'Stranger Things' star Joseph Quinn reveals the 'horrible' death scene he didn't think Netflix would let them show in season 4
- Joseph Quinn said that he was surprised Netflix let Chrissy's death in "Stranger Things" through.
- The actor, who plays Eddie Munson, called Vecna's manner of killing "horrible."
"Stranger Things" star Joseph Quinn was just as horrified by Chrissy's death in the first episode of season four as viewers, to the extent that he didn't think Netflix was going to let the show get away with it.
The actor, who played Eddie Munson on the new season of "Stranger Things," told ScreenRant that he was offered the chance the view the death, which his character is present for, during post-production.
"I remember in the first session of ADR that I had, they were like, 'Should we show you the death?' and I was like, 'Yeah sure,'" Quinn told ScreenRant. "They showed me and I was like, 'There's no way you're gonna get away with that, Netflix aren't gonna let you do that.'"
Chrissy (Grace Van Dien) is the first death of season four of "Stranger Things." After being tormented with visions that draw upon Chrissy's fear of her mother criticizing her body, the cheerleader eventually falls victim to the villain Vecna while at Eddie's trailer buying drugs. Her death is gruesome — Vecna kills his victims by pulling their consciousness into the Upside Down, while in the real world their bodies levitate and contort as their bones snap.
The Duffer brothers, the cocreators and coshowrunners of "Stranger Things," told TV Line that Chrissy's fate was already sealed by the time they shot a pivotal scene between Quinn's character, Eddie, and Chrissy in the forest that showed off the actors' chemistry and quickly made them fan favorites.
"It's pretty impressive what Grace was able to do with very, very few scenes to get people to care like she did," Matt Duffer told TV Line.