shave on camera. 33 00:01:57,701 --> 00:02:00,621 They felt very excited about it, and they said yes. 34 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:03,665 And I remember the next time seeing the script, 35 00:02:03,749 --> 00:02:05,459 it was written into the script. 36 00:02:07,002 --> 00:02:09,254 The person who shaved my head is Brynn, 37 00:02:09,338 --> 00:02:11,757 who is department head on the hair team. 38 00:02:13,675 --> 00:02:15,927 I know this is not an easy thing to do, 39 00:02:16,011 --> 00:02:18,597 we had to do it in a one-take, so it had to work. 40 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:20,682 We talked through everything, 41 00:02:20,766 --> 00:02:23,518 of how each step would go with the buzz, 42 00:02:23,602 --> 00:02:25,479 and then the shears, 43 00:02:25,562 --> 00:02:27,356 and how it would film. 44 00:02:28,857 --> 00:02:32,110 The set was quiet, like you could hear a pin drop. 45 00:02:34,321 --> 00:02:38,700 Sharing that moment with her, and just being so… so safe… 46 00:02:38,784 --> 00:02:40,827 Yeah, that was really meaningful. 47 00:02:44,748 --> 00:02:46,124 Cut. 48 00:02:46,208 --> 00:02:49,044 -Cut it. -Tails. 49 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:51,755 Tails. 50 00:02:54,633 --> 00:02:58,845 Even for Eleven, it's just incredibly shocking that she's still alive 51 00:02:58,929 --> 00:03:01,098 and that she's here for a reason. 52 00:03:01,807 --> 00:03:06,603 And it really unveils what K has been doing and working on. 53 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:12,609 A secret government program, does that not… 54 00:03:13,485 --> 00:03:15,362 remind you of anything? 55 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:18,865 Mom. 56 00:03:29,501 --> 00:03:33,255 We're in Vecna's mind in Camazotz's Woods. 57 00:03:33,338 --> 00:03:37,259 I'm trying to find my way to the cave which Henry will not go in. 58 00:03:37,342 --> 00:03:38,260 Northwest. 59 00:03:39,386 --> 00:03:40,762 A little lost, are we? 60 00:03:40,846 --> 00:03:44,558 He really, really, scared the… 61 00:03:45,684 --> 00:03:47,144 scared the poop out of me. 62 00:03:50,731 --> 00:03:55,485 That for me is the first time… that Henry drops the act this season. 63 00:03:55,569 --> 00:03:56,820 Who gave you this map? 64 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:58,405 Your mom! 65 00:03:58,488 --> 00:03:59,573 Look at me! 66 00:03:59,656 --> 00:04:02,451 I love being able to just kind of… to cut loose, 67 00:04:02,534 --> 00:04:04,536 and that's the thing with Henry, is like, 68 00:04:04,619 --> 00:04:08,331 it always feels like there's this sort of… bubbling 69 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:10,667 rage that's going on underneath. 70 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:14,546 And I will kill your fool of a father, 71 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:17,674 your snake of a mother, 72 00:04:19,176 --> 00:04:23,346 and that bitch of a sister too. 73 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:28,643 It was very fun to film. 74 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:30,812 Jamie was on top of me. 75 00:04:30,896 --> 00:04:32,606 I didn't really expect it, 76 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:36,568 because I just expected him to, like, kneel softly on top of me, 77 00:04:36,651 --> 00:04:40,864 but he went in for the grab, and that caught me off guard. 78 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:45,452 And that really helped me add to my scaredness of the acting. 79 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:47,579 -Your mom! -Look at me! 80 00:04:48,079 --> 00:04:50,123 I love Jake to bits, he's the best. 81 00:04:50,707 --> 00:04:52,334 I don't think I'd met Jake before. 82 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:54,127 And I'm, like, in the moment, 83 00:04:54,211 --> 00:04:56,588 like fully in from the word go, getting to work. 84 00:04:56,671 --> 00:04:58,757 And he's like, "Hi," and I just go insane. 85 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:00,258 I got my headphones on. 86 00:05:01,051 --> 00:05:02,511 -Cut! -Tail sticks. 