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Have you been thinking about whatStranger Things 4scene Sadie Sink should use for her Emmys reel?
Theres an overabundance of options, really.
Pick a monologue, any monologue.
But also, the faces she makes when Dustin rambles on about Dungeons & Dragons nonsense?
But at least its better than death.
On a recent phone call, Sink cheerfully discussed her hellishly fulfilling season of acting work.
Earlier this season, Max worried that she might get tired of listening to Kate Bush on loop.
Did that ever happen to you?It really didnt.
I see that song a lot on my TikTok feed.
Kate Bush herself said the scene was created with such heart, which is such a lovely compliment.Absolutely.
The amount of times that Ive listened to her music over the past two years is ridiculous.
Its gotten to the point where I feel like Ive created her in my head.
I need to reach out in some way.
I owe her so much.
Okay, lets get a message out to Kate right now.
Sadie, what would you tell her?A giant thank you.
The Hounds of Love song is great, but I think my favorites are Wuthering Heights and Cloudbusting.
Those were the two.
I had them both on cassettes.
Do you know her duet with Peter Gabriel?
It seems appropriate for Max this season.Wait, I havent heard of it.
Which one is that?
Its called Dont Give Up.Im adding that to the queue right now.
All of my questions are just … really depressing.
You went through the wringer this season, emotionally and physically.
Its not too far off from reality in that way.
Dear Billy is a triumph of acting for you.
I was very young and very insecure at the time.
I mean, I always felt like the new kid.
Its been a whirlwind.
Think of it this way: Its such a big ensemble show.
I was happy that the Duffers trusted me with this material for season four.
I wanted to do the best job I could for them and do justice for Max.
How many days did it take to film that Running Up That Hill sequence?
Because Im not sure.
I was in this giant shallow pool of water that was a little over 25 yards or so.
It wasnt very long.
I was running so fast in the moment the camera would only be rolling for four seconds each time.
But then I did it again, and again, and again.
What preparation did you and Jamie do for your scenes together?
There was no rehearsal or prep between the two of us we just showed up on the day.
I had no idea what Vecna was going to look like until I saw him for the first time.
Jamie was so convincing and believable that I forgot there was a human in there.
I was looking at Vecna and I remember meeting Jamie in person, out of his Vecna costume.
I heard his voice before I saw his face.
And I was like,Oh my God, is that Jamie?
Is this a sick joke?Then I realized thats what he looked like underneath all of that.
Theres an actual human person underneath.
When I first saw him, I started laughing uncontrollably.
I didnt know what I was looking at, you know?
But once we started filming, I wasnt laughing anymore, thats for sure.
So, everything hes saying is exactly what Max has been thinking in the darkest parts of her mind.
Thats how he attacks: He targets the most vulnerable people and makes them even more vulnerable.
He can kill them and get on with his evil and manipulative master plan of ending the world.
Personally, Vecnas monologue helped me figure out exactly what Max was thinking.
The blame and guilt that she felt, she put it all on herself.
But thats not who she is.
Of course, that made her the perfect victim.
You still want to know how things could be different or if you wouldve done something different.
Was he a good person?
Did he deserve to be saved?
Should she be feeling angry over this situation?
Should she not be grieving over his death?
It all festered and turned into this immense amount of pain and guilt that she placed on herself.
They warned me what was coming.
You think Max isgone.
Shes definitely not back in the way she once was, but theres still a small glimmer of hope.
But then again, Eleven is searching for her in the void and cant find her.
So who knows where she is and what state shes in.
Were you expecting Max to die this season?Oh, totally.
Theyre not going to do something like that.
Theres security in knowing that.
When youre on a show like this, your fate is always up in the air.
You never know what these brothers are going to come up with.
Were not sure where she is or whats happening, and its probably for the best.
She definitely drew the short straw in the situation, but at least shes not fully gone.
Your reading of I dont want to die, Im not ready was brutal.
Caleb and you did a great job with that scene.
We have so much chemistry and trust each other as actors, as people, and as the characters.
We felt very prepared and there was security in that.
Its definitely not hard to do that kind of scene with a friend like that youre rooting for it.
And youre looking forward to their movie date on Friday and its not going to happen!
It was really rewarding for me to have that experience with him, as tragic as it may be.
Did you get to keep the doodle you drew of him and Max at the movies?I didnt!
There were so many rough drafts of that doodle.
Maybe Ill recreate it and frame it on my wall one day.
What was a stranger sensation: Levitating in the air, or touching all of the Vecna prosthetics?
It felt like I never took that harness off.
There wereweeksof harness work.
But I really loved being in the air!
It just doesnt feel right.
Its slimy and its fragile.
So it was a very delicate dance.
Its definitely a weird feeling.
It reminds me ofthe shows weird caption choices.
Tentacles pulsate wetly.Its funny, Ive seen a lot of stuff about the captions this season.
It scares me, but what other way are you going to describe it?
Thats the way he moves!
If thats the way the bones sound when theyre cracking, thats what you gotta do.
I mean, she said that she just wanted to disappear.
So thats where my hope lies in Max for season five.
