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Stranger Things Cast's Tips on Surviving the Upside Down

Stranger Things Cast's Tips on Surviving the Upside Down

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Actors Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, and Dacre Montgomery from "Stranger Things" visit the Young Hollywood studio to discuss Season 2 of their Netflix series. They share tips for surviving the Upside Down and what they would do if they had Eleven's telekinetic powers. The cast also teases how their characters, Steve, Nancy, and Billy, will evolve in the upcoming season.

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From the Upside Down to the YH Studio, "Stranger Things" stars Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), and newcomer Dacre Montgomery (Billy) stop by to scoop us on what we can expect from Season 2 of their hit Netflix series and some tips on how to survive the Upside Down! Plus, they reveal what they would do if they had telekinetic powers like Eleven!

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Young Hollywood

What's going on guys? Nicole Cotch here in the Young Hollywood studio hanging out with the Stranger Things cast. How are you guys?

Dacre

Good, how are you?

Young Hollywood

I'm doing well. So Joe, you play Steve. Natalia, you're Nancy. and Dacre you play Billy. I heard you have a very interesting audition tape. Would you mind telling us about that? I've heard so much.

Dacre

I feel like now I don't know, I made a little bit of a short film and I may or may not have danced in a G-string to uh hungry like the wolf but uh

Young Hollywood

You impressed some people then.

Dacre

Uh look, sex sells I guess. Um I don't know, I did a lot of other stuff in it, but apparently it's gonna be leaked. So I'm very nervous about that, but we'll find out how that goes down. Or how it comes off rather, I guess.

Young Hollywood

Can you guys each give us one tip of how to survive the Upside Down? So when you leave, we have three really solid tips in case that ever happens in real life.

Joe Keery

Yeah. It's possible.

Natalia

Bring a friend.

Joe Keery

That would be nice, yeah. That option.

Natalia

I guess bad advice but maybe just don't even go to the Upside Down. Just probably stay away because you never know that I, you know, they could just that little tree hole could close and then you can just

Joe Keery

Yeah, I love that part.

Natalia

Covered in idea. Mud and

Joe Keery

Yeah.

Natalia

Goo and stuff. You know, you should just not go in the first place.

Joe Keery

All right, not go body system if you do go and then what's your tip?

Dacre

Look, Billy has a pretty fun mullet. I think that you could if you bring the mullet along, I mean it might help you along the way.

Joe Keery

Yeah. It's pretty intimidating.

Natalia

It's pretty intimidating.

Young Hollywood

So Millie she plays Eleven and she has superpowers, telekinesis, so she can move things with the power of her mind. If you guys had the same power, what would you guys do with it?

Joe Keery

Turn my alarm off when I'm lying in bed. That's a good one.

Natalia

Lazy, lazy things when you like can't reach your phone. Yeah. You just like

Dacre

I was gonna say bring my coffee in the morning. I was just being incredibly lazy.

Natalia

Open a jar if you can't even open your jars or something.

Young Hollywood

So we always know in the show that something really intense is about to happen when lights start to flicker because of all the energy and stuff like that. Have you guys ever experienced that in real life or did anything weird after filming happen?

Dacre

In our hotel room last night I put on that, you know, the little key chain thing, the that the lock on the door, the little chain. Yeah. So 100%, double checked by everybody in the room went to bed and got up in the morning and the key chain's off.

Young Hollywood

What about you, Natalia? Anything weird happened to you?

Natalia

There's been times where you know, light bulbs are just flickering for sure very, you know, technology-related reasons but just from the show I definitely get like oh. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

How about you, Joe?

Joe Keery

It's like really windy the other night and

Young Hollywood

Did your hair stay intact?

Joe Keery

That was inside. It was fine. Yeah, but it was really my the windows kept blowing open and knocking over bowls and the screen got knocked out. And um

Young Hollywood

Where, where were you?

Joe Keery

Here in LA. It was scary.

Young Hollywood

To end this one, can you guys each just go around and tell us how your character is gonna be different as we come back and what we can expect from you?

Dacre

So Billy's a bit of a I play a bit of the human antagonist in this season. Um, I think you can expect to think that he's sort of a stereotypical kind of bully jock at the beginning of the season but then far more sinister things start to unfold and you can expect a lot of mullet, but no G-string. Oh man. I'm sorry guys.

Natalia

Yes. Season 3. For, for Nancy it's been, you know, a year since we last saw her, so for her it's really dealing with, you know, the loss of her friend again and all, you know, justice for Barb this season. You know, hashtag it.

Joe Keery

For Steve it's about um kind of the world uh that he knew was changed when he met Nancy at the beginning of the first season and it's kind of just a continuation of that. And how things um never really find solid ground. It just continuing to change and interact with uh different characters that'll influence him, I think in a positive way.

Young Hollywood

Well, I can definitely say for all of us that we're super excited and you guys are awesome. Thank you so much for coming by.

Joe Keery

Yeah. Thanks for having us.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nicole Cotch

    Interviewer at Young Hollywood

  • Joe Keery

    Plays Steve Harrington in Stranger Things

  • Natalia Dyer

    Plays Nancy Wheeler in Stranger Things

  • Dacre Montgomery

    Plays Billy in Stranger Things

  • Millie

    Plays Eleven in Stranger Things

  • Barb

    Character mentioned by Natalia Dyer

  • Nancy

    Character played by Natalia Dyer

  • Steve

    Character played by Joe Keery

  • Billy

    Character played by Dacre Montgomery

  • Eleven

    Character in Stranger Things with telekinetic powers

FAQ

Who plays Steve Harrington in Stranger Things?+
Joe Keery plays the role of Steve Harrington in the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Who plays Nancy Wheeler in Stranger Things?+
Natalia Dyer plays the role of Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Who plays Billy in Stranger Things?+
Dacre Montgomery plays the role of Billy in the Netflix series Stranger Things.
What power does Eleven have in Stranger Things?+
Eleven in Stranger Things has telekinetic powers, meaning she can move things with her mind.
What can viewers expect from Billy in Stranger Things Season 2?+
Viewers can expect Billy to be a human antagonist in Season 2, starting as a stereotypical bully jock before more sinister things unfold.
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