With Netflix’s Stranger Issues heading into its fifth and closing season this 2025 TV schedule, followers are getting ready for an emotional farewell to Hawkins and its ensemble of beloved (and sometimes terrifying) characters. Anticipation is sky-high for the present’s conclusion and one actor who left an indelible mark on the collection, Dacre Montgomery, (who performed the fiery and sophisticated Billy Hargrove in Seasons 2 and three) just lately opened up about his emotions because the popular culture phenomenon attracts to an in depth.
In a brand new interview with Folks, Montgomery says he’ll be watching the collection’ finish not from a soundstage or premiere carpet, however from his lounge in Australia. He shared with the outlet:
I am type of in my very own little bubble over in Australia the place I stay, so [I’ll] often textual content with just a few of the forged members. However truthfully, it feels prefer it’s been so lengthy now that I have been type of out of the swing of issues, after which COVID and all types of stuff. However I am excited to observe the final season. I actually am.
It’s been 5 years since Billy’s sacrificial exit from Hawkins, however Montgomery stays intently linked to the present’s cultural legacy. His portrayal of Max’s troubled older stepbrother struck a chord with followers, as he was a personality you like to hate. Reflecting on the half, the Elvis actor admitted the scope of the phenomenon nonetheless resonates with him. He added:
I feel it is superb to play a personality that so many individuals related with, felt like they knew somebody that was comparable, cherished the present and cherished that character, and even hated that character… It was all simply good fan power, I assume. And that was actually thrilling for me to be part of— one thing so huge and culturally proper within the twenty first century — to be part of one thing that individuals actually, actually loved.
The Energy Rangers alum’s focus now isn’t simply on nostalgia, however on the longer term. Particularly, what’s subsequent for Stranger Issues creators Matt and Ross Duffer. The actor praised the brothers as “actually nice mentors” and stated their post-Hawkins profession has him intrigued. He continued:
With Stranger Issues coming to an finish, I am really actually excited to see — as a result of I do know they’ve so many different superb concepts and so they’ve been in [the] Stranger Issues world for a decade — I am actually excited to see what they do outdoors of that.
Montgomery is equally smitten by what lies forward for Sadie Sink, who performed his half-sister Max Mayfield. At 23, Sink has already established herself as a powerhouse expertise (The Whale, Worry Road), and is about to play a secret position in an upcoming Marvel film, the Tom Holland-led Spider-Man: Model New Day. Her former onscreen sibling sees no restrict to her potential, including:
I am actually excited to simply see Sadie’s profession as a result of she’s such a gifted actress, and she or he’s so hardworking, and she or he’s bought numerous different superb characters and roles outdoors of Stranger Issues. So I am actually excited to see the place she goes simply normally in her profession. I feel she’s going to have an incredible profession.
Within the meantime, Dacre Montgomery continues carving out his personal path with unbiased initiatives, together with his 2025 film launch, Went Up the Hill. However when Stranger Issues Season 5, Quantity 1 premieres for everybody with a Netflix subscription on November 26, he’ll be watching as a fan.