The creators of the hit Netflix show “Stranger Things” said Sunday that they allegedly made the show’s executives cry when they first pitched what is to come in the show’s fifth and final season.
Ross and Matt Duffer, alongside executive producer Shawn Levy and a few cast members, were at an event when they revealed how they pitched the full season to Netflix execs, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
“We turned in the first script a couple of weeks ago, and we’re onto the second. It’s full steam ahead,” said Ross Duffer.
“I remember Season 1 we were just amazed that Netflix was letting us do this at all, but Season 2 was when we really, with the writers, we developed an overall plan and a backstory for all of this and make sure that, with the Upside Down, everything about what it was.”
According to the 38-year-old director, they began revealing much for the overall plan in the show’s fourth season.
“But we do have quite a bit more to get in. But just as important as the supernatural, we have so many characters now — most who are still living — and it’s important to wrap up those arcs,” explained Ross.
Ross and Matt Duffer alongside executive producer Shawn Levy and a few cast members were at an event when they revealed how they pitched the full season to Netflix execs.Presley Ann/Getty Images for Netflix“A lot of these characters have been growing since Season 1, so it’s a balancing act between giving them time to complete their character arcs and also tying up loose ends and doing our final reveals.”
Matt revealed that in the pitch meeting, several executives cried.
“We did get our executives to cry, which I felt was a good sign that these executives were crying,” he said.
“The only other times I’ve seen them cry were like budget meetings,” Matt added, eliciting a laugh from the crowd.
According to the 38-year-old directors, they began revealing much for the overall plan in the show’s fourth season./PA Images/Alamy Images/Sipa USA“Those were different tears,” joked Levy.
“As a witness and having been in that two-hour pitch room and having read this first script — I’m paralyzed with fear that I’ll spoil anything,” said Levy.
“Season 5 is already so clearly taking care of these stories of the characters because that’s always been the lifeblood of ‘Stranger Things.’ ”
“I remember Season 1 we were just amazed that Netflix was letting us do this at all,” Ross Duffer said.The Post reached out to the Duffer Brothers for comment.
According to the siblings, the show’s final season is the culmination of all the prior seasons.
“So it’s sort of got a little bit from each, whereas before each season was so distinctly — three, this is our big summer blockbuster season with our big monster; four was the psychological horror,” explained Ross.
“I think that what we’re trying to do is go back to the beginning a little bit in the tone of [Season] 1, but scale-wise, it’s more in line with what [Season] 4 is,” he added. “Hopefully it’s got a little bit of everything.”
