Thenthe project was canceledin 2019.

“Everything happens for a reason,” Bower tells EW in an interview.

“I don’t think anything happens by chance.

Jamie Campbell Bower attends Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Season 4 Premiere at Netflix Brooklyn on May 14, 2022 in Brooklyn, New York.

Jamie Campbell Bower has a top-secret role in ‘Stranger Things’ season 4.Arturo Holmes/WireImage

At the time of that spin-off not working out, of course it’s sad.

Of course it is.”

“This was always there,” he adds in reference to hisStranger Thingsrole.

“This was coming.

I just didn’t know.”

Bower already had a connection toGame of Thrones.

“I’ve done things or not done things [in this industry],” he says.

“I was born and now I’m here doing this.

That’s really interesting to consider.”

Stranger Things4is now available to stream in its entirety onNetflix.

EW’sUltimate Guide to Stranger Thingsisavailable onlineor wherever magazines are sold.