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Stranger Things. In fact, the show, which is set for , catapulted her to such stardom that the 18-year-old actor now has a tattoo on her wrist in dedication to the sci-fi series. In small black ink, Millie sports the number "011" on her wrist, which is the number she was given while in the Hawkins lab before escaping and finding her buddies.

How does Noah Schnapp spend his summer? When the young actor is not busy filming "Stranger Things," one of the most popular shows to ever hit Netflix, he is spending his time as a many teenagers do, working a summer job as a lifeguard.  Schnapp said it's a "just for fun thing." "I've kind of grown up with a normal life and normal friends and stuff outside of ‘Stranger Things,’ so it's kind of kept me grounded," Schnapp told Flaunt during an interview.  "Stranger Things" actor Noah Schnapp spends his summers working as a lifeguard.  ( Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix) A video on TikTok surfaced of Schnapp doing a little dance at his summer job while rocking his lifeguard outfit.The video traveled quickly throughout the platform.  In addition to the actor's summer job, he is furthering his education by studying business at The University of Pennsylvania. Schnapp plans on living in the dorms with the other incoming freshman.

Stranger Things‘ Noah Schnapp has revealed he’s been working as a lifeguard this summer.The actor, who plays Will Byers in the hit Netflix series, recently described the job as a “just for fun thing”.In a new interview with Flaunt, Schnapp explained that working as a lifeguard helped him feel more like a normal teenager.“It’s kind of a ‘just for fun thing,’” Schnapp told the publication.“I’ve kind of grown up with a normal life and normal friends and stuff outside of Stranger Things, so it’s kind of kept me grounded.”The actor also said on TikTok recently that he will soon be attending the University of Pennsylvania to study business.“I was thinking of going for acting,” he said, before adding: “Acting was just kind of repetitive, and I wanted to try something new.”“Millie [Bobby Brown] is doing the same thing with her schooling – she’s kind of learning about other things,” he added.In other Stranger Things news, the show’s creators Matt and Ross Duffer recently revealed the fifth season might not feature any new characters.Speaking to IndieWire, Ross Duffer said: “Whenever we introduce a new character, we want to make sure that they’re going to be an integral part of the narrative. But every time we do that, we’re nervous because you go, ‘We’ve got a great cast of characters here and actors, and any moment we’re spending with a new character, we’re taking time away from one of the other actors.’ So we’re just very, very careful about who we’re introducing.”Matt added: “I just like shaking it up, so we shake it up by changing the plot or adding in a new monster.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know by now that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got hitched. Over the weekend, the two said “I do” again following their initial Las Vegas wedding last month, but this time for all their friends and family to see! The ceremony, which took place in Savannah, Georgia, welcomed the likes of Ben’s bestie Matt Damon, Kevin Smith, and Jason Mewes, in addition to many others (as we’ve previously reported).

Millie Bobby Brown is making big moves! She has some big changes coming her way, including an unexpected break from acting.MORE: Millie Bobby Brown stuns with bold new look and multi-colored hairThe actress rose to fame with her scary yet unforgettable role as Stranger Things' Eleven, which has gripped fans for six years now.However, she is on her way to make an impact in an entirely different way, as now that she is officially eighteen, she is stepping away from Hollywood and making her way towards a college campus.WATCH: Millie becomes youngest person to make the Time 100 ListMORE: Millie Bobby Brown reveals the one beauty product she's "obsessed" withShe revealed the exciting news in an interview with Allure Magazine, announcing that she had enrolled in Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana.Ironically, her college of choice creates quite the full circle moment, as Stranger Things also takes place in Indiana, in a fictional town named Hawkins.

Millie Bobby Brown is officially a college girl! In a new interview with magazine, Brown revealed that she's decided to enroll as an online student at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana — the same state her hit show  is famously based in.While Brown won't be physically in Indiana, or the fictional town of Hawkins the show centers around, the 18-year-old will be studying remotely via the university's human services program -- a program she described as one where «you learn about the system and how to help young people.»The school's website defines human services as a program «designed to provide students with basic knowledge in human development and family studies, skills for working with people in service agencies, and program evaluation skills.»Elsewhere in the interview, Brown discussed the platform her massively successful role as Eleven on the Netflix series has given her. In addition to her acting roles in  and  Brown is expanding her skincare line, Florence by Mills.Helping other young women is at the heart of Brown's beauty brand, which she founded to offer resources for her fellow Gen Z-ers looking to learn more about skincare. «I don’t know anything about beauty and skincare,» she admitted.

