--- title: Stranger Things Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard description: Status report on the Stranger Things kids: they're still being cute in real life. canonical: https://time.com/4474656/stranger-things-kids-cast-photos/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-31T21:33:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T03:12:51.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 11 Ways the Stranger Things Kids Proved They Were So Cute og:description: Cuter Things: Best buds till the end episode og:url: https://time.com/4474656/stranger-things-kids-cast-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24b2a9ccdc87452b/6988a45fbc6cfc5c043de6d1/stranger-things-9.jpg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 640 og:image:height: 360 og:image:alt: 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 11 Ways the Stranger Things Kids Proved They Were So Cute twitter:description: Cuter Things: Best buds till the end episode twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24b2a9ccdc87452b/6988a45fbc6cfc5c043de6d1/stranger-things-9.jpg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 11 Ways the _Stranger Things_ Kids Proved They Were Cute in Real Life Too > Sponsored content. 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Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Noah Schnapp reveal their excitement for the second season_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:12 AM UTCPublished: Aug 31, 2016 9:33 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:12 AM UTCPublished: Aug 31, 2016 9:33 PM UTC _Stranger Things_, which had such a [childlike innocence](http://time.com/4406854/review-stranger-things-is-nostalgia-that-works/) vibe probably because of all the innocent children in it, just confirmed its [second season](http://time.com/4473961/stranger-things-season-2-plot/). On the Netflix show, the closer Will got to the end, the cuter that kid looked. Top it off with a crack team of cuties determined to find him who never stopped being adorably brave. Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), and Will (Noah Schnapp), were the smallest kids of the cast with some big performances. Turns out, in real life, these actors do really cute things too. And like you, they take such a delight in all of this cuteness.They’re [still lapping up the spotlight](http://ti.me/2b9mKek) and on Wednesday night, the kids will continue their victory lap with a pit stop at _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_. Here are the top ten ways they proved they were adorable as ever on social media. 1\. **When Millie Bobby Brown who plays Eleven, did her best Winona face:** Watch her frantically find Noah Schnapp who plays Will to celebrate the announcement of the show’s second season. 2\. **When they realized they had really** [**famous fans**](http://ti.me/2b9mKek)**:** > [](https://twitter.com/FinnSkata/status/757336346813984772) > [](https://twitter.com/FinnSkata/status/756890703108726784) Brown, really committing to [Aaron Paul’s great idea](http://time.com/4453898/stranger-things-aaron-paul-millie-bobby-brown/) to take her away from her family so she can be his new daughter. > [](https://twitter.com/GatenM123/status/762698771805380608) **But then they correctly concluded that famous people just weren’t as cool as they are:** > [](https://twitter.com/noah%5Fschnapp/status/770079157787262980) After total card Robert Downey Jr. demonstrated how jealous he was that he didn’t get to be one of the _Stranger Things_ kids, Dustin quickly shut him down. > [](https://twitter.com/GatenM123/status/769206327918800897) 3\. **When these two did the** [**22 push-up challenge**](http://time.com/4453114/22-push-up-challenge-the-rock-chris-pratt/)**:** Finn Wolfhard did it to raise awareness for the mental health of military veterans after his “best buddy” Gaten Matarazzo nominated him. It was too cute to be real, but it really was real. 4\. **This epic montage:** It might make you cry as hard as you did when Hopper and Joyce saved Will. 5\. **When the boys all dabbed:** Because they’re getting a season two, and you get a season 2 and everyone wins. 6\. **This** **_Stranger Things_** **team family huddle:** You weren’t there, but it still restored faith in humanity. 7\. **When Caleb and Millie met for the first time:** Caleb wore a bucket hat! Millie had hair! 8\. **When they exhibited behavior associated with true friends:** Decoding the theme song adorably, predictably. > [](https://twitter.com/Stranger%5FThings/status/761374952016613377) Another group hug because the scariness of the show in virtual reality form was way too much for kids this young. > [](https://twitter.com/Stranger%5FThings/status/761201292572172288) 9\. **When Finn Wolfhard preemptively set the gossip sites straight:** > [](https://twitter.com/FinnSkata/status/765180252830269440) 10\. **When they did music and it was all you could handle:** > [](https://twitter.com/FinnSkata/status/764815829028536320) 11\. **When** **_Stranger Things_** **won best show of the year at the MTV TV and Movie awards** and the kids got right down to thank you’s for the Duffers and Netflix like a bunch of old pros. “Also, where would we be without our parents?” Gaten Matarazzo asked. “Because we would not be here quite literally.” ## Transcript [ NOISE ] Guys everyone loves nostalgia so when Netflix Stranger Things transforms viewers back to the 80's, things start to get a little creepy and we love it. Yes, we definitely love it and stranger things has become one of the most buzzed about shows this summer. We're so excited to have cast members from the hit show here with us right now. Welcome Gaiden, Millie, Noah and Caleb. Big round of applause everybody come one come on. [ APPLAUSE ] So pumped to see you guys. Yes. We wanted you to feel at home. I mean, we were sort of channeling where you sort of lived, where Eleven lived in the basement and sort of the tent, the quilts and blanket tent- Well, it's great. Fort thing. Do you like it? How do you rank our fort- making skills? Did you guys actually make it? Our team did? [ LAUGH ] We kind of miss the roof, but for effort I'll give you a seven. [ CROSSTALK ] I would give you ten because it's always the thought that counts. Thank you. [ CROSSTALK ] Ten because we had to castle buyers. Okay, nice. No [ LAUGH ] I'd say ten because you got the Christmas lights as well. So everyone. I'm the one being the realist [ UNKNOWN ] again, right? [ LAUGH ] So by the way, big congratulations are in order. You were just renewed for a season two, or it was officially announced. [ APPLAUSE ] Just announced today. The teaser trailer was released, the season's gonna have nine episodes. Picks up in the fall of 1984, right? So we're thinking Halloween kind of time period. What do we feel about that? What do we know? What can we say? It's gonna be great and it's gonna be. We're excited. It's gonna be better and darker. Yeah, does Halloween play in to it at all? Is that. Say that again. Halloween is that sort of? We honestly have no. Thing. We have a good tone. It kinda be a lot Darker, and how do you get darker? It's a pretty dark show to begin with. it's gonna be very dark. I'm excited. Will might have something to do with the monster, something. Ooh, okay. [ SOUND ] The Upside Down, so maybe Will's fighting some monsters. He's been effected by something cuz- Okay. Okay. We're gonna ask about that. It's gonna be darker. Well raise your hand if you're gonna be back for season two. I'm not sure. Stop spoiling. [ LAUGH ] [ CROSSTALK ] We don't know we do know. [ CROSSTALK ] All right. [ LAUGH ] Nate's been texting the director. So it seems- No, I text the directors all time. And they were texting me like, Milly, so wouldn't it be- Yeah, is that how they sound? [ LAUGH ] Via text. Yeah, that's actually what [ INAUDIBLE ]. That's not what they sound like. But we're gonna be announcing season two tomorrow. And I was like, and [ INAUDIBLE ] not saying anything else? Am I gonna be in season two, or not? And they're like [ SOUND ] and they put that emoji. It's like they can't do that, you're in the cast. 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