David Harbour was ready to move on from Stranger Things after 10 years on the Netflix series.
The Duffer Brothers series is expected to end with its upcoming fifth season, and Harbour is opening up about why he was relieved about it.
During a conversation with Scarlett Johansson for Interview, the Black Widow star asked Harbour if he was relieved to have completed Stranger Things.
“When I started I loved it so much,” he said. “Buddies of mine who’d done TV shows for many years said, ‘By season three or four you’ll be running.’ And I was like, ‘Never! I love all these guys so much.’”
However, Harbour noted that he reached a point where he questioned how much longer the series could go on.
“You get to a certain point where you’re like, ‘How much more story is there?’ You’re having to play a lot of the same beat,” he continued. “And there’s a feeling where you’re like, ‘I want to take a risk. I want to do something that people haven’t seen me do before.’ So yeah, after 10 years, it’s like, ‘Okay.’”
Stranger Things premiered on Netflix in 2016, and its fifth and final season has been dated to start on November 26 of this year.
Johansson noted that from her experience in being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, being committed to one character limits your flexibility as “your identity is wrapped up in this job for a long time.”
Harbour agreed, saying, “It’s the same thing with this show. There’d be certain seasons where you feel like, ‘I’m going to go in this different direction.’ But as you say, a piece of your psyche is occupied with this group of people and this storyline. I don’t paint my nails, but I get that idea of ‘I can’t get a haircut’ or ‘I can’t shave this freaking mustache.’”
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