'Stranger Things 5' Actor on Demogorgon Attack, Meeting Max
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Key Points:
- Nell Fisher, age 14, takes over the role of Holly Wheeler in the final season of “Stranger Things,” replacing twins Anniston and Tinsley Price who played the character as a toddler in earlier seasons.
- Fisher, originally from the UK and New Zealand, began acting during the pandemic with a role in “Evil Dead Rise” and was cast as Holly in early 2023, moving to Atlanta for filming in 2024.
- In Season 5, Holly becomes central to the plot as Vecna targets her and her classmates, kidnapping her to the Upside Down where she teams up with Max, who has been in a coma since Season 4.
- Fisher describes filming intense scenes such as the Demogorgon
