TheStranger Thingsseason 5 trailer confirms a longtime theory about Linda Hamilton’s character.From Winona Ryderto Sean Astin, the hit Netflix series has cast many prominent 1980s stars in the past, which always felt fitting given the show’s time period and pop culture nostalgia for that era.
Hamilton’sStranger Thingsseason 5 castingwas first announced at Netflix’s Tudum fan event in June 2023. However, in the two years since the exciting initial announcement, alldetails about Hamilton’s mysterious character have been kept under wraps. That has finally changed with the season 5 trailer, which offers a notable glimpse at who she is playing.
Stranger Things Season 5 Confirms Theories That Linda Hamilton’s Character Is Connected To The Military
The Military Has Placed Hawkins Under Quarantine
The season 5 trailer showsHamilton’sStranger Things characterheavily armed and marching into a facility with fellow soldiers. Her attire, her action-centered appearance, and the stars on her uniform confirm that shehas an authority role within either the military or a government agency.
The military will continue to play an important role to play in season 5 as they place the town of Hawkins under military quarantine and continue the hunt for Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) after she escaped from them in season 4. They have their own self-serving agenda when it comes to wanting Eleven’s powers for nefarious purposes.
Stranger Things' Vecna(Jamie Campbell Bower) will be the primary antagonist of season 5, butHamilton’s military character is poised to be a secondary villain. She appears to be ruthless and will likely stop at nothing to keep the town under quarantine and to find Eleven, even if that means taking innocent lives.
As a military leader, Hamilton’s character may think she is doing what is best for the United States of America and for the rest of the world, but she is onlyendangering Eleven, along with any chance of defeating Vecna and closing the Rifts to the Upside Downthat were opened in season 4.
Linda Hamilton’s Stranger Things Character Is Perfect After Her Terminator Role
She Continues To Be An Action Star
With Hamilton’sStranger Thingscharacter being a fierce, gun-wielding individual, it is the perfect role for her after playingSarah Connor in theTerminatormovies. Her casting is a great nod to the originalTerminatorfilm released in 1984, the same decadeStranger Thingstakes place in.
Hamilton will seemingly be playing another formidable character at the heart of a story’s action sequences. The major difference is that herStrangerThings character seems to be villainous while Sarah Connor was a hero. Sarah Connor saved the world more than once, butinStranger Things, Hamilton’s character will make saving the world more challenging.
