Erik Carter/NetflixThis story contains spoilers for Season Four, Volume Two of Stranger Things.On a scale of one to Eddie Munson’s hairdo—which, by the way, I’m convinced is an amalgamation of both Axl Rose and Slash’s flows—how metal is it that the Stranger Things finale weaponized Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” against the Upside Down? (The answer is Nikki Sixx’s mane circa 1981.) You know the scene: Munson, the show’s brand-new deviant, hops on his trailer and unabashedly shreds his way to redemption, minutes before his death.”It was kind of mad,” says Joseph Quinn, who plays Munson in the series. “I was away from home and I read the script at about 3:00 a.m. when it came in and I couldn’t sleep. I was like, ‘Who the fuck do they think they are coming up with something this good?!'” Now, it’s the understatement of the streaming era to say that a truly colossal amount of story went down in the four-hour-long Season Four, Volume Two, of Stranger Things, out now. But Eddie Munson’s hero moment certainly induced the most goosebumps. And tears. So many tears. The 29-year-old Quinn, who hails from London, managed to stand out from the rest of the Stranger Things crew by infusing Munson with a swirl of heart, sensitivity, and pure chaos. It absolutely worked. And in the finale, Munson finally stands his ground instead of running away, even though it leads to his death by literal bats out of hell. But while Munson is seemingly gone forever,… Click below to read the full story from Esquire
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