The Duffer brothers confirm that Stranger Things is set in the same universe as The Inbetweeners
- By Adam Walton
How cool is this? Last night when asked to confirm the release date of Stranger Things Season 4, the Duffer Brothers said that while they can't yet disclose this information, they were happy to share with us a little easter egg - and it's pretty neat!
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| Stranger Things 4 is due out some time in 2022 |
Ross Duffer, in an interview with LA Times, explained how Stranger Things is actually in the same universe as the UK hit comedy The Inbetweeners!
He said: "We actually sat down with Iain Morris and Damon Beesley as we were writing the original drafts of Stranger Things - before we'd even pitched to Netflix. We have always been fans of British comedy and wanted to reflect this in our show.
We initially named the gang - (Dustin, Mike, Will and Lucas) the 'Pussay Patrol', and they were to drive a yellow car with a red door through Hawkins instead of bicycles, but Netflix kinda pointed out it was a straight up carbon copy, as opposed to an homage, so we made a few tweaks."
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| The Duffer Brothers went with bikes instead of the famous yellow car used in The Inbetweeners |
He continued: "We initially wanted the show to just be about kids going to a high school in Essex, England. Dustin was going to have his heart broken by someone different every episode, Mike was going to be even more insufferable than he is now, and Eleven was going to be played by Megan Fox."
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| The 'Pussay Patrol' that never was |
When asked how the two shows were linked, Duffer explained: "Well, once Netflix got hold of the script, it became a show based in the states in the 1980s, some 10 years before the Inbetweeners were even born. We didn't even know what 'alternate dimensions' or quantum physics were until we started shooting the first season."
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| 'Can I have a lick of your Cornetto?' |
"But we thought it was pretty cool to have the two shows still be set in the same universe. Now when you watch The Inbetweeners, you know that somewhere in the background, twenty years ago, Eleven was giving security guards brain aneurysms. Maybe Jay secretly has powers, or Simon is a distant relative of Lucas, who knows?"
You can watch The Inbetweeners on All 4 and Stranger Things on Netflix.
