Shawn Levy breaks his silence on the casting age of Stranger Things stars and what the team will do to resolve it ahead of season 5.

&#8220;We’re going to use&#8221; &#8211; Shawn Levy Addresses the Worrisome Casting Age of &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; Ahead of The Final Season

Stranger Things [https://netflixjunkie.com/tag/stranger-things/] has expanded to
unimaginable heights since fans first entered Hawkins. The devoted fandom has
watched characters and their portrayer grow up in these years. With the show
heading into season 5, it is apparent that the actors who were once child actors
are now young adults. Viewers have been concerned about this factor for some
time now that the cast would not fit into the high schooler roles when the last
season arrives.

First, the pandemic created an enormous gap between season 3 and season 4 and
now the strike has affected the upcoming season. But fans need not worry as
producer Shawn Levy has finally answered all those burning questions.


SHAWN LEVY HAS THE PERFECT SOLUTION FOR CAST AGING CONCERNS 

Shawn Levy sat down with Variety
[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/shawn-levy-stranger-things-season-5-star-wars-movie-interview-1235764827/]
to talk about his new projects, All The Light We Cannot See and Deadpool 3 on
Monday. In the interview, he shed light on the worries of the cast aging ahead
of season 5. He said spectators have already watched the cast members growing up
in the public eye. “So we’re going to use all the all the tools available to
us,” he affirmed to help make the cast look younger.

Stranger Things Season 5 confirmed
[data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==]Credits:
Imago

Most of the leading stars were around 12 when they entered the show and like
every human, they have changed too. The Canadian director admitted this thing
has certainly not been helpful, but they can still hide it. According to him,
their incredible makeup, hair, and costume department would do the magic
required to make them look younger. Besides this, the 80s in the storyline will
also assist them because of the way teenagers lived in that era.

ALSO READ: “F***ing awesome” – Shawn Levy Brings in Exciting Updates for
‘Stranger Things’ 5, Days After the WGA Strike Ended
[https://www.netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-fing-awesome-shawn-levy-brings-in-exciting-updates-for-stranger-things-five-days-after-the-wga-strike-ended/]

As of now, the cast members are gearing up for their return to the sets, which
will happen when the actors’ strike ends. This statement by the creator marks
the second time a show member has defended the aging issue in public. Before
him, the writers’ team, who constantly remained connected with fans
[https://www.netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-after-one-hundred-forty-eight-days-hiatus-stranger-things-writers-have-shaken-the-internet-with-two-words-following-wga-strike/],
tried to convince people with an 80s video.


STRANGER THINGS WRITERS SHUT DOWN CRITICISM ABOUT THE CAST’S AGE

In July this year, the Stranger Things writer’s account on X, formerly Twitter,
dropped a video. Through the video, the team pushed back at people who thought
their cast members looked older than the characters. The video featured
real-life high schoolers from 1989 who looked a lot older than what high
schoolers are supposed to be.

> To everyone who says our actors look too old to play high schoolers…
> https://t.co/nK9fBjlKxr [https://t.co/nK9fBjlKxr]
> 
> — stranger writers (@strangerwriters) July 18, 2023
> [https://twitter.com/strangerwriters/status/1681376392397864960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]



Through this, the team proved their point that age would not matter because it
actually happened in that era. In fact, the show has flawlessly depicted the
retro style kids used to have in the 1980s. The hairstyles of all the boys and
girls in the video were exactly what the series showed. Whether it is Steve’s
bad boy mullet
[https://www.netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-stranger-things-hairstylist-reveals-how-she-turned-internets-favorite-boy-into-a-baddy-for-season-four/]or
Kali’s radical look, everything perfectly matches the era.

ALSO READ: Millie Bobby Brown Faces the Fury of ‘Stranger Things’ Crew Member
After Claiming Netflix Show Is ‘Preventing’ Her From Following Her Passion
[https://www.netflixjunkie.com/hollywood-netflix-news-millie-bobby-brown-faces-the-fury-of-stranger-things-crew-member-after-claiming-netflix-show-is-preventing-her-from-following-her-passion/]

What do you think about Shawn Levy’s take on cast’s age? Drop your comments
below!

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<a href="https://netflixjunkie.com/tag/stranger-things/">Stranger Things</a> has expanded to unimaginable heights since fans first entered Hawkins. The devoted fandom has watched characters and their portrayer grow up in these years. With the show heading into season 5, it is apparent that the actors who were once child actors are now young adults. Viewers have been concerned about this factor for some time now that the cast would not fit into the high schooler roles when the last season arrives. 
First, the pandemic created an enormous gap between season 3 and season 4 and now the strike has affected the upcoming season. But fans need not worry as producer Shawn Levy has finally answered all those burning questions.
<h2>Shawn Levy has the perfect solution for cast aging concerns </h2>
<a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/shawn-levy-stranger-things-season-5-star-wars-movie-interview-1235764827/">Shawn Levy sat down with Variety</a> to talk about his new projects, All The Light We Cannot See and Deadpool 3 on Monday. In the interview, he shed light on the worries of the cast aging ahead of season 5. He said spectators have already watched the cast members growing up in the public eye. &#8220;So we’re going to use all the all the tools available to us,&#8221; he affirmed to help make the cast look younger.
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Most of the leading stars were around 12 when they entered the show and like every human, they have changed too. The Canadian director admitted this thing has certainly not been helpful, but they can still hide it. According to him, their incredible makeup, hair, and costume department would do the magic required to make them look younger. Besides this, the 80s in the storyline will also assist them because of the way teenagers lived in that era.
ALSO READ: <a class="jsx-555d36b3e6439572 article-embed-title" href="https://www.netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-fing-awesome-shawn-levy-brings-in-exciting-updates-for-stranger-things-five-days-after-the-wga-strike-ended/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“F***ing awesome” – Shawn Levy Brings in Exciting Updates for ‘Stranger Things’ 5, Days After the WGA Strike Ended</a>
As of now, the cast members are gearing up for their return to the sets, which will happen when the actors&#8217; strike ends. This statement by the creator marks the second time a show member has defended the aging issue in public. Before him, <a href="https://www.netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-after-one-hundred-forty-eight-days-hiatus-stranger-things-writers-have-shaken-the-internet-with-two-words-following-wga-strike/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the writers&#8217; team, who constantly remained connected with fans</a>, tried to convince people with an 80s video.
<h2>Stranger Things writers shut down criticism about the cast’s age</h2>
In July this year, the Stranger Things writer&#8217;s account on X, formerly Twitter, dropped a video. Through the video, the team pushed back at people who thought their cast members looked older than the characters. The video featured real-life high schoolers from 1989 who looked a lot older than what high schoolers are supposed to be.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
To everyone who says our actors look too old to play high schoolers… <a href="https://t.co/nK9fBjlKxr">https://t.co/nK9fBjlKxr</a>
&mdash; stranger writers (@strangerwriters) <a href="https://twitter.com/strangerwriters/status/1681376392397864960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Through this, the team proved their point that age would not matter because it actually happened in that era. In fact, the show has flawlessly depicted the retro style kids used to have in the 1980s. The hairstyles of all the boys and girls in the video were exactly what the series showed. Whether it is <a href="https://www.netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-stranger-things-hairstylist-reveals-how-she-turned-internets-favorite-boy-into-a-baddy-for-season-four/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve’s bad boy mullet </a>or Kali’s radical look, everything perfectly matches the era.
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