The age difference between the actors and their characters
The kids from stranger things They have hit a big growth spurt between the third and fourth seasons of the series. Part of the blame has been the pandemic, which has forced the filming to stop. The break has further accentuated the age difference between the actors of Stranger Things and the characters they play. These are the ages of each of them in reality.
Millie Bobby Brown
The actress began her role as Eleven when she was 12 years old, the same age as the character. As the seasons have gone by, Millie has grown more than her character. Eleven is in the series about 15 yearswhile the actress who plays him is already of legal age, since he fulfilled in February 18 years.
Gaten Matarazzo
The actor who plays Dustin began his adventures in Hawkins when he was 13 years old. His character, like Eleven, was twelve. After four seasons of the series, Matarazzo plays a Dustin that is still stuck in the 15 yearswhile he is already 19.
finn wolfhard
Wolfhard’s case is traced to that of Gaten Matarazzo. This actor began playing Mike at the age of 13. A few years have passed, and the Canadian now has 19 years. Nevertheless, his character is 15.
Noah Schnapp
The Noah Schnapp who started playing Will in 2016 and the current one don’t look the same. The American was eleven years old when he began shooting the series. Nowadays, Will is 15 years old in season four. of the series, while the actor is already 17. For the producers of the series, camouflaging Schnapp’s growth spurt has been difficult. The actor has had to force his voice to hide his age, and he also has to act a little shrunken so that the exaggerated change in height that the boy has experienced from one season to another is not noticeable.
Caleb McLaughlin
The actor has 20 years, and began his role at 14. Of all the main cast of kids, Mclaughlin was the oldest. For that reason, he is the character that has best adapted to the passage of time within the series.
Sadie Sink
He joined in the second season. The actress was 15 years old at the time, while Max was 13. Now that her character has finally turned 15, Sadie is already 20 years old.
Priah Ferguson
Ferguson joined the series at the age of 11, while her character, Erica, was 9. In the fourth season, the actress is already 15 years, but his character is 11, which does not strain. Apparently, the idea was that this character would have a punctual appearance, but finally, the writers kept Erica. By stopping filming for so long, the age difference has become very apparent.
Other actors:
- joe kerry: He started playing Steve Harrington when he was 24. His character was 17. In the fourth season he plays a 20-year-old Steve, but the actor is already 30.
- charlie heaton: Will’s brother was 16 years old in the series, while the actor was 22. Now, Jonathan is 19 years old, but the actor has turned 28.
- maya hawke: She joined in the third season at the age of 21 to play a 17-year-old Robin. She is now 24, but her character just turned 18.
- Natalia Dyer: the actress is 27, and Nancy is 16 years old in the fourth season of the television series.
