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Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn admits it wasn’t actually his hands playing guitar during electrifying season 4 Metallica solo-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro
Eddie’s performance was everything.
Joseph’s performance totally convinced us that it was (Picture: Netflix/Getty)
Warning: major spoilers ahead for Stranger Things season 4 volume 2.
Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn has confirmed it wasn’t his hands rocking the epic Master of Puppets guitar solo in the season 4 finale.
During the season four finale Eddie Munson (Joseph) unleashed an electrifying musical distraction to save his friends and lure the venomous creatures of the Upside Down towards him.
The 29-year-old actor, who became a solidified fan-favourite, recently recalled how showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer quizzed him on his guitar skills.
Joseph revealed that he ‘practiced manically for months’ until he filmed the final scene.
Although the star has been playing the instrument since he was a child, Joseph explained that he had a little help during the intense Metallica solo.
‘I’ll be totally honest with you. Most of it’s me, I’m doing the hands, the music hands to make the music,’ he said during the Off Menu podcast with Ed Gamble and James Acaster.
This. Is. Music!!!! (Picture: Netflix)
‘The difficult bit, the solo, they’re not my hands. It’s a little bit my hands and a little bit other mystery hands.’
Additional help aside, heavy metal band Metallica showered writers the Duffer brothers with praise, saying the way they’ve ‘incorporated music into Stranger Things has always been next level’.
‘We were all stoked to see the final result and when we did, we were totally blown away…’ they wrote.
‘It’s so extremely well done, so much so, that some folks were able to guess the song just by seeing a few seconds of Joseph Quinn’s hands in the trailer!! How crazy cool is that?’
Eddie Munson became a certified fan-favourite (Picture: Netflix)
They continued: ‘It’s an incredible honor to be such a big part of Eddie’s journey and to once again be keeping company with all of the other amazing artists featured in the show.’
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Fans were devasted after Eddie managed to escape the flock of creatures and use his weapons to defend himself but was ultimately defeated and died in Dustin’s (Gaten Matarazzo) arms.
Emotional viewers even launched a petition to bring him back on Change.org , which at the time of writing, had already garnered over 19,000 signatures with a target of 25,000.
Stranger Things is available to stream on Netflix.
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