Block off your plans for July 2017; Stranger Things is returning for a second season. Stranger Things 2 details are scanty, but we’ve already seen some teaser trailers, seen episode titles, and been given details of the new characters joining for season two. The Duffer Brothers have told EW that four new characters will be coming to Hawkins, Indiana in 2017. But who are they? Last week, Variety announced two of the new actors; Sadie Sink (Max) and Dacre Montgomery (Billy). So let’s take a closer look at two of stars joining one of the most crazy popular Netflix shows in the streaming service’s history.
Sadie Sink
Who is she?
Sadie Sink is a 14-year-old actress from the US. Her career started in 2012 when she played Annie on Broadway. She recently played the young Queen Elizabeth alongside Helen Mirren in the broadway show The Audience. She has also starred in another Netflix show – Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (‘Kimmy Sees a Sunset!’).
YOU GUYS. I am so happy and thrilled to join the cast of @Stranger_Things for season 2!! Thanks for all of the love and support!
— Sadie Sink (@SadieSink) October 14, 2016
Who will she play? Max
What’s her character like? “A tomboy with a complicated history and a suspicious streak,” according to the Variety article.
What’s Sadie starred in? American Odyssey, The Americans, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Predictions for Stranger Things 2 Max will undoubtedly be the focus of the first episode of the series, ‘MadMax’.
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Dacre Montgomery
Who is he?
Dacre Kayd Montgomery-Harvey is a 21-year-old actor from Perth, Australia who has been in the entertainment business since the age of nine. His breakout role came in 2010 when he played Fred in the short film Bertrand the Terrible. Last year he starred in a music video for Make Them Suffer, a Perth based deathcore band. He will play the Red Ranger in 2017’s Power Rangers movie. And it’s pronounced “Day-ker”.
Honoured to announce that I will be joining the cast and crew on the second season of this… https://t.co/kn8CJixSX4
— Dacre Montgomery (@dacremontgomery) October 15, 2016
Who will he play? Billy
What’s his character like? “A charismatic, Camaro-driving drinker, a classic girlfriend-stealing bad boy,” according to Variety.
What’s Dacre starred in? Safe Neighbourhood, A Few Less Men (not yet released), Power Rangers (not yet released).
Predictions for Stranger Things 2 Billy, who plays Max’s older step-brother, might be the focus of the final episode of the series, ‘The Lost Brother.’
— Dacre Montgomery (@dacremontgomery) October 9, 2016