Stranger Things season five might not feature any new characters, the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, have said.The next series of the hit Netflix show will be its last, but it could steer away from each new season’s traditional introduction of new figures.Season four introduced the likes of Eddie Munson (played by Joseph Quinn), Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and Argyle (Eduardo Franco), while previous seasons have seen the likes of Max (Sadie Sink) and Robin (Maya Hawke) be added to the cast.Speaking to IndieWire, Ross Duffer said: “Whenever we introduce a new character, we want to make sure that they’re going to be an integral part of the narrative. But every time we do that, we’re nervous because you go, ‘We’ve got a great cast of characters here and actors, and any moment we’re spending with a new character, we’re taking time away from one of the other actors.’ So we’re just very, very careful about who we’re introducing.”Matt added: “I just like shaking it up, so we shake it up by changing the plot or adding in a new monster.

Zack Sharf “Stranger Things 4” proved bittersweet to some fans in how it introduced an instant fan favorite like Joseph Quinn’s Eddie but also sidelined original main characters like Charlie Heaton’s Jonathan. As the cast of “Stranger Things” has gotten bigger over the years, it’s been harder to juggle every single main character.

With “Stranger Things” coming to an end with a fifth and final season, the cast auditions — which took place in 2015 — have been released.

Fans have been left shocked after Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp revealed that he privately messaged Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu recently. The 17 year old made the confession he DM’d the “Turkish delight” as he joined his co-star Millie Bobby Brown on an Instagram Live.

Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower, who appears as the villainous Upside Down monster Vecna in the show’s fourth season, has shown off the terrifying voice he uses for the character – by reciting Lizzo lyrics.While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Bower explained how he first came up with the low, menacing voice that his character uses throughout the show, saying that he was inspired by Doug Bradley’s portrayal of Hellraiser. “It said that this deep, booming voice kind of comes out of the darkness,” he said.

Lizzo-meets-Vecna vibes. Jamie Campbell Bower dove into the process behind his terrifying  villain on Tuesday night, telling host Jimmy Fallon about how he developed his character's bone-chilling voice before delivering some classic pop culture lines as Vecna. «It took a few months to get right,» he said of the vocal work. «We had the readthrough in March of 2020 and I had been doing a bit of work on Vecna and on [his other character] Henry. I only got the job in January, so I had February to prepare for it.»Bower sat behind co-star Millie Bobby Brown at the first table read, where his initial version of Vecna «started in this very kinda nasally area,» he said.

Wilson Chapman editorThe citizens of Hawkins are one step closer to their final battle, as the “Stranger Things” writers’ room has officially started on the fifth and final season of the hit Netflix series.The official Twitter account for the show’s writers’ room, @StrangerWriters, announced the news on Tuesday. In a tweet captioned “Day 1,” the account posted a picture of a whiteboard emblazoned with the logo for the final season.Day 1 pic.twitter.com/9m44RkJnc3— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) August 2, 2022Season 4 of Matt and Ross Duffer’s nostalgic sci-fi series ended on a major cliffhanger, with the season’s main villain Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) temporarily defeated, but succeeding in his scheme to merge the dark otherworld of the Upside Down with the sleepy Indiana town of Hawkins.

Stranger Things due to her “old” age.The actor recalled her experience auditioning for the role in an interview with Fashion Magazine, where she said casting directors were initially hesitant because she was aged 14 at the time.“I just begged and pleaded with them to give me more material so I could show them something fresh,” Sink said. She insisted she was “right” for the part of Max, and was later given the role following a chemistry read with co-stars Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin.Max joined the Netflix series in season two, alongside her abusive older brother Billy (Dacre Mongomery).

Stranger Things writers have denied that scenes from previous seasons have been cut or edited retroactively.On Tuesday (July 26), the official account for the show’s writers’ room posted the message: “PSA: no scenes from previous seasons have ever been cut or re-edited. And they never will be.”Some viewers claimed a scene in the first season, where Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton) secretly photographed Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer), had been edited later to make him appear less “pervy” as she took her clothes off.In response to a fan who asked the question, “So that also counts for the Jonathan spying on Nancy scene in SO1, as many people believe?” The account responded: “Yes.”PSA: no scenes from previous seasons have ever been cut or re-edited.