“That's Super Creepy” — “Stranger Things” Kids on Even Stranger Fan Encounters

Netflix – 2016(LOS ANGELES) — The Netflix drama series Stranger Things became a smash hit in 2016, something the show’s young stars, who aren’t even out of high school yet, never expected.

Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, and Finn Wolfhard, who all range in age from 12 to 15, shared their stories of how their lives have changed on the ABC News special, The Year: 2016, airing on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

The show focuses on a group of kids who go in search of their friend, who mysteriously vanishes into an alternate universe, and his distraught mother’s attempts to communicate with the missing boy. The young actors said that although they adore their fans, there have been some strange encounters.

“I got followed back from my house by a couple in Toronto,” said Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler. “And the minute I got to my door, they were just like, ‘Can we take a picture with you?’ I was like, ‘No, you followed me back for four blocks, that’s super-creepy.’”

Brown, who plays Eleven, the female character with psychokinetic abilities, added that one time a girl sat down next to her while she was sleeping on a largely empty plane on the way to the Philippines.

“You know when you just, kind of, wake up and she’s sitting right there? I’m like, ‘Hi,’” she said. “…[I]t’s like, ‘Whoa. That is just weird.’”

“The marriage proposals are a little weird,” added Matarazzo, who plays Dustin Henderson.

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