Joe Keery Addresses 'Emotional' End ofStranger Things: 'It’s Been One-Third of My Life'

Mar. 15, 2025

Joe Keery on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’.Photo:Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

Joe Keery is getting candid about the end ofStranger Things.

On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the actor, 32, appeared onThe Tonight Show StarringJimmy Fallonand spoke aboutwrappingupthe fifth and final seasonof the science fiction series last December.

“It’s crazy,” Keery, who is best known for playing Steve Harrington on the show, said. “It was a long year.”

“But to wrap it all up and the anticipation of working on something for so long — I mean it’s been one-third of my life, really,” he continued.

“It was emotional,” Keery added. “We sort of got to that last day and it was like everything really hit on that last day of shooting.”

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From Left: Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Gaten Matarazzo, Maya Hawke, Sadie Sink and Caleb McLaughlin.Tina Rowden/Netflix

Tina Rowden/Netflix

The actor and musician added that he waited to watch “the other cast members wrap and it was just emotional and great.”

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Netflix announced on Dec. 10, that filming for the final season ofStranger Thingswas coming to an end. The streaming company shared a collection of photos of the cast on set, with cast members paying tribute to the show.

“We just wrappedStranger ThingsSeason 5. I’m still in shock,“Finn Wolfhard, who portrays Mike Wheeler, wrote on Instagram. “We shot it for a yearand I’ll miss all of my friends and our characters terribly.”

Noah Schnappadded, “Two days ago, I wrapped my final scene as Will Byers, and I’m feeling very emotional.”

source: people.com