In today’s episode of “Puberty: The Real Final Boss,” Netflix has officially surrendered to biology and slapped digital baby-face filters on its now fully adult Stranger Things cast because the kids had the audacity to grow taller than the Eggo waffles they used to live on. Nine years after season one, poor 21-year-old Noah Schnapp had to coach an actual child stand-in on how to be a terrified 11-year-old version of himself while VFX wizards at Lola VFX desperately tried to CGI away his jawline and student loans. The result? A flashback scene set in the Upside Down that looks like someone deep-faked a college freshman onto a scared sixth-grader in a dark room. Schnapp himself admitted it’s “a little digital-looking,” which is Hollywood-speak for “we did our best, but the Demogorgon looks more natural than this.” Welcome to 2025, where the true monster isn’t from another dimension; it’s adolescence.
The New “Stranger Things” Is Using Digital De-Aging Tech After Its Child Actors Kept Growing