87 00:05:02,594 --> 00:05:06,681 Even though he was still in his Vecna, scary mindset, 88 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:09,768 he still said, "You good, brother?" after every take 89 00:05:09,851 --> 00:05:12,729 because he was on top of me. And I said, "Yeah, totally." 90 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:15,524 We're done, gentlemen, thank you. Thank you, everybody. 91 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:17,567 Well done today. 92 00:05:25,075 --> 00:05:27,285 Hey, come here. 93 00:05:28,119 --> 00:05:31,039 Throughout not just this season but the whole story, 94 00:05:31,122 --> 00:05:34,209 Joyce is so overprotective of her son, and for good reason. 95 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:37,420 What she saw him go through, she never wants to see that again. 96 00:05:37,504 --> 00:05:40,382 But he has this strength now that he didn't have before, 97 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:43,552 so he has to convince her like, "Mom, please listen to me, 98 00:05:43,635 --> 00:05:45,387 I can do this, I can fight back, 99 00:05:45,470 --> 00:05:47,722 I just need you to trust me and let me do this." 100 00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:49,850 You didn't fail tonight. 101 00:05:50,934 --> 00:05:52,185 What you did 102 00:05:53,144 --> 00:05:54,855 was extraordinary. 103 00:05:54,938 --> 00:05:58,149 Something happened this season where 104 00:05:58,233 --> 00:05:59,943 she believes 105 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:03,613 that he is strong enough to do this 106 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:05,365 and he's smart enough to do this. 107 00:06:05,949 --> 00:06:07,534 Vecna chose you 108 00:06:07,617 --> 00:06:09,536 because he underestimated you. 109 00:06:10,161 --> 00:06:12,581 I think we all have. I know I did. 110 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:16,668 And that is a mistake I will never, ever make again. 111 00:06:16,751 --> 00:06:18,628 I was taken aback, 112 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:21,882 and I also credit a lot of that to Noah's performance. 113 00:06:21,965 --> 00:06:23,133 She has this switch, 114 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:25,468 and you watch it, and you see her say, 115 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:26,636 "You know what? No." 116 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,222 "We're gonna suit you up and get you in there 117 00:06:29,306 --> 00:06:31,892 and you're gonna fight back." And it's like "Yeah, Joyce!" 118 00:06:32,642 --> 00:06:34,352 -Mom. -Yeah? 119 00:06:34,436 --> 00:06:36,730 Thank you for trusting me. 120 00:06:39,024 --> 00:06:40,525 Kill the bastard. 121 00:06:42,527 --> 00:06:43,737 You got this. 122 00:06:54,331 --> 00:06:56,124 I remember getting a phone call saying, 123 00:06:56,207 --> 00:06:57,959 "We're gonna need a real Demogorgon." 124 00:06:58,043 --> 00:07:00,253 I could almost hear the crew behind me screaming. 125 00:07:00,337 --> 00:07:02,339 It was gonna be really exciting 126 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:05,008 that we'd actually get to build a physical Demogorgon. 127 00:07:05,884 --> 00:07:08,762 The great thing with the advent of digital technology 128 00:07:08,845 --> 00:07:12,140 is that Michael and the team from visual effects just gave us a file 129 00:07:12,223 --> 00:07:14,893 of an eight-foot tall Demogorgon, 130 00:07:14,976 --> 00:07:18,146 and we 3D printed it, and then molded it, 131 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:19,773 cast it in silicone. 132 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,985 It was a super-exciting build. 133 00:07:24,069 --> 00:07:27,906 And it was one of those bucket-list things for our team. 134 00:07:39,876 --> 00:07:43,171 Will manages to enter into my mind, 135 00:07:44,089 --> 00:07:48,176 and he is so forceful that he manages to make my leg break. 