Why Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo Would Love To Cameo In Star Wars – Looper

In 2022, Gaten Matarazzo spoke with Esquire about his career up to that point, with “Stranger Things” Season 4 on the cusp of getting released. While the actor doesn’t have to say goodbye to the supernatural series just yet, he did look ahead at what the future might hold for him, and he wants things to get weird. One of the things he wants to do post-“Stranger Things” is take chances he wouldn’t have been able to do without such a monumental success under his belt. He said, “I think I’ll just take some time to do weird projects, weird stuff that I probably wouldn’t have had the balls to do before Stranger Things.”

That doesn’t mean he wouldn’t pursue a more mainstream role if one came along. In particular, he’s a fan of “Star Wars” and would do anything to pop up, even briefly, in a project. He went on to say, “I’ve been trying so hard that I might just show up to one of them.” And while Matarazzo certainly has the acting chops to play either a Jedi or Sith, he’d be happy with something totally inconsequential, stating, “I should just walk in the background for one of them. That would be so great. I don’t even care, man. I will do whatever.”

With “Star Wars” cranking out TV shows on Disney+ and more movies inevitably on the way, surely there’s a way Matarazzo can factor into something down the line.