David Harbour thinks that American family culture is very individualistic and believes that it needs more communal ideology. Harbour is in a completely different phase of his professional journey right now, trying to navigate the route ahead of his Stranger Things fame. And he has been quite successful in that endeavor, with two Emmy nominations for DTF St. Louis - one as a producer and one as a supporting actor in the series. Apart from that, he has a big release coming up this December with Avengers: Doomsday, where he joins the ensemble as the Red Guardian. 

Now, talking about his recent success with DTF St. Louis, he touched upon its many themes, one of which led to a discussion about American family culture.

In a sitting with Next Best Picture’s Owner & Editor-In-Chief Matt Neglia (@NextBestPicture), David Harbour talked about creating DTF St. Louis, working with Bateman and Cardellini, the distinctions between acting in film and television, his experiences with Stranger Things and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the filmmakers he hopes to collaborate with, his upcoming projects, and more.

While he was going further and further in explaining the themes of the show, he ventured into the topic of loneliness and how it connects with American family culture, which is a kind of individualistic and, in a sense, very selfish way of living. The actor argued that societal norms typically push individuals into two rigid categories: living alone as a perceived outsider or securing a house and family to serve as an isolated fortress.

“It’s like, ‘F*** the rest of the world,’ or like, ‘We protect what’s ours’... there’s a very sort of capitalist mindset to this ideology,” said Harbour.  

Harbour described this dominant ideology as an attitude that essentially tells the rest of the world to fend for itself. At the same time, he noted in the Next Best Picture interview that many Americans harbor a deep longing for communal living, friendship, and a shared sense of mutual support and caretaking.

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Talking more about Harbour’s upcoming prospects, the actor is set to reunite with Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobby Brown.

One of the most cherished father-daughter partnerships on Netflix is returning to the screen thanks to David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown. Jack Thorne's upcoming series on the streamer will bring the two back together. Brown and Harbor will now explore a high-stakes espionage thriller this time, giving them a breather from the sci-fi setting. 

The two will star in a straight-to-series thriller that substitutes classified FBI missions for otherworldly monsters, demonstrating that their familial chemistry can succeed in any genre, according to Netflix Tudum. However, first, everyone is excited to see Harbour in the much-anticipated Avengers: Doomsday.

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