Winona Ryder says ‘Stranger Things’ co-stars couldn’t identify vinyl record

3 September, 2024

Winona Ryder has lamented the fact that her young Stranger Things co-stars were unable to identify a vinyl record.

The actor, who plays Joyce Byers on the Netflix show, revealed in an interview with Esquire that during the filming of the first season, she held up an LP, only to be confronted by blank, quizzical expressions from Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin, who were all aged 14 or under at the time.

“I cried,” Ryder said.

“I just think that social media has changed everything, and I know I sound old. I’m very aware of that,” she added. “And part of me thinks, ‘Gosh, am I like vaudeville at this point?’ Like [elderly lady voice], ‘Hey, kids, turn down the music!’”

“I just think there was such an abundance: the history of film, the history of photography, it’s so rich, and there’s so much there, and I don’t mean we should go backwards, but I wish and I hope that the younger generation will study that.”

It is not the only time that Ryder has made comments about the new generation’s relationship with media in the last week, after she said recently that young people aren’t interested in movies because of their excessive length.

“I don’t mean to sound so hopeless,” she explained. “There are a few that are just not interested in movies. Like, the first thing they say is, ‘How long is it?’”

The actress is currently promoting Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the follow-up to the 1988 cult classic, which comes out in cinemas tomorrow (September 4). It sees director Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton, Ryder and Catherine O’Hara returning to the franchise alongside newcomers Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe and Monica Bellucci.

Ortega plays the daughter of Ryder’s Lydia, and recently sparked memories of one of her on-screen mother’s iconic looks from the film by recreating it during the press tour.

The Wednesday star also spoke about the fast friendship she formed with Ryder on the set of the movie. “It just felt like a free and collaborative space, but Winona and I — I swear we just started talking one day on set and then never stopped,” Ortega said. “You could find us in the same position four hours later never having moved. She’s the best.”

In other Stranger Things news, meanwhile, the first look at the fifth and final season of the show was unveiled by Netflix last month.

We know the show has passed the halfway point in the production of its final season, having begun in January, following delays due to the Hollywood strikes last year.

Fans can expect eight episodes to wrap up the show’s story, with star Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley) recently teasing that they are “making, basically, eight movies”. “The episodes are very long,” she added.

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