There are two opinions that unite the majority of Stranger Things fans: that Chief Jim Hopper deserves happiness and that Joyce Byers has been through far more pain in just two seasons than most people experience in a lifetime.
So it’s no surprise that there are plenty of viewers who would love the pair to get together and actor David Harbour, who plays Hopper, is no exception.
Hopper and Joyce have a lot of history together, having both grown up in Hawkins, and Harbour reckons the time might have come for them to reassess their relationship after the tragic (and very honourable) death of Joyce’s partner Bob.
“There may be other people in the mix in this situation, but I think they’re built for each other and I would love to see them get together,” he said at a Stranger Things screening at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Friday (via Variety).
“From the very beginning, I thought that these are two tortured, messed up, beautiful people who are like puzzle pieces that can’t stand each other but actually need each other.
“I think it’d be interesting to see if Hopper has it in him to be vulnerable with a woman and to actually be able to show up in that capacity, like what kind of a man he would be in a relationship if that comes to fruition.”
But a potential romance with Joyce isn’t the only relationship that Hopper is likely to be struggling with in the upcoming third season.
The police chief has now officially adopted the powerful Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) as his daughter, but he’s going to have real trouble handling her becoming a teenager.
“Their relationship is going to get far more complex, because, you know, things happen to girls and boys when they’re 13 and 14,” he said.
“A lot of changes go on in the body and in your social life, and I don’t think he’s going to handle watching her become a woman in front of his eyes very well. That’s a horrifying thing for him — maybe even more so than fighting inter-dimensional monsters.”
Stranger Things has a lot of clear ’80s movie influences – from ET to The Goonies – and Harbour revealed that one classic comedy in particular has been a big influence on season three.
“The Duffers are so specific each year with the movies,” he said. “And Fletch is one movie we get to play around and have some fun with this season, which you wouldn’t expect from Stranger Things and you wouldn’t expect from the Spielberg universe and you certainly wouldn’t expect from a darker season.”
Despite the fact that the season has been billed as being “darker” than the previous instalments, producer Shawn Levy recently promised that there will also be “plenty of summer fun AND light” coming up in the show.
And Harbour has also teased that the cast are working on some “really great” scripts and “taking a lot of risks”.
Stranger Things is available to stream on Netflix.
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