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“Stranger Things” Star Jamie Campbell Bower Is Absolutely Not Getting Enough Credit For His Work As Vecna, And Here’s The Proof
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“Stranger Things” Star Jamie Campbell Bower Is Absolutely Not Getting Enough Credit For His Work As Vecna, And Here’s The Proof

? There are MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD for Stranger Things 4, Vol. 2. So if you haven’t watch yet, pleeeeease go do that first!!! (And of course, spoilers for Vol. 1, but we’re over a month out, people…) ?

If you’re like me, you’re still recovering after watching the four hours of emotional turmoil also known as Stranger Things Season 4, Vol. 2.

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Basically, with Max’s “death,” Vecna is able to open a fourth gate from the Upside Down to Hawkins, which means ALL HELL ESSENTIALLY BREAKS LOOSE and a bunch of innocent people die from a sudden “earthquake” (it was absolutely NOT an earthquake). Oh, and Will confirms that Vecna didn’t die and is just hurt, and they need to kill Vecna orrrrr everyone will die. Cool, cool, cool…

So many cast members gave absolutely standout, Emmy-worthy performances in Vol. 2, like Caleb McLaughlin and Sadie Sink as Lucas and Max, Joseph Quinn as Eddie (RIP!!!!), and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin, who had an emotional moment that still has me in tears whenever I think about it.

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It’s been days, and I’m still thinking about how much Caleb and Sadie absolutely destroyed me in this scene.

But we truly cannot talk about Season 4 at all without giving a ton of praise to Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna/Henry/One (written fully in Robin’s voice) — because I think many of us have actually underestimated just how much work Jamie really did for this role.

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Like, the man essentially had to play four different characters if you count his time spent as that nice and helpful orderly. THE TALENT! THE RANGE!

First of all, whenever Vecna is in, well, Vecna form — that’s 100% Jamie in costume. Not a body double, not a CGI figure, that’s ALL Jamie.

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OK, now I’m going to spend my days imagining Jamie just hanging out on set fully as Vecna or even ordering his Starbucks in that voice to pass the time until Season 5.