Maya Hawke admits that filming the final season of Stranger Things was “heartbreaking.”
The 25-year-old actress, who joined the series as Robin Buckley in the third season that aired five years ago, tries to be there for her colleagues and the crew who have been part of the Netflix sci-fi series from the beginning.
She told Entertainment Tonight: “It’s starting to be heartbreaking, you know? I mean, it’s the end of a really long journey.”
“For some of my colleagues it’s even longer than for me. So it’s really sentimental.”
“But as a late-comer cast member, I feel like it’s my job to be here to consider their feelings and just be grateful and excited to have even been a part of it.”
Despite all the emotions surrounding the end of the series – which will conclude with the upcoming fifth and final season – and its often exhausting storylines, Maya tries to be the one who keeps people on set happy.
She added: “We’re shooting over a long period of time, so it’s kind of invigorating to bring joy and discover and create it every day. It’s really fun.”
The “Inside Out 2” star is the daughter of Hollywood stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman and recently admitted that there are “so many people” in the world who don’t have the opportunity to start a career like hers because they lack connections in the industry.
She told the Saturday Times: “‘Deserved…’ is a complicated word.
“There are so many people who deserve a life like that and don’t do it, but I think I have no problem not deserving it and doing it anyway.
“And I know it wouldn’t help anyone if I didn’t. When I started, I saw two options, and one of them was: change my name, get my nose done, and go to open auditions.”
