He just can’t get into it.
That’s not Quinn.
“I played my first game in L.A. when we were doing some press,” Quinn tells EW.
Gaten Matarazzo, Joseph Quinn, and Finn Wolfhard in ‘Stranger Things’.Netflix
Though, I knew that wasn’t going to be my way in, as it were."
Instead, Quinn’s way into the character was music.
“I’ve played since I was 7, and I’ve had huge breaks,” he admits.
Joseph Quinn plays Eddie Munson, dungeon master of the Hawkins High Hellfire Club, in ‘Stranger Things’ season 4.Netflix
“I wouldn’t consider myself a brilliant guitarist, but I can play it.
That was very lucky because those scripts came out, I think, at some point in the pandemic.
I did start practicing pretty furiously.”
Seeing Dustin now find camaraderie with Eddie isn’t easy for him.
“There’s a fraternal thing there, really,” Quinn explains of the Eddie-Dustin relationship.
Life changes very quickly, and what you’re exposed to changes.
I think that’s what Gaten and I tried to establish with this relationship.
It was just brotherly love."
Quinn has been involved with larger productions before.
He also had a part in the action horror filmOverlordand played Prince Paul in Helen Mirren’sCatherine the Greatseries.
ButStranger Thingsoffered a collaborative experience and a meaty part to dig into.
The ’80s wig helped with that process.
Quinn had two weeks of fittings to get the perfect Eddie wig.
“But we compromised.
I mean, it’s still objectively ridiculous, but it serves the character really well.
The down side: “It itched a lot,” he says.
Stranger Thingsseason 4, Volume I is streaming now on Netflix.
