Jamie Campbell Bower has introduced Henry Creel/Vecna from the small display screen to the Broadway stage.
On Friday evening, Bower shocked audiences at a efficiency of Stranger Issues: The First Shadow. The actor, who portrays the villain within the hit Netflix collection Stranger Issues, appeared within the present’s last scene. Because it unfolded, Bower circled and revealed himself as an grownup model of Henry, receiving rounds of applause and cheers from the shocked viewers. It additionally prompted an emotional response from Bower.
The second related the Stranger Issues prequel — set within the Fifties — with the TV collection, set within the Nineteen Eighties, by bringing grownup Henry (often known as Quantity One) face-to-face with a younger Eleven (performed by Millie Bobby Brown) at Dr. Brenner’s lab, as seen in season 4. Bower’s look additionally marked his Broadway debut.
Stranger Issues: The First Shadow tells the story of Henry’s origins, a younger Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper (performed by Winona Ryder and David Harbour within the present), and follows the beginning of Hawkins Lab below Dr. Brenner. Louis McCartney, who stars as Henry all through the Broadway run, was nominated for a 2025 Tony award for finest actor in a play.
McCartney launched Bower in the course of the curtain name. “To have him right here tonight to share this second with you all — with all of us on stage — and to ask you into this second on the Marquis stage, man, it’s such an honor,” he stated. “You’re such an inspiration. You’re such a assist to me, to the present, all these years.”
He continued, “Henry Creel is the dynamite of The First Shadow. With out you, nothing is feasible. This isn’t potential with out you, man. Your love, your expertise, your devotion — every part you’ve put into this, all these years.”
Stranger Issues season 5 is releasing in three elements, with Quantity 1 already streaming on Netflix as of Thanksgiving. Quantity 2 releases on Christmas and The Finale drops on New Yr’s Eve.