{"id":356570,"date":"2026-01-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=405679"},"modified":"2026-01-01T01:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:00:05","slug":"does-the-actor-who-plays-vecna-in-stranger-things-draw-inspiration-from-a-real-life-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/does-the-actor-who-plays-vecna-in-stranger-things-draw-inspiration-from-a-real-life-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the actor who plays Vecna in Stranger Things draw inspiration from a real-life character?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamie Campbell Bower, the British actor who has brought Vecna to life in Stranger Things, has taken his portrayal of the character to new and disturbing depths in the second volume of the fifth season.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His approach has transformed Vecna, who initially seemed to be a supernatural villain, into a more complex and psychological figure, capable of manipulating and seducing those around him, especially the younger ones.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>According to Bower<\/strong>, to build this new portrait of the character, <strong>he was inspired by disturbing historical figures, such as Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple<\/strong>, whose infamous connection to the mass suicide in Jonestown in 1978 has influenced his performance.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stranger Things 5 | Jamie Campbell Bower Stranger Set Tour | Netflix\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YwgNxgWr8Wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A completely unexpected season finale<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we saw in the fourth season happened and was real. It&#8217;s like asking: how kind can I be to these poor kids so they feel as comfortable as possible in this world?\u201d Bower reflects, highlighting the character&#8217;s duality between kindness and latent violence.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/characters-killed-vecna-stranger-things\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Despite the darkness that has begun to envelop Vecna\">Despite the darkness that has begun to envelop Vecna<\/a>, the actor insists that there is still a human dimension present. \u201cI definitely see some humanity in him. There is trauma and experience in his story, but it hasn&#8217;t been fully explored,\u201d he comments.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From meme to menu?<br><br>Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower revealed what he was sipping on in those now-iconic photos. \u201cIt\u2019s a venti salted caramel cream cold brew with extra foam,&quot; he said. &quot;Otherwise known as the Vecna.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V8w6bs8lFt\">https:\/\/t.co\/V8w6bs8lFt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vxwiVjiJE1\">pic.twitter.com\/vxwiVjiJE1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1544398067310288896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This humanity will further develop in the anticipated prequel &#8216;Stranger Things: The First Shadow&#8217;, which will address the complicated background of Henry, the identity behind Vecna.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meanwhile, Bower has warned fans to prepare for an unexpected ending<\/strong>. \u201cThe end of the seventh chapter is an incredible setup for what\u2019s to come. If you think you know what awaits you at the beginning of the eighth, you\u2019re probably wrong\u2026 It\u2019s a bombshell. Everything you think you know is far surpassed,\u201d concludes the actor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Campbell Bower, the British actor who brought Vecna to life in Stranger Things, has taken his portrayal of the character to new and disturbing depths in the second volume of the fifth season. His approach has transformed Vecna, who initially seemed to be a supernatural villain, into a more complex and psychological figure, capable of manipulating and seducing those around him, especially the younger ones. According to Bower, to build this new portrait of the character, he drew inspiration from unsettling historical figures, such as Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple, whose infamous connection to the mass suicide in Jonestown [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":356573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1048,1873],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-356570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-netflix","tag-stranger-things","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356570"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356575,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356570\/revisions\/356575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356570"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=356570"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=356570"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=356570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}