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Linda Hamilton Rejects Anti-Aging Pressure, Previews Guarded Role in Final ‘Stranger Things’ Season

She says she will not watch the season she appears in.

Overview

  • In a new AARP interview, the 69-year-old says she does not try to look younger and has “surrendered” to the face she has earned, choosing not to pursue surgical alteration.
  • Hamilton appears as Dr. Kay, described as the military’s head scientist in quarantined Hawkins who continues Dr. Brenner’s work, with Netflix noting the character hunts Eleven.
  • To prepare for filming, she trained three times a week with Pilates, yoga, free weights, machines and cables.
  • She acknowledges long-term physical toll from doing her own stunts, saying there has been “a lot of damage and harm” to her body.
  • She maintains a personal rule of not watching projects once she is in them, as Netflix rolls out Season 5 in three parts beginning Nov. 26 with subsequent releases at Christmas and on Dec. 31.