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The sci-fi drama, set in the 1980s, returned in
late May with a first volume of episodes showing a new
supernatural horror emerging from the Upside Down alternate
dimension and besetting the fictional Indiana town of Hawkins.
Fans have lavished praise on the new season, which four weeks
after its release remains in the top spot on Netflix's English
TV List with 102.26 million hours viewed, according to the
streaming platform.
The last two episodes, with a finale running at more than two
hours, are released on July 1.
"If you've enjoyed season four up until this point, get ready
because the (last two episodes) are the best thing that makes
what you've seen look like chump change compared to it," Harbour,
who plays fan favourite character Hopper, told Reuters.
"It's a masterpiece, it's beautiful, it's epic... but it's also
on a scale and a scope that almost gets silly and it's like
wondrous, almost manga-esque... You're going to be blown away."
Harbour, who said season five would start filming next year, is
currently in London for new play "Mad House", a dark comedy part
inspired by his own experiences with mental illness.
Like his young co-stars, "Stranger Things" has catapulted him
into the global spotlight since premiering in 2016.
"It's a zeitgeist. I've never been a part of anything like this
but it has been seven years of this, so I've gotten used to what
it means and my place in it," he said.
"It's very gratifying to be a part of something that's
touched...so many young people...I always thought I'd maybe have
some career of art films that would maybe appeal to old people
and suddenly...I can't walk past a middle school without being
harassed so it's a very strange thing for me to be a part of."
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
Editing by Gareth Jones)
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