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Maya Hawke has weighed in on the debate about the number of characters on Stranger Things.
Appearing on the Vanity Fair lie detector test with Camila Mendes, the actress was asked if Joseph Quinn’s Eddie Munson deserved to die at the end of the fourth season of the Netflix show.
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Hawke, who plays Robin Buckley, responded: “I don’t think he should have died, but I do think the show has too many characters.”
After being asked if any additional characters should have met their end, the actress simply replied: “Yes.”
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The topic of character deaths has been hotly debated amongst Stranger Things fans in recent years, with much of the original cast making it to the show’s final season unscathed.
Hawke herself has said she would like her character to die, with the opportunity to be given a “hero’s moment” being a dream for the actress.
Millie Bobby Brown has previously remarked on the growing size of the cast, saying they couldn’t have a photo on the red carpet together.
The actress, who plays Eleven on the show, called The Duffer Brothers a pair of “sensitive Sallies”, saying that the showrunners needed to start killing characters off.
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The creators of the sci-fi show, which is entering its fifth and final season, have previously defended their decision to maintain the core cast, saying: “We aren't Game of Thrones. This is Hawkins, not Westeros.
“The show [wouldn’t be] Stranger Things anymore, because you do have to treat it realistically, right?”
Hawke, who was appearing alongside Mendes to promote Do Revenge, also gave her opinion on the love triangle between Nancy, Jonathan and Steve, saying that the former “belongs outside of Hawkins” without either of her love interests.
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