Undercover Brits: 'Stranger Things'

With over one billion (yes, with a "B') viewing hours logged, Stranger Things has become the biggest English language series in Netflix history. Its fourth season is now the biggest show on streaming for 2022, and unless Marvel pulls some sort of superhero miracle, it will probably remain that way for the rest of the year. "But, wait a minute," you may be saying. "Stranger Things is an American TV show, right?" You are correct. Netflix's wildly popular 1980's era sci-fi/horror TV series is indeed a US production. The Steven Spielberg-meets-Stephen King story of a band of tweenage nerds trying to rescue their friends and families from dangerous and powerful entities is as American as apple pie.

So why are we posting about it here at Telly Visions? Because talented UK-based actors always appear in US projects, Stranger Things is no exception. Over the years, the cast featured several British actors, some unknown before they appeared in the fictional Midwestern town of Hawkins, Indiana. Ferreting out British actors who take on American roles may seem like an odd hobby, but it's one several of us enjoy here. So let's run down some of the Brits who have been core characters in the series from the beginning to the new additions.

Millie Bobby Brown

Millie Bobby Brown plays a pivotal character named Eleven. When the show begins, she is a twelve-year-old girl with psychokinetic abilities who has recently escaped from a lab facility where she was experimented on her whole life. Eleven is befriended by a group of fellow outcasts who become her surrogate family and join her in fighting the evil supernatural forces set on destroying this outwardly unremarkable town. She also finds love for the first time.