Interview: Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke & Natalia Dyer on the final season of ‘Stranger Things’.

CDM: Will seeks love advice from Robin this season in a really emotional scene – Maya, is there any romantic wisdom you would personally want to share with Will?
MAYA: Just to be clear, you’re asking me, Maya, if I have romantic wisdom I would share with the fictional character, Will? Okay, by golly… well, what a complicated question, so much easier if it was one or the other, like if it was real to real or fictional to fictional, but the real to fictional… I guess I would say, just to be patient. The biggest romantic advice I wish I could have given myself is about patience – giving people time to get to know them, giving relationships time to sort themselves out, and not being in any kind of rush. Romantically, even from a teenager, I was always really in a rush to get stuff done – and you don’t have to be in such a rush. Adults will tell you that, you won’t believe them, but it’s actually a strong point for a variety of reasons that aren’t as conservative as sometimes they get cracked up to be, I guess. Patience!

CDM: Joe, you got to wield a chainsaw this season as Steve. Did it inspire any personal yearning to do more interior designing?
JOE: That is a fantastic question.
MAYA:
JOE: Not only did it inspire that sort of passion, but it really made me want to get into some demolition. I think it was really fun to rip that thing up and cut a big hole in the floor. And I didn’t do a lot of it, a lot of that’s just movie magic, but give me a sledgehammer, give me a chainsaw… maybe I can help you [Charlie] work on your next yard project.
CHARLIE: Thanks, man.