Who Plays Young Max In Stranger Things
Warning: contains SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 4, volume 2.
A peek into Max's past in Stranger Things season 4, volume 2 shows Max as a young child in California, whose likeness isn't a CGI iteration of a younger Sadie Sink but rather a separate actor entirely. Stranger Things season 4's villain was revealed in volume 1 to be Dr. Brenner's (Matthew Modine) former test subject 001/Henry Creel, known more colloquially as Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), who preys on victims with a traumatic past. Unfortunately, due to having witnessed her brother get brutally murdered by the Mind Flayer in season 3's Battle of Starcourt, Max suffers from a heavy-enough level of trauma to become one of Vecna's targets.
While the power of Kate Bush's «Running Up That Hill»in Stranger Things became enough of an emotional tool for Max to be freed from Vecna's grasp in volume 1, Max still struggles against Vecna in volume 2. Vecna, who never loosened his grasp on Max in the first place, begins to use more aggressive tactics towards infiltrating her mind. Meanwhile, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), who regained her powers, mentally transports her way into Vecna and Max's space. It is during this «mind fight» that Eleven finds herself in a flashback to a considerably younger Max amongst a group of skateboarders in Los Angeles, where she's shown standing up for herself for her interests.
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With Stranger Things season 4 essentially mimicking a season 3 moment by having Eleven explore Max's California memories after visiting Billy's memories the season prior, the parallels between Max and her brother become that much more profound. With that said, the season 3 California
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