Tatyana Arrington
July 22, 2022
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ELODIE GRACE ORKIN TALKS STRANGER THINGS, PLAYING THE MEAN GIRL, & ON SET PRANKS

Tatyana Arrington

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Elodie Grace Orkin is no stranger to the spotlight. She’s starred in projects Stage Fright and Saving Paradise but this year her breakout role as Angela in Vol 1 of Stranger Things showcased her true skill as an actress.

Orkin plays Angela, Eleven’s (Millie Bobby Brown) high school bully. After spouting cruel insults at Eleven, Eleven caves and grabs an 80’s style roller skate and smacks it right between Angela’s eyes. Orkin tells Where Is The Buzz what it was like to film that scene:

“Filming [that scene] was so much fun. I’d love to fall back on this squishy pad or whatever and I don’t think they wanted me to do the actual fall, but I insisted [because] it was so much fun. Like just throwing myself backward. Of course, there was a stunt double who got hit in the face, not actually hit in the face but close enough. And the blood, oh my God. That was all CGI but there were like a few dots in my face for them to place it in after in editing, but it was also interesting to learn about and how they do that stuff.”

And although Eleven got some sort of revenge in that scene fans would love for Angela to make a re-appearance in the final season of Stranger Things just so El can use her powers on her.

“I’d love to come back for season five. I mean, I don’t know what the Duffer Brothers plan to do with the story, but yeah, it’d be a dream to come back but Angela got easy punishment and she deserves punishment.

Check out the rest of our interview with Elodie Grace Orkin where she talks about working the cast, on-set pranks, and more below.

Stranger Things Vol 1 and Vol 2 are now streaming on Netflix.