Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. One of the second season's several new additions to the ensemble cast of Netflix's hit sci-fi/horror drama, Astin plays Bob "the Brain" Newby, a former classmate of Joyce Byers (played by another 1980s child actor, Winona Ryder) and Jim Hopper (David Harbour). "It's not a puzzle. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. ", "Yeah? Your Ad Choices A former newspaper editor and designer, Kevin has also worked in advertising and public relations, and as a nightclub manager and promoter. On Thursday, a Twitter user uploaded a photo of Astin, 48, in which he is cuddling an otter in a pool. he asks Joyce excitedly. Barb, maybe, but not Willy. The best of the many homages to 1980s films in Stranger Things Season 2 may be Sean Astin's delightful callback to his role in The Goonies. Even the actor’s daughter, Ali, weighed in on the matter, tweeting: “@SeanAstin didn’t change my diapers to be known as ‘Sean Astin from Stranger Things.'”. The chaos only continued through out [sic] the day. A bullied nerd in school, Bob now runs the local Radio Shack and, at some point in the year following the events of Season 1, reunited with Joyce. Sitemap It's safe to say, however, he's unlikely to find the remains of "One-Eyed" Willy in the Upside Down. Your California Privacy Rights (laughing my pants off),” Astin followed up in another tweet. Along the way, the two have struck up an unlikely relationship, much to the puzzlement of her eldest son. A one-stop shop for all things video games. Some not so nice comments. Sean Astin became a trending topic on Twitter thanks to a social media user who only credited the actor for his role in “Stranger Things.”. Hesitant to clue him into what they're looking for, or even what he's looking at, Joyce marks one of the pages with a red X. 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Mostly all good fun! So crazy!”. But I never thought I would be off to sleep that night with Sean Astin himself telling me I rock for causing all the chaos that got his name trending! 6,461, This story has been shared 5,490 times. Thanks for contacting us. Sean Astin is an American actor who portrays Bob Newby in the second season of Stranger Things. ", RELATED: Our Stranger Things Season 2 Predictions. Stranger Things: Halloween Sounds From the Upside Down, Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down, Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town, https://strangerthings.fandom.com/wiki/Sean_Astin?oldid=43356, Best Starring Performance by a Young Actor – Motion Picture, Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture, Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, Besides being well-liked by the cast and crew, Astin was particularly close friends with. If you loved Sean Astin as Bob Newby on Stranger Things, know this: for multiple reasons, his performance might never have happened. 5,309, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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Senior features editor of CBR, Kevin Melrose has covered comics, film, television and culture for the Eisner Award-winning website since 2008. "That's the objective," says Will's friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard).