Having dipped her toes into the world of TV with the acclaimed HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero last year, Winona Ryder takes on her first regular series role in Netflix’s Stranger Things, debuting this Friday.
Ryder stars as Joyce, a single mother of two whose life is turned upside down when her younger son, Will (Finn Wolfhard) vanishes without a trace. Soon, Joyce – along with Will’s friends, on a concurrent adventure – begin discovering some incredible events are occurring in their town, some of which are amazing to behold, some of which are quite scary.
I sat down with Ryder to discuss her role on the show, Stranger Things’ reflection of the films of the 1980s and Ryder’s empathy for her young co-stars, including Millie Brown (who plays the very powerful and mysterious “Eleven”), having begun her own career as a child actor.
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Ryder stars as Joyce, a single mother of two whose life is turned upside down when her younger son, Will (Finn Wolfhard) vanishes without a trace. Soon, Joyce – along with Will’s friends, on a concurrent adventure – begin discovering some incredible events are occurring in their town, some of which are amazing to behold, some of which are quite scary.
I sat down with Ryder to discuss her role on the show, Stranger Things’ reflection of the films of the 1980s and Ryder’s empathy for her young co-stars, including Millie Brown (who plays the very powerful and mysterious “Eleven”), having begun her own career as a child actor.
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