- Joseph Quinn said it was "weird" to watch himself as Eddie in "Stranger Things."
- The actor said that his wig and American accent created a "physical" difference between him and Eddie.
Joseph Quinn said that it was bizarre to watch himself play Eddie Munson on "Stranger Things," given that the character has much longer hair and has a different accent than the British actor.
Quinn told Esquire Singapore that he could see "growth" in his performances from the early days of his career to the present moment, but that watching himself back in "Stranger Things" was a unique experience.
"With Eddie, it was a very weird experience because obviously, I had this big wig on and I was trying to do my best American accent," he told the publication. "So there was this kind of physical and role difference at the same time."
Quinn's character Eddie has become a fan favorite since season four premiered in May. A metalhead and the leader of Hawkins High School's "Dungeons & Dragons" club, he joins forces with the series' main cast in their fight against creatures from the Upside Down.
As Eddie, the actor sports long, wavy, dark brown hair, a stark departure from the actor's more closely cropped style in real life. He also has puppet-master and bat tattoos, which provided unintentional foreshadowing to his fate in the series, "Stranger Things" lead makeup artist Amy L. Forsythe told Insider. Furthermore, the role required Quinn to put on an American accent, which the actor said on the "Off Menu" podcast stressed him out.
"You feel like a sociopath," Quinn said on the July podcast episode. "After awhile I was so far down the rabbit hole, at points I'd be like 'Do I sound good? Do you like this? Do you like what I'm doing?'"
Quinn told Esquire Singapore that it was "surreal" to watch himself "pop up" alongside his friends in the show, but that the "best part" was getting to see his costars' performances.
"There were so many different stories and it was lovely watching the work that David [Harbour], Winona [Ryder] and Brett [Gelman] had been doing and watching the California storyline," he said. "It was great to see it all come together."