Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo Has An Idea For The Franchise That Gives Off An ‘X-Men Vibe,’ And Sign Me Up

Stranger Things features a very distinct continuity that features a number of set facts that fans of the Netflix franchise certainly know. For instance, Eleven gained her abilities as a child, and Will Byers was the member of the Hawkins gang who was lost in the Upside Down. But what if those events were somehow re-arranged in wild ways? That’s a topic CinemaBlend recently discussed with cast member Gaten Matarazzo and, when he responded, he pitched an idea that gives off an “X-Men vibe.” It may sound wild, but you can sign me up for it!

Gaten Matarazzo, who plays Dustin Henderson on the hit sci-fi/horror drama, recently lent his voice to the canon-teetering LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy. The series showcases a version of the galaxy far, far away, with bounty hunter Ewoks, a beach bum Luke Skywalker and more. While chatting with Matarazzo, I asked what kind of changes he would make if he could apply some major alterations to the Stranger Things universe. After giving my weird question thought, he landed on a “what if” scenario involving superpowers:

Maybe, like, some ‘what ifs’ would be cool if we could see… what would happen to other characters that we know [if they] had powers and what they do with them, or what their specific powers might be like. I gotta think like, because, of course, we see that Eleven has telekinesis, and we saw in Season 2 that we met Eleven’s sister and like the lab [and she] has the ability to manipulate people’s minds to make them see things that aren’t there. I’m wondering, like, what other powers, like other characters would have. I want to figure out — maybe almost like an X Men vibe, you know what I mean?

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