TERMINATOR Star Linda Hamilton On Why She Won't Be Watching STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Despite Playing Key Role

TERMINATOR Star Linda Hamilton On Why She Won't Be Watching STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Despite Playing Key Role

Terminator icon Linda Hamilton is set to play a key role in the final season of Stranger Things, but the actress has now revealed that she won't be tuning in when the series returns to Netflix...

By MarkCassidy - Feb 19, 2024 08:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Stranger Things
Source: Via FearHQ.com

Linda Hamilton was added to the cast of Stranger Things season 5 last year in what was described as a "key role," but the Terminator star has now revealed that she won't be tuning in for the final season. 

While speaking to USA Today about joining the final season of the mega-popular Netflix series (her character has yet to be disclosed), Hamilton revealed that she was always a big fan and watched all previous seasons, but "ruined" the show for herself by appearing in it.

“I’ve watched every season with relish. I just love it,” she tells the site. “So it’s kind of, like, imposter syndrome where I don’t [feel that I] fit in there. That’s a whole world set in the ’80s.”

“When you really buy into something, you don’t see yourself in it," she added. "So I think in a way, it kind of ruined the show for me. I never watch [a project], once I’m in something. It would just completely take me out of the reality of it to see myself in there. So I won’t be watching [Season 5].”

Hamilton reprised her most iconic role as Sarah Connor in Terminator: Dark Fate, but is unlikely to return to the character after the movie underperformed at the box office (many feel it deserved better).

Season 5 of Stranger Things is still shrouded in secrecy, and we probably won't get an idea of what to expect until the first trailer lands. Hamilton was asked about her character and if she could share any details about the plot, but remained tight-lipped.

“I Zoomed [creators] Ross and Matt Duffer, and they gave me the shape of the character, but not of the story. Because they have to be very careful with their story. So I still don’t know how it ends,” she said. “And it takes a lot of discipline to not know where it’s going to go. But that’s to protect it from all of the people that want to know.”

Season 5 of Stranger Things is expected to consist of eight episodes, with the first confirmed to be titled "The Crawl". No premiere date has been announced, but the show was set to return to our screens early next year prior to the delay. It may still arrive before the end of next year, but there's a slim chance it won't be ready until 2026.

In the season 4 finale, Eleven and her friends managed to defeat the evil entity known as Vecna, but at great cost. Eddie was killed (there's been some speculation that he might return, but we're not buying it), and Max was left blind, broken and in a coma.

Vecna - who was ultimately revealed to be the deranged Henry Creel - was vanquished, but It was only a temporary victory, as the concluding moments of the episode confirmed that dark forces in the Upside-down are amassing for what will almost certainly be a massive final battle.

Are you up to date with Stranger Things? If so, what do you hope to see from this final season?

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PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 2/19/2024, 9:09 AM
I've read stranger things on this site
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 2/19/2024, 9:51 AM
@PapaSpank54 - Any ideas who Linda is playing? Related to 11 perhaps?
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 2/19/2024, 11:04 AM
@Shivermetimbers - not gonna lie, I haven't watched anything beyond season 1, so I haven't the foggiest clue.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 2/19/2024, 9:12 AM

Linda Hamilton still wants me. I know this to be true.

ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2024, 9:54 AM
@DocSpock - One day Linda and I will clench hands in bed in slow motion.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 2/19/2024, 10:17 AM
@ObserverIO -

It is very important to have excellent life goals like that.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 2/19/2024, 9:17 AM
LETS GO!!!!!
DeadpooI
DeadpooI - 2/19/2024, 9:25 AM
Good for her. There are actors share that opinion. Love that Linda is in the comic book based show, Resident Alien... that deserves more love, especially here at CBM. 👽

Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 2/19/2024, 9:28 AM
Wouldn’t worry Linda, with the actions of a couple of the stars, no one else is going to be watching it either
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 2/19/2024, 9:42 AM
@Twenty23Three - I genuinely dont know what you are talking about. Have any more info? I can assure you most casual fans probably don't know either and there will be MANY people watching the finale.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2024, 9:56 AM
@Twenty23Three - Me either. Elucidate for us would you?
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 2/19/2024, 10:47 AM
@Twenty23Three - I honestly don't think many people outside of the popular social media apps know about any of that.

@Shivermetimbers @ObserverIO - One of the stars, the one that plays Will, got backlash for handing out stickers that said "Zionism is sexy." If anything else happened that Twenty23Three is alluding to, I don't know.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 2/19/2024, 11:17 AM
@RitoRevolto - Thanks. Appreciate the info.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2024, 11:41 AM
@RitoRevolto - Is that all? He's young and stupid. Young and stupid people do young and stupid shit. I probably won't be boycotting it on account of that.
xfan320
xfan320 - 2/19/2024, 10:16 AM
Glad to see they used something better than the very splashy headline on the Horror site...made it feel like Hamilton hated this show, or that the production were in trouble. I understand her sentiments though. Many actors are happy to be able to watch things as a fan and don't necessarily want to be a part of something they enjoy in their private lives.

I watched the making of Wandavision on Disney+ and it was just mindblowing to see the difference FX makes on Paul Bettany's appearance and just the vibe of an unorthodox set. I Couldn't imagine trying to follow the story of the MCU when actively being a part of that.
Saga
Saga - 2/19/2024, 10:22 AM
Didnt they watch the latest Terminator? It's like she forgot how to act! Her face is stuck on one expression no offense, her in T2 amazing but this just feels like lazy stunt casting
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 2/19/2024, 11:36 AM
Can’t wait to see all the “kids” reprise their roles

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