Joseph Quinn, Grace Van Dien Stranger Things Reunion Photo
"Stranger Things" Stars Joseph Quinn and Grace Van Dien Reunite in Adorable Selfie
Watch out! This post contains spoilers.
"Stranger Things" stars Joseph Quinn and Grace Van Dien shared an adorable reunion selfie on 26 Aug. In the black-and-white photo Van Dien posted to her Twitter account, the pair of actors smiled together for the camera. She captioned the photo, "hellcheer says hi from our lunch break 👋🏻."
Van Dien plays cheerleader Chrissy Cunningham in the fourth season of "Stranger Things," while Quinn plays Eddie Munson, the alt leader of the Hellfire Club. "Hellcheer" is the name fans came up with for their characters' relationship. It seems Quinn and Van Dien took the photo at Fan Expo Canada between 25 Aug. and 28 Aug., where they both were in attendance alongside some of their other "Stranger Things" castmates.
Chrissy and Eddie actually interact for a very short period of time on "Stranger Things" season four, but their scenes leave a major impact on viewers. In the first episode, Chrissy is being tormented by Vecna, though she doesn't know it. Unable to sleep, she seeks out Eddie in the woods to see if he can give her drugs that might soothe her mind. He agrees, but soon Chrissy is caught in Vecna's curse. Her body starts floating, while Eddie, terrified, watches. Chrissy is killed, and Eddie runs away. Eddie is haunted by what he sees as his own cowardice for the rest of the season.
Despite their short scenes, fans noticed that Eddie and Chrissy have pretty magical chemistry together, and the show's creators, the Duffer Brothers, agreed. In June, they told TVLine that they filmed the woods conversation between the pair after they'd already filmed Chrissy's death, and they worried if they'd made the wrong choice killing her off. "The scene came alive in a way that was just so beautiful," Matt Duffer said. "And so much of that was Joe and Grace." He called their interaction "spontaneous" and added, "It's pretty impressive what Grace was able to do with very, very few scenes to get people to care like she did."
Chrissy's death also became a major viral moment on TikTok when the musician Schmoyoho turned Eddie's pleas for Chrissy to wake up into an extremely catchy song (Schmoyoho is also responsible for the recent "It's Corn" song).
At the same Fan Expo Canada event Quinn and Van Dien attended, "Stranger Things" star Finn Wolfhard actually addressed the popularity of the song. In videos fans posted online, he said, "You know what's funny about that? Now everyone remembers the song. . . . Just for a second, let's, like, remember the scene that happened, which is a murder."
