Yahoo News Stranger Things star David Harbour shares career plans after final series
Stranger Things star David Harbour has revealed his career plans after his time as Sheriff Hopper on the hit sci-fi series from Netflix comes to an end.
Currently waiting to begin filming, which has been delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike action, Harbour told Entertainment Weekly he plans to move away from the small screen once the fifth and final series of Stranger Things has wrapped.
Following the success of Harbour's 2022 Christmas movie Violent Night, the actor said he would like to branch out into more movie roles.
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"I've been on Netflix ... but this was a small original movie that's going to a cinema. A whole new world opened up for me with that," Harbour said of Violent Night. "I like this playing field. I want to make original movies that go to the movie theaters."
While Harbour said he loves playing Sheriff Hopper, he doesn't want to be known as just that one character forever: "I do love the show. And I do love the character. But I don't want to be just that character. I don't want to be just that guy.
"I think about George Clooney leaving ER," Harbour said. "Now we just see him as George Clooney. But there was a time when it was: 'The guy from ER is doing a movie with Nicole Kidman.'
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"I'm trying to navigate some of that," he added. "It's tricky because you don't want to s--- on the people that love you for this thing that you did that you also love. But at the same time, you kind of want to leave the nest.
"I got more in me. I got different stuff in me, and I want you guys to see that. I don't want people yelling 'Hopper' on the street every five minutes the rest of my life."
Stranger Things seasons 1-4 are now streaming worldwide on Netflix.
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