‘Stranger Things’ Creators Answer Burning Questions About Eleven’s Origins, Will’s Sexuality (and Birthday!) and More Ahead of Volume 2
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Massacre at Hawkins Lab,” they Volume 1 finale episode of “Stranger Things” Season 4.The second part of “Stranger Things” Season 4 will debut in less than a month.
But what member of the Hellfire Club can wait that long for answers to all the questions posed by the shocking Volume 1 finale and its major reveal that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) created the Upside Down and the big bad Vecna, by locking One (Jamie Campbell Bower) inside the supernatural realm.“Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer, professionally known as the Duffer Brothers, weren’t willing to spill on everything just yet when sitting down with Variety to talk about the first seven episodes of Season 4 on Thursday — but they gave us plenty to go on until Volume 2 debuts July 1. How old is One supposed to be by the time his scenes with Eleven in the Rainbow Room occurred?Matt Duffer: Oh, my God.
That’s a great question.Ross Duffer: We have done the math, it’s been a while.MD: It’s been like two and a half years since I did the math.RD: I feel like he was late 20s?MD: 29, I believeRD: We did all the math, it does add up.MD: We’re not good at math, but we have people in our room who are good at math and I’m fairly confident the math holds up.
But if someone on Reddit is saying otherwise, they could be right.I feel like it’s early 30s?MD: That could be right, that’s how old Jamie [Campbell Bower] is.RD: Late 20s/early 30s, I can’t remember where we landed.
