Netflix has announced the cast of Stranger Things
Netflix has announced the names of the young cast members of the upcoming mystery series "Stranger Things" by executive producer Sean Levy. Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton are cast in the drama, directed by Matt and Ross Duffer ("The Pines"). The actors have joined previously announced Winona Ryder and David Harbor. The eight-part television project, formerly called "Montauk", will debut in 2016. This is reported by Deadline. Described as a "love letter to an 80s classic," "Stranger Things" follows the 1980 disappearance of a twelve-year-old boy in Indiana. Friends, family and local police are looking for answers Finn Wolfhard will play the role of Mike, a twelve-year-old boy who makes fun of all the time, and who, in the end, will become a kind of hero, showing himself in search of his best friend. The actor starred in a guest role in the TV series "The Hundred". Millie Bobby Brown, who is best known for "Intruders", will play a mysterious heroine with strange powers that Mike meets in the woods. Gaten Matarazzo will appear as Dustin, twelve years old, who marches to the rhythm of his own drum, and whose sense of humor helps him in difficult situations. Matarazzo, who starred in a cameo role on Black List, recently completed a one-year contract on Les Miserables. Caleb McLaughlin will play Lucas, Mike's stubborn friend, fierce and brave. The actor starred in the TV series "Eternity", and from 2012 to 2014 he played a young Simba in the play "The Lion King" on Broadway. Noah Schnapp will portray Will, a small and sensitive boy who does not fit into the concept of "normal" in 1980. Schnapp will appear in Steven Spielberg's "Spy Bridge", "We Only Know So Much" and will take part in the voiceover of the cartoon "Snoopy and the Big-Bellied Little Thing in the Movie". Natalia Dyer will play the role of Mike's older sister, Nancy. Dyer starred in the teenage drama I Believe in Unicorns. The actress recently completed movieing for the sci-fi dramas "After Darkness" and "Long Nights, Short Mornings. Charlie Heaton got the role of Jonathan, Will's older brother. The following full-length projects with the participation of Charlie – "Urban & the Shed Crew" and "Shut In". Winona Ryder plays the role of the mother of the disappeared boy, and Harbor – local police sheriff. The Topic of Article: Netflix has announced the cast of Stranger Things. |
