‘Stranger Things’ actor compares Bolsonaro to Vecna: ‘Complete asshole’

Jamie Campbell Bower, 33, quoted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), candidate for re-election, during an interview in which he spoke of villainy. The actor, who became known for playing the monster Vecna ​​in the fourth season of “Stranger Things” (Netflix), was recently in Brazil to promote the series.

He was answering a question from Vulture magazine about not considering the monster a villain when he made the comparison. “What Vecna ​​went through led him to become the person he is,” he said. “This is my relationship with Vecna ​​– we’re not talking about fucking Bolsonaro, who is a complete asshole.”

“As an actor and performer, I have to go [me aproximando assim]: ‘my God, come here, let me love your inner child, let me understand you instead of judging you’. I can’t go, ‘Oh, you’re just an idiot’.”

Vecna ​​is the main villain of the fourth season of “Stranger Things”, which became the most watched English-language series of all time on Netflix. Campbell Bower plays the character before and after becoming one of the most powerful monsters in the Upside Down.

In the interview, the actor also talked about his musical career. He recently released the single “I Am”, in which he plays an obscure religious man. He said that, in a way, the image he passes as an actor and as a musician go together.

“I would say none of this is a persona,” he said. “People have asked me in the past, ‘What attracts you to these supernatural projects?’. I’ll be honest with you: these aren’t the only things I audition for.”

“I’ve had music producers say, ‘What you’re doing is so smart, because you’re really enjoying everything that’s going on,'” he revealed. And I’m like, ‘Am I not doing this?’ It makes no sense to sit at the end of the day and think: How can I put these things together? I’m going to be myself with no excuses, and we’ll see what happens from there.”