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‘Stranger Things’ Auditions and How the Cast Landed Their Roles | Vanity Fair

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Stranger Things casting director Carmen Cuba takes us through her casting process while sharing her foresights for each characters’ future on the show. From the first audition tapes submitted by Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo to finding the perfect Vecna, Carmen breaks down the intricacies of meeting the Duffers vision through the stellar casting she has assembled since the show’s very beginning.

00:00 Intro
01:41 The Auditions
07:43 The Evolution
09:02 Season 4
10:11 Vecna

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Director of Photography: Matt Krueger
Editor: Jordan Calig
Talent: Carmen Cuba
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Line Producer: Jen Santos
Associate Producers: Clarissa Davis, Emebeit Beyene
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Production Coordinators: Peter Brunette, Carol Wachockier
Casting Producer: Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Malcolm Cook
Audio: Kari Barber
Production Assistant: Ariel Labasan

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32 Comments

32 Comments

  1. Trina Q

    August 10, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    I can’t believe how much the young cast have grown up since the start of the show, it’s surreal!

  2. Fiona Russ

    August 10, 2022 at 4:20 pm

    Love this

  3. Chelsea Canales

    August 10, 2022 at 4:20 pm

    Wow…they all grown up. Time goes by too quickly.

  4. liv.xoxo.14

    August 10, 2022 at 4:21 pm

    loved the video!

  5. MADDULA SRI RAM

    August 10, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    Perfect Casting and characterization of stranger things have taken the show to a whole another level

  6. mr qamar nwl

    August 10, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    Good

  7. ghos7fire

    August 10, 2022 at 4:41 pm

    Gotta be really interesting and hard to be a casting director.

  8. howltae

    August 10, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    Lucas’s role was made for Caleb also Gaten as Dustin, I can’t say otherwise

  9. Grant T

    August 10, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    What a disgusting human being. Forcing children to cry on film for a company like Netflix

    • Izzy Higgs

      August 10, 2022 at 5:50 pm

      It’s called acting

    • Susan Jenssen

      August 10, 2022 at 6:04 pm

      I highly suggest you go hug a kitten. We have come very far since they would tell little Ronnie Howard his dog died and such.

    • •?Stranger Tea¿•

      August 10, 2022 at 7:52 pm

      ITS JUST ACTING????????????

  10. wiff sniff

    August 10, 2022 at 4:45 pm

    Im really surprised and glad they got along, becoz i can imagine tweens getting into arguments and fighting, the cast members were really mature in this sense.

  11. Tony Mazzoni

    August 10, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    Wow, would love for someone to approach me with an offer to act especially someone so established

  12. liv faye

    August 10, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    Oh i was hoping she would talk about casting Sadie and Dacre

  13. Isaac Diallo

    August 10, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    Millie’s rent was due that day????

  14. aimee reyes

    August 10, 2022 at 5:03 pm

    you deserve a raise, everyone is fit and perfect for their role. they were meant to be there characters!!

  15. Lena Rayne

    August 10, 2022 at 5:05 pm

    She really didn’t talk about Eddie individually?

    • frida c

      August 10, 2022 at 6:06 pm

      he’s not a main cast member, just a s4 side character who got a lot of online love

    • Lena Rayne

      August 10, 2022 at 6:06 pm

      @Izzy Higgs she clearly talked about how she cast vecna lol not being sassy here just sayin’

    • Lena Rayne

      August 10, 2022 at 6:07 pm

      @frida c cause he’s the best lol

    • jade

      August 10, 2022 at 6:53 pm

      @Lena Rayne he’s really not

    • Lena Rayne

      August 10, 2022 at 6:57 pm

      @jade i respect your opinion but a lot of people disagree lol

  16. raecakes079

    August 10, 2022 at 5:09 pm

    Respectfully BEGGING for more about sadie, maya, joe keery, and joe quinn’s auditions ????????

  17. オートミールIlikeoatmealmorethanyou

    August 10, 2022 at 5:26 pm

    I’m sad they didn’t show Max :’) She’s my fave ????

  18. Fine Lemon

    August 10, 2022 at 5:49 pm

    Okay, where is Sadie’s audition tho!!!

  19. Aubrey Rispoli

    August 10, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    they have to talk about the others too! i mean dacre’a is sooooo insane!!

  20. natalie petitt

    August 10, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    i need Joseph Quinn’s audition tape NOW

  21. Zoes uniquestyle

    August 10, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    Reminder: JESUS loves you and wants you to know you ARE WORTH LIVING (so do i)!✝️????????????

  22. Annabel Thomas

    August 10, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    the amount of talent millie had as an eleven year old is actually INSANE. some people are just born to act

  23. Ahmed Balafrej

    August 10, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    why she got an alien voice

  24. Chopped Cheese

    August 10, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    Finns parents “ok now say you’re sick and we are going to mess up the bed”

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