“We're still filming, it’s still happening till the end of the year,” she exclusively told E! News. “It's going to be bittersweet.”
But as she looks back on the eight years since season one premiered (plus an extra couple for the time the actors spent filming), the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star—whose movie is out in theaters Sept. 6—can’t quite believe how the show has turned the world upside down.
“It is the 10th year of that, which is wild,” she noted. “I could never I never imagined it would, you know, it's sort of like Beetlejuice. I don't think any of us anticipated that show becoming what it did.” (For more with Winona, tune into E! News tonight Aug. 20 at 11 p.m.)
But as Winona noted, despite season four having been released in 2022, the final fifth installment is still in production—though Maya Hawke, who plays Robin Buckley on the series, recently promised the wait will be worth it.
“We’re making, basically, eight movies," Maya explained during the June 27 episode of Penn Badgley's Podcrushed. "The episodes are very long.”
Because, as she pointed out, show creators Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer take the responsibility they have for the fans very seriously.
“Our showrunners, Matt and Ross, take a lot of responsibility," Maya continued. "They have an amazing team of writers, but they’re very involved. It takes a long time to write each season, and it takes a long time to shoot them.”
As Millie reflected, “I started when I was 10. I’m now turning 20 years old. It feels very weird.”
But for many of them, including Gaten, they wouldn’t have had it any other way.
“This is home,” the now 21-year-old, who plays Dustin Henderson on the series, explained. “You just remember why you’re doing it and how much fun you have.”
For more on everything we know about Stranger Things season five, keep reading.
—Reporting by Emily Curl
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