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A split-image of Natalia Dyer at two different ages: younger on the left, sitting in a vintage-style room and smiling calmly; older on the right, in a softly lit modern setting, wearing a denim jacket and expressing excitement.

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Watch Natalia Dyer React to Her First On-Set Interview for Stranger Things

“Wow, I forgot about that outfit.”

Watch Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler) revisit her earliest on-set interviews and react in real time. Covering everything from the audition process to meeting the Duffer Brothers in person, it’s a funny, heartfelt look back at where it all began.

Looking for more? You won’t want to miss the audition tapes for Nell Fisher (Holly Wheeler) and Jake Connelly (Derek Turnbow).

Dec. 31

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Younger Natalia Dyer: I'm so excited to see how it comes across cinematically.

Natalia Dyer: No.

Younger Natalia Dyer: I auditioned in the room in New York.

Natalia Dyer: Oh my God.

Younger Natalia Dyer: And I had my callback there as well.

Natalia Dyer: A baby.

Younger Natalia Dyer: I didn't actually meet the Duffers…

Natalia Dyer: Wow, I forgot about that outfit.

Younger Natalia Dyer: …until after that via Skype. For the test in LA, I got to meet them in person, finally. And they were exactly what I expected — chill, cool, uh, guys.

Natalia Dyer: Wow, that's so crazy. I'm sorry, that was wild.

Younger Natalia Dyer: Honestly, couldn't ask for better co-workers in general.

Younger Natalia Dyer: Like, everyone from the kids…

Natalia Dyer: Still true.

Younger Natalia Dyer: …to the crew, to, yeah, Charlie and Joe, are just, you know, fun to work with, and everybody's excited about what they're making. And just… it's cool to have people to, you know, hang around with. And they're all… they're all great. And they're all happy to be here. We're all happy to be here.

Natalia Dyer: There's so many moments that come up. It's just so exciting. There is a sense of, like, an experience that we all went through together at the same time of being relatively unknown, and then the show taking off.

[both chuckle]

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