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Never realized how much older the kids have gotten.


The kid who plays Luke is already 17 and the others are around 15 or 16 and went through puberty.

Seems like yesterday they were middle school aged lol

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We'll be closing in on 4 full years since they started working on season 1.

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For real.

I mean, I did realize it (keeping up with social media yo) but it did seem like it happened almost overnight.

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They might as well start using 90's themes for Season 4, because thanks to the kids aging so quickly, we're already there.

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Caleb McLaughlin and Sadie Sink are both 17, although they weren't at the time season 3 was filmed. Caleb drove to and from the set in his own car this past season. Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo are right behind them at 16 - because of his condition Gaten will always look a lot younger than he is.

They shot the first season in late 2015, early 2016 so yeah, time's a passing. When the kids went to DC on their post release talk show tour and visited the White House it was Barack Obama who greeted them. I wonder if they'd accept an invitation now? Assuming the current occupant even knows who they are, somehow I just can't picture him watching this show.

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Lol, don't give him any ideas. He'll want to build more walls. 😄


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He'd certainly be in favour of closing the gate.

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The Democrats want us to have open dimensions. As far as I'm concerned those demogorgons can either apply through the legal process or get sent back. And taking little tadpoles with them to scam the system will not fly on my watch!

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Puberty was not kind to a couple of them.

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Yep my daughter mentioned how the show was filled with ugly kids.

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