It can’t be easy to grow up in the spotlight, and recently Millie Bobby Brown let us know what the last few years have been like for her. Overall though, the Stranger Things kids have done a stellar job of living while having their lives on show. Sometimes you just can’t escape the side effects of fame though, and because of that Finn Wolfhard has spoken about being stalked by grown adults.
In an interview for Mastermind Magazine, Finn – who is 17 now – spoke about some of the wild encounters he’s had with adult fans.
“When I was thirteen, some adults followed me back to my condo when I was shooting It. Stranger Things had just come out, and I was by myself. As I walked faster, they walked faster, and I was getting a bit antsy by the time I got to the door. Suddenly, they were like, ‘Hey, dude, can we get a selfie?’ And I was like, ‘No you can’t have a selfie! How about don’t follow children?’”
Can you imagine chasing a thirteen year old through the streets? And speeding up when they sped up? Probably not, because I imagine you aren’t the sort of walnut who would do that, but clearly someone out there is.
That’s not all.
“I also had my taxi followed and, out of the taxi, the person continued to be pretty relentless.”
Again, even this incident happened yesterday, Finn is 17 years old. It would be creepy as hell to do this to an adult, let alone an actual kid.
Finn Wolfhard is also a musician, and it turns out that the stalking isn’t just confined to his acting life.
“I’ve had to stop shows because people were getting crushed, and Ryan Reynolds almost got injured in Brazil when he went to the barricade. It was lucky that the hundred people who fell over it weren’t hurt.”
If you feel the urge to stalk a kid, may I suggest this one thing: for the love of everything holy, don’t do that.
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