By now it should be no surprise that Matt and Ross Duffer pulled from an iconic ’80s action star in their direction of David Harbour.
I was lucky enough to interview the boys when they were doing press for “Stranger Things” season 3, and that conversation quickly turned to what they called “the two Stephens/Stevens,” meaning King and Spielberg, and how influential those two guys have been to both “Stranger Things” and the Duffers themselves.There’s a lot of King in “Stranger Things.” A girl with telekinetic powers being chased by a shady government organization is straight out of “Firestarter,” for instance.
But for as much King as there is in the show, there’s an equal amount of Amblin.
The kids playing D&d is straight out of “E.T.” and one of the stronger influences on season 3 was “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” a movie I’ve
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