Joe isn't the only cast member to have originally auditioned for a different role... because Noah Schnapp did too. And now that the world has binged the show's second season, the stars of Netflix's Stranger Things are icons in their own right. Every great television show starts with a pitch-perfect cast. Read on: Finn Wolfhard almost quit before Stranger Things It’s not like Netflix just had an open audition for everyone, right? Luckily this didn’t happen because fans are super attached the Stranger Things crew! Watch to find out more about the “Stranger Things” casting process, why experienced actors might get asked to audition, and how the young talent takes cues from their more experienced costars.

November 22, 2017 by Perri Konecky. How The Cast Of Stranger Things Got Their Roles. But it led me to wonder how did they get their roles? A few weeks ago, we discovered that Joe Keery originally auditioned for the role of Jonathan Byers on Stranger Things before he eventually got cast as Steve Harrington.
Thank GOD he got the role of Will Byers instead. So I just watched the kids’ audition tapes and some of them were pretty funny. Stranger Things fame Finn Wolfhard revealed in an interview with a British news portal that he was close to quitting acting before his audition for the thriller show. Stranger Things was not intended to be a television show with a storyline that follows throughout many seasons. First Published: October 30, 2017 425 Shares Do you think the success of Stranger Things played a role in how they cast Wolfhard and the rest of the Losers Club in the film? The Stranger Things Cast Audition Tapes Will Remind You Exactly Why They Got Their Roles. He also talked about how he bagged the Mike Wheeler role at a critical moment in his budding career. The Duffer Brothers wanted to follow a similar structure as American Horror Story where the cast and plot changes each season.