David Harbour Was Cautioned About Being Typecast as His ‘Stranger Things’ Character for Future Roles

David Harbour doesn’t want his career to just be another stranger thing.

The “Stranger Things” star recently told Insider that he was cautioned about being typecast as police chief character Jim Hopper due to the unprecedented success of the Netflix series.“The first year of ‘Stranger Things,’ I remember having a discussion with a publicist and her saying, ‘Maybe you don’t want to be associated with the show so much,’ and I was like, ‘Why? I love this show.

I love the character,’” Harbour said.

“And I do love the show.

And I do love the character.

But I don’t want to be just that character.

I don’t want to be just that guy.”He continued, “I think about George Clooney leaving ‘ER.’ Now we just see him as George Clooney.

But there was a time when it was, ‘The guy from “ER” is doing a movie with Nicole Kidman.

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