David Harbour revealed he thought the Netflix hit Stranger Things would 'never' get a season two when he first started out on the show.
06.07.2022 - 21:59 / usmagazine.com
Onscreen lovers and offscreen besties! Since Stranger Things debuted in 2016, Winona Ryder and David Harbour have gushed about getting the chance to collaborate on Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper’s love story.
The Netflix sci-fi series explored the fictional couple from two people caught up in their town’s supernatural events to best friends who finally get the chance to take their relationship to the next level in season 4.
According to Harbour, the development for Joyce and Hopper’s romance (a.k.a. Jopper) was a longtime coming for him and Ryder.
“It’s something that we’ve mapped out, how much they want to show is really up to them. Winona and I postulate a bunch of stuff, we have a bunch of theories. Some of them are very wild, and some of them are very tame,” he told Variety in May 2022, shortly after the first installment of season 4 premiered. “In general, they had a time in high school — they knew each other when they were super innocent, and they had all this potential, both of them.”
The actor noted that their characters had to come back together to have a second chance at something more.
“Now they don’t have much potential. They’re sort of what they are. Knowing someone who, when you look in their eyes, you see that young person they were, is part of the bond between the two of them,” the New York native continued. “They’ve known each other for so long and knew what you wanted to be and what you couldn’t be and what you couldn’t be. I think they have a very complex love for each other. It’s not just romantic. It’s much more complex than that.”
At the time, Harbour pointed out that Joyce and Hopper weren’t meant to work sooner than season 4. “I certainly feel like, from what happened in season 3, it couldn’t work. The guy
David Harbour revealed he thought the Netflix hit Stranger Things would 'never' get a season two when he first started out on the show.
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David Harbour is opening up about his physical transformation.
If you’ve watched the fourth season of Stranger Things on Netflix, you know that David Harbour‘s character, Jim Hopper, spends the majority of the season in a Russian prison camp.
David Harbour underwent a dramatic physical transformation for season 4 of Stranger Things, surprising viewers with his new look following the complex storyline of his character, being locked up in a Soviet prison for a long period of time.The 47-year-old actor recently opened up about the process, revealing to British GQ that he lost a significant amount of weight to achieve the look for the fan-favorite character of the Netflix series. “I lost about 80 pounds from season 3.
David Harbour may have returned for season four of Stranger Things, but his typical Hopper bod did not — and now, the actor is revealing how he made that happen!
British GQ.However, it seems as though it wasn’t the best of experiences, admitting, “I don’t think I’ll ever do that again.”The actor said he “gained it all back” for his upcoming film “Violent Night,” in which he plays Santa Claus.“But now, yeah, never again. The prosthetics are too good,” Harbour added.In September, Harbour said he discovered the ultimate weight-loss tip.“It’s just not eating,” he told Page Six with a laugh.
David Harbour has revealed he shed over five and a half stone for Stranger Things season 4. The 47-year-old Jim Hopper actor appeared remarkably slimmer in the latest chapters of the beloved Netflix show, which saw his character taken prisoner in a Russian gulag while his on-screen partner Joyce (Winona Ryder) attempted to rescue him. Opening up on his gruelling diet that consisted of ‘not eating’, David said that shifting the pounds was a ‘hard process’.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Conan the Barbarian has a connection to the fourth season of Stranger Things.In the finale, titled ‘The Piggyback’, Jim Hopper (David Harbour) picks up and wields a sword against a demogorgon inside a Russian prison.Speaking to British GQ, actor David Harbour revealed the prop blade is the same one wielded by Schwarzenegger in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian.“I don’t know if you saw this, but that sword I pick up – it’s the actual prop sword they used in Conan the Barbarian,” Harbour said. “It’s the sword that Schwarzenegger swings in the movie.”In the same episode, Hopper and Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) also share a kiss, which Harbour described as “a bit of fan service”.“It’s always something that Winona and I have talked about – on set riffing about what their relationship was in high school, and y’know, who they are to each other,” Harbour said.
David Harbour took off a significant amount of weight for season 4 of Stranger Things, but the journey wasn’t exactly an easy one.
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It has been a few days Stranger Things season four (part 2) was released on Netflix, and fans are still reeling over that massive last episode.
J. Kim Murphy SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched Episodes 8 and 9 of “Stranger Things 4,” now streaming on Netflix.With the second volume of “Stranger Things” Season 4 now in the books, Netflix is pulling back the curtain a bit on the creation behind the final two episodes of the season.
Euphoria star Jacob Elordi could play a younger version of Hopper should a Stranger Things prequel happen.While the Netflix show will be ending with the upcoming fifth season, talk of potential spin-offs have been doing the rounds.Speaking about the potential for more shows, Harbour told GQ: “I think as soon as the show ends, or maybe six months before it ends, you’ll be hearing about whatever spin-offs they have planned.“At this point, I think Hopper is a character that can exist independent of me. If they wanna go back in time, forward in time… I’d love to see another actor play Hopper, and see what they can bring to it.”The star later suggested Elordi – who plays Nate Jacobs in Euphoria – adding: “He could pull off being as handsome as I was at 20.”Speaking back in April, creators the Duffer Brothers suggested the franchise had “a lot more gas left in the tank” when speaking to SFX.“We have some ideas.
Giving the fans what they want. Stranger Things season 4 didn’t initially feature another kiss between Joyce Byer and Jim Hopper, but actors Winona Ryder and David Harbour decided to film the secondary smooch anyway.
Note: Spoilers ahead. The two supersized episodes that capped off Season 4 (now streaming on Netflix) should have been divided into shorter segments.