136 00:07:51,054 --> 00:07:53,264 I basically had to act like Vecna, 137 00:07:53,348 --> 00:07:56,726 and embody this villain, and this monster, 138 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:58,186 and speak through him. 139 00:08:02,065 --> 00:08:06,695 I feel like I just had to let down a lot of walls and just trust myself 140 00:08:06,778 --> 00:08:10,240 and just unleash this, like, beast within me. 141 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:14,411 It's a very vulnerable thing to be an actor 142 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:17,205 and be the conduit of the story. 143 00:08:17,288 --> 00:08:19,207 Once you've made them feel safe, 144 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:21,668 you get some really fearless performing, 145 00:08:22,293 --> 00:08:24,170 which happened with Noah. 146 00:08:24,254 --> 00:08:26,589 If you can hear me, 147 00:08:27,465 --> 00:08:30,218 you need to run. 148 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:34,472 Run! 149 00:08:34,556 --> 00:08:37,350 He went all the way with it. I was so impressed. 150 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:40,103 Get out! 151 00:08:43,648 --> 00:08:46,109 Remember what that's like? Having friends? 152 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:49,654 Yeah. I do. I remember what it was like to have a good friend. 153 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:52,866 There was pressure on that because that's something 154 00:08:52,949 --> 00:08:55,285 I think a lot of people are gonna be roped into 155 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:57,162 because a lot of people are invested in 156 00:08:57,245 --> 00:08:59,080 the relationship we have with each other, 157 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:01,374 just as much as we both are into it. 158 00:09:01,458 --> 00:09:04,169 And so I think it's gonna be a tough watch for people 159 00:09:04,252 --> 00:09:06,087 who really love our dynamic. 160 00:09:08,298 --> 00:09:12,385 The stunts team had a fight sequence that they thought up. 161 00:09:12,469 --> 00:09:15,555 And we took a look at it, and we thought, 162 00:09:15,638 --> 00:09:17,849 "Great. This is a really great base." 163 00:09:17,932 --> 00:09:19,809 So now it's time for us to get in there 164 00:09:19,893 --> 00:09:24,606 and work on maybe clarifying the acting intention behind it. 165 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:27,233 Stop it, man! Henderson! 166 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:29,527 It was fun to work with Gaten because 167 00:09:29,611 --> 00:09:33,239 I've done so much, like, dialogue, so many scenes with him 168 00:09:33,323 --> 00:09:35,158 but he's, like, a young man now. 169 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,035 You're gonna hurt yourself! 170 00:09:37,118 --> 00:09:39,245 So he is really up for that kind of work, 171 00:09:39,329 --> 00:09:41,873 the physical, demanding stunt stuff. 172 00:09:41,956 --> 00:09:42,957 Stop it. 173 00:09:42,971 --> 00:09:45,627 Enough! 174 00:09:47,128 --> 00:09:48,296 -And cut. -Cut. 175 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:49,464 You good? 176 00:09:54,511 --> 00:09:57,931 After I finish up the fight and stuff, it kind of is a segue into 177 00:09:58,014 --> 00:10:00,350 Dustin coming across Brenner's secret office, 178 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,977 where it is revealed that the Upside Down 179 00:10:03,061 --> 00:10:05,271 is not actually a dimension. 180 00:10:05,355 --> 00:10:07,565 And it kind of flips everything we knew about 181 00:10:07,649 --> 00:10:09,609 the structure of our universe on its head. 182 00:10:09,692 --> 00:10:11,736 We found the shield generator, do you copy? 183 00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:14,072 If you can hear me, I was wrong! 184 00:10:14,155 --> 00:10:17,617 The shield generator, it's not a shield generator! 185 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:18,910 It's not dark magic! 186 00:10:18,993 --> 00:10:21,746 If you destroy it, you will die! 187 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:22,872 We will die. 188 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:25,208 Holly will die! Everyone will die! 189 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,043 Do you copy?