Inspired By Night King! It Took 7 Hours & 25 Prosthetic Pieces To Create Stranger Things' Vecna

I have written numerous articles on Stranger Things and its cast. It just struck me today as to why I haven't written anything about the antagonist Vecna, touted as the series' best villain. It's time to rectify the same and before we move forward, let's answer some of the basic questions.

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Who Is Vecna?

Vecna is a large, terrifying monster who killed people and created chaos in Hawkins, the fictional town from Stranger Things. There may not be a logical way to stop this monster, but there is one - music. This may come across bizarre at first, but it is completely true.

Who plays Vecna?

Stranger Things' 001, also widely recognized as Vecna, is the main villain of season 4 of Stranger Things. Jamie Campbell Bower plays the character as an adult, and Raphael Luce plays him as a child.

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Origin Of Vecna

Vecna's origins were as a human named Henry Creel. In March 1959, he moved to his new home in Hawkins. The young Henry then discovered that he possessed telekinetic abilities that allowed him to influence the perceptions of others.

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How did Jamie change into Vecna?

With the help of prosthetics, special effects makeup, and very little CGI. Prosthetics by Barrie Gower are fantastic and believable. The Duffers approached the character's prosthetics designer and urged him to develop a legendary antagonist for the world of the thriller show.

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Variety reported that Gower's first application of the prosthetics took eight and a half hours, which the special effects team reduced to six hours and 21 minutes with practice.

It took approximately 25 pieces of latex or silicone rubber substances to be added to the skin using a medical adhesive, leading to a massive density of approximately 30 pounds when adhered. Stranger Things has used CGI in most of its scenes and digital effects, despite the show's name. However, the special effects techniques used for the character Vecna were more traditional.

As reported by Variety, Barrie Gower said, "They have this artwork, which is beautiful, and we had the name of the character, but we didn¡¯t have any backstory at all. We knew it was from the Upside Down, but we had no idea if this character was once human and we had no idea the whole story arc would be told throughout this season.¡±

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He further commented that "From a makeup effects team point of view, none of us was privy to Jamie¡¯s role as the orderly, and all of the scenes he shows with Eleven. So now actually seeing it for the first time, we¡¯re in awe of this whole story arc.¡±

Gower proudly said that he has been in this business for about 10 years now and he proudly says that Vecna is the most extensive sized prosthetic makeup they have ever done.

He compared it to Night King, the popular villain of Games Of Thrones but on a larger scale.

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