Hawkins will have another new addition to the third season of Stranger Things. Per Variety, Netflix has cast Francesca Reale (Haters Back Off!) in the returning sci-fi series in a recurring role.
Reale will play Heather, a popular lifeguard at the Hawkings community pool. Her character details are being kept under wraps, but she will reportedly become key in the upcoming season’s dark mystery.
The third season of Stranger Things sees the return of cast members Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobbie Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery and Priah Ferguson, while new additions include Maya Hawke, Cary Elwes and Jake Busey.
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The first two seasons of Stranger Things are available now to stream on Netflix, and season three will premiere later this year.
It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.
