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‘Stranger Things’ Jamie Campbell Bower Talked To Therapist About Not Wanting To Play Villains For A While: ‘F—s Me Up’


Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Vecna on 'Stranger Things,' is looking forward to slipping off the villain suit — figuratively and literally speaking.

Jamie Campbell Bower is looking forward to doing away with eight-hour special effects makeup applications for Vecna — and some of the other weight that comes with playing the arch-villain on Netflix ‘s Stranger Things that aren’t so easy to wash off at the end of the day. During a fan event for MegaCon Orlando, The Mortal Instruments actor admitted that he had discussions with his therapist about the mental toll of playing the hair-raising character, introduced in last season’s decidedly more PG-13 plotline. While there is no release date yet for the fifth and last season of the hit YA series, creators and executive producers Matt and Ross Duffer teased to Deadline recently that the installment will their most ambitious spectacle yet, likening the experience to making “eight blockbuster movies.”

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