One of the big surprises to come out of the second season of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things was the relationship between David Harbour’s Chief Hopper and Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven as Hopper took her in and protected her from the dark forces lurking in Hawkins. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Harbour teased what’s in store for Hopper in the upcoming third season of Stranger Things now that he has legitimately adopted Eleven as his daughter.
“I wish I could characterize the season, but to me it’s so big,” Harbour said. “For example, did you find last season to be darker? There were certainly elements of it that were scary, but I thought there was also a lot of fun, a lot of joy and a lot of silliness, with Steve being a dad and the kids as Ghostbusters. Just taking my story, for example, it’s fun to see Hopper having adopted Eleven. She’s become legitimized in the society, in the world of Hawkins. And he’s a father now. He’s raising a teenage daughter, with all that that entails. So I think that can be pretty funny to see his inadequacies in all of this.”
It was certainly an adjustment for Hopper as he tried to raise Eleven while protecting her and learning more about her powers. Now that it’s safe for Eleven to be seen in public with the cover story that Hopper’s adopted her, it will be interesting to see how exactly this new role affects his public life, especially as Eleven and the kids get older.
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The third season of Stranger Things sees the return of cast members Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Cara Buono, Dacre Montgomery, Sadie Sink and Priah Ferguson, while new additions include Francesca Reale, Maya Hawke, Cary Elwes and Jake Busey.
