Never say that Sadie Sink doesn’t know how to get what she wants. In a recent interview, the Stranger Things actor revealed that she “begged and pleaded” for the role of Max Mayfield after being deemed too “old” by casting directors
Recalling the experience during a conversation with Fashion Magazine, Sink confessed that she ” begged and pleaded with them to give me more material so I could show them something fresh.” The actor insisted that was indeed right for the role of Max and was eventually given the part after a successful chemistry read-through with co-stars Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo.
Max arrived on our screens in season two of Stranger Things, appearing alongside her brutish brother Billy, played by Dacre Mongomery. The character had one of the most significant roles in the recent fourth season, and was even responsible for the revived popularity of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’.
Outside of Stranger Things, Sadie Sink has starred in the Fear Street trilogy, as well as Taylor Swift’s short film for ‘All Too Well’, in which she appears alongside Dylan O’Brien.
Opening up about Swift, Sink said: “I’m so grateful that she was able to give me such good advice in terms of navigating the industry as a young woman and about life in general. As a director, she’s just as amazing as you’d think she would be. She is a powerhouse and can do anything she puts her mind to.”
Stranger Things fans will be pleased to hear that the series has been renewed for a fifth and final series set entirely in Hawkins. Co-creator Matt Duffer told the Happy Sad Confused podcast: “We wanna go back to a lot of the things we did in season one. A lot of the original groupings and pairings that we had in season one – there’s something nice about coming full circle.”
