Millie Bobby Brown cried the first time she saw Jamie Campbell transformed into Vecna

The series’strange thingshas become a huge worldwide phenomenon, as one of the most popular original productions on Netflix, and the premiere of its fourth season surprised fans with new characters, including villain Vecna, who proved so terrifying to Millie Bobby Brown that the protagonist ended up crying the first time she saw him.

Under the dress of prosthetics, make-up and lubricant, with which Vecna ​​was created, is the actor Jamie Campbellthat you will remember from films like “Shadowhunters”, “Twilight 2” or the world of “Harry Potter”, and his performance has been acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, as this fearsome villain is a favorite of many fans.

In a video documentary of less than 10 minutes, Netflix shared with the audience what Jamie Campbell’s experience was like to become Vecna, not just in terms of makeup, but the whole process from her first audition, and in this you can see the participation of Millie Bobby Brown who confesses that she cried the first time she saw the antagonist of season 4.

It was very very surreal (…) I looked at it and said ‘what is that?’ I didn’t know, I thought this (Vecna) would be CGI ”.

“The whole rehearsal was cryingthe protagonist of ‘Stranger Things’ admits with laughter, while the interpreter of Vecna ​​had to hug her because the actress was unable to finish the scene, according to what she says. “The fear (which I had) was genuine. It was definitely very real, ”confesses Millie Bobby Brown,“ I didn’t have to act, I was terrified“.

To put on Vecna, they took up to 8 hours a day

While the appearance of Vecna ​​in ‘strange things’has CGI technology in some scenes, the truth is that it was mostly a real dress that had to be worn every day by actor Jamie Campbell, who had to sit patiently in the chair in the makeup department for about 6 or 7 hours.

In another video similar to the one above, Netflix revealed how Vecna’s makeup was put on every day so that the actor could step into his role and transform into the fearsome villain of this successful series, and if that weren’t enough, they needed it. two others. hours at the end of the day’s recordings, to remove every piece of his body.

Season 5 of ‘Stranger Things’ has already been officially confirmed and as the end of Vecna ​​is yet to come, there is no doubt that Jamie Campbell will return to the cast as the antagonist of the storywhich will end with the premiere of these new chapters, although it may take about two years before they reach the Netflix screen, as in August 2022 they will only start writing the script.