Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower opens up about the relief of wrapping Season 5 Vol 2

Jamie Campbell Bower is finally exhaling after years of embodying Vecna’s darkness on Stranger Things. The actor is opening up about the sheer relief of wrapping the show's fifth season's final volume, calling the end of filming both emotional and freeing. As the series moves toward its long awaited conclusion, Bower’s reflections capture the weight of saying goodbye to one of Netflix’s most defining villains and closing a chapter that pushed him creatively, mentally, and emotionally.

Speaking to People Magazine, the actor said of wrapping up,

“It was like I had put down a bunch of bags that I'd been carrying around with me for what felt like four or five years. Somebody took a picture of me, and I just looked like a man who's just taken the first breath of his life. It was sad. A lot of people have used the term bittersweet, and it really was bittersweet.”

He then added a few more words about the final season and ehat it's like to hand it over to fans who have waited for the show's finale for years. Continuing, Campbell said,

“We are back, we are bigger, we are badder than ever. We all worked so hard on this season, so I think we're all just excited and happy to finally be handing it over to the fans. Because for me, my work was done when I left set, so now it's time to give it over, finally"

More details about Stranger Things Season 5

The end of Stranger Things unfolds across eight episodes split into three chapters of its own. Volume one landed on November 26, 2025, volume two follows on December 25, and the curtain finally falls on December 31. It's the ending that will culminate four seasons worth of questions, theories and episodes, bringing Hawkins, the Upside Down, Eleven's story and Vecna's danger finally to an end.

The story resumes in the fall of 1987, with Hawkins no longer pretending life can go back to normal. The rifts left behind after season four have torn the town open, and Vecna remains alive, watching, and evolving. The group’s mission is simple in theory and terrifying in practice: find Vecna and kill him. Standing in their way is the US military, which has sealed off Hawkins under quarantine and launched a covert hunt for Eleven. As the anniversary of Will Byers’ disappearance looms, the past and present begin to collapse into each other, forcing the story to circle back to where it all began.

The finale of Stranger Things brings together nearly every major player from the show’s history. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Linda Hamilton, and Jamie Campbell Bower all return, joined by a dense roster of recurring and guest characters.

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All seasons and episodes of Stranger Things are available to stream on Netflix.

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