:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(750x337:752x339)/Priah-Ferguson-081624-2-393edc07f2804696a2a89d383f678476.jpg "Priah Ferguson says the final season of Stranger Things is ‘epic’ (exclusive)")
Priah Ferguson prepares to say goodbye Stranger Things.
Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE about Bath & Body Works’ latest collection based on the popular Netflix series, the 17-year-old actress also talks about the show ending before its fifth and final season.
“Filming is going great,” says Ferugson a month after it was announced that season 5 of Stranger Things is halfway through production.
“I think everyone is intrigued by the finale and to end the final season in such an epic way,” she continues.
Still, Ferguson admits she has to keep the status of the show largely under wraps, adding, “You know, I can’t say much, but so far it’s been great.”
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Stranger Things follows a group of children in 1980s Indiana who must battle supernatural forces and secret government plans. Ferguson plays Erica Sinclair, the sassy, witty and lovable younger sister of Caleb McLaughlin’s Lucas Sinclair.
The series also stars Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo and Sadie Sink, as well as Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Jamie Campbell Bower, Brett Gelman, David Harbour and Winona Ryder.
Ferguson says of the renewed collaboration between herself and her co-stars: “Especially this season, the dynamic is great.”
“It might be a little bittersweet because it might be the last time we work together or see each other or just be part of a show as big as Stranger Things,” she adds.
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Although filming on the final season hasn’t quite finished yet, Ferguson has an idea of what she would most like to take home with her when the series ends.
“I would love to take some of Erica’s Barbie dolls or some of her wardrobe – it’s the 1980s. I think some of her pieces are very cute and just standard,” she says.
When asked what she hopes fans will remember about her character, Ferguson says, “I really want Erica to be seen as a character who has evolved.”
She continues, “Erica was kind of, I guess people wrote her off as rude or annoying in the beginning, but the more you watched the show and got to know Erica, the more I want people to realize that she has become what they wanted to see.”
Courtesy of Bath & Body Works
While Stranger Things While fans eagerly await the Season 5 premiere, Bath & Body Works has teamed up with the series to release the final installment of their collaboration to keep them going – a new 15-product collection launching later this month.
Items for sale include candles, decorations, a Demogorgon Wallflower nightlight, hand soaps, disinfectants and Stranger Things-motivated PocketBac holders.
The collection includes the fragrances “The Upside Down” with notes of mossy stone, smoky birch and eerie mist, “The Demogorgon”, which smells like a mixture of black orchid leaves, spicy cedar wood and dark patchouli, and “Eddie’s Leather Jacket”, which smells of black leather, soft musk and smoked suede.
Although Ferguson is a huge fan of all the products, one in particular catches her eye: Eddie’s leather jacket, which is based on the character portrayed by Joseph Quinn in Season 4 of the sci-fi series. “It has a nice touch and makes me feel like I’m in a rock ‘n’ roll band,” Ferguson tells PEOPLE with a laugh.
Bath & Body Works Stranger Things The collection will be available online and in store from August 22nd. All four seasons of Stranger Things are currently available to stream on Netflix.
