The Kids Of Stranger Things Chat Season Three With The New York Times

The kids of Stranger Things sat down with The New York Times to discuss season three. The hit Netflix show will return to the streaming site on July 4. Highlights are below.

Millie Bobby Brown on her character Elle in season three: “I don’t think El knows how to use her powers properly. That’s what she learns about this season. Obviously it’s led her to a different lifestyle, and she has a lot of PTSD. But she’s trying to become normal again. Just like any other teenager, El’s learning not to be what people tell her to be and to be herself. I relate to that a lot.”

Gaten Matarazzo on the fraying of their characters friendship: “Obviously, it’s sad. I always think about this one thing my history teacher told me this year. He’s sitting there on his desk, sipping coffee, talking about how this generation sucks, as he always does. And he’s not even that old, he’s like 40. [Laughs.] And in the middle of his lecture, he goes, “I was just thinking earlier this week, there was this one time I was hanging out with my friends, all of us together — and then it never happened again. Something happens or something changes, and then it never happened again.” And that’s how friendships work, especially when you’re a kid.”

You can check out even more from their interview here.