"A young, terrified Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) is hiding out in his makeshift fort in the Upside Down, having been kidnapped by evil forces. It's been almost a decade since we've seen Will at this age with that signature bowl cut, but his bulging eyes instantly take us back to the terror he felt during his Season 1 abduction. (The sequence was filmed using a body double, with a digital version of Schnapp's face superimposed via visual effects.)"
"Will is the "heart and soul" of this final season, according to creators Matt and Ross Duffer, also known as the Duffer Brothers, and most of the four episodes released so far (and indeed, much of the entire series) has been about Will trying to outrun demons that he can't really escape from. Some are literal, to be sure, but others are more nebulous things within him that he has tried to bury."
The season opens with a young, terrified Will Byers hiding in a makeshift fort in the Upside Down after a kidnapping. Visual effects used a body double with Noah Schnapp's face superimposed to recreate his Season 1 look. Will flees a Demogorgon through a red-lightning forest, crashes, and is dragged away. The season positions Will as the heart and soul of the final chapter, with several early episodes focusing on his attempts to outrun literal and internal demons. The series increasingly balances gripping horror and sci-fi with tender explorations of adolescence, queerness, and the long journey toward self-acceptance.
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