It is hard to believe that the final season of Stranger Things will be released on Netflix nearly a decade after Season 1 dropped. Back then, the cast had no idea they were filming one of the biggest shows ever, but with the first 4 episodes of Stranger Things Season 5 set to premiere on the 2025 TV schedule in November, the cast has been rewatching alongside their fans. Which led to Joe Keery and Charlie Heaton dropping some Season 1 lore that gives me a whole new perspective of their alley fight scene.
Let me jog your memory: It’s Season 1, and Nancy is dating popular jock Steve Harrington, while also teaming up with loner Jonathan Byers to find out what happened to his brother Will and her best friend Barb. Jonathan has a major crush on Nancy, and the two boys get into it in the alley. As it turns out, actors Keery and Heaton opted not to use their stunt doubles for this scene, and maybe they should have. In a video posted to the Stranger Things official Instagram, the two actors recall filming their fist fight, and Heaton explains what went wrong:
