as Eleven for Season 2



While they couldn't reveal much about Astin's character -- outside of the fact that he works at Radio Shack -- they did confirm the news that he'd be playing the boyfriend of Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder).



However, the group had nothing but praise for Astin's performance and what he brings to the Stranger Things dynamic.

"Sean Astin is a force. He's gonna surprise," Ross marveled. "He's just an incredible actor and he blows us away every day on set."

"Bob is new to our weird Hawkins group, but he's immediately memorable and I think people are going to be very surprised by where that takes them this year," Shawn added.



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Another iconic star who's signedand recent slew of awards and nominations means Stranger Things could likely cast any super-famous A-lister they'd like. However, the producers admitted that they are trying to stay away from doing anything that takes away from the characters themselves.

"To be honest, part of the fun of the show is we want people to discover these characters so we kind of actually resist big stunty name casting because we want people to meet the character as they are and be surprised by them," Shawn explained.

The group also addressed recent off-screen romance rumors between Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton -- who play Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers on the hit show.

While Shawn said the producers had "no comment" regarding the rumors, he went on to delicately add, "If it was