Kate Bush herself said the scene was created “ with such heart ,” which is such a lovely compliment.Ībsolutely. But it’s a really good thing, because it means that people are watching the show and now listening to Kate Bush. It’s probably gotten a little excessive with the amount of videos I find that use the song in the background. Every time I listen to it, I’m transported back to set, being around my favorite people and making my favorite show.
I have such an emotional and personal connection to “Running Up That Hill” and it really lended itself to tapping into the character. On a recent phone call, Sink cheerfully discussed her hellishly fulfilling season of acting work.Įarlier this season, Max worried that she might get tired of listening to Kate Bush on loop.
But even with all of her strength - and she had a lot of it - Vecna was able to make Max the fourth sacrifice (or “chosen one,” in villain-speak) he needed to open his Upside-Down gates in Hawkins, and we leave the season with Max comatose in a hospital bed with too many body casts. This is a roundabout way of saying that Sink’s role defined Stranger Things’ long and dark fourth season, which found Max doing a whole lot of running, proverbially and emotionally, as Vecna ( Jamie Campbell Bower) tried to use her traumatic memories against her.
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(We’re partial to the penultimate episode, when she realizes the full extent of Vecna’s curse and rallies the group with, “no more music, no more games.”) But also, the faces she makes when Dustin rambles on about Dungeons & Dragons nonsense? Pure artistry. Or maybe it’s the finale, when - limbs cracked, eyes dripping with blood - Max tries to make her own deal with God to stay alive, only to die for over a minute before Eleven’s powers get her heart beating again. Perhaps it’s the obvious choice, in episode four, when freshman tomboy Max Mayfield tearfully hauls her ass out of Vecna’s trance while Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” plays in the background to accompany her breakthrough. Have you been thinking about what Stranger Things 4 scene Sadie Sink should use for her Emmys reel? There’s an overabundance of options, really.