Natalia Dyer is protective of her Stranger Things co-stars.
The 25-year-old actress explained why during a recent interview with The Independent.
After the Duffer Brothers’ show became an instant success, the young cast members—which includes Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and more—found themselves catapulted into the limelight. However, this fame came with concerns.
“There are so many layers going on here,” Dyer said during her interview, which was published Aug. 23. “I generally feel like, to me, it’s oversexualizing them. I feel protective over the younger kids even though they’re not kids anymore, they’re teens. They’re all great people and all having to grow up in very crazy circumstances. As a private person, I just feel like, leave people alone–unless you’re talking about their work or what they want to talk about. It’s a very tricky and complex issue.”
She also said sexualizing young actors is “a cultural issue, there must be a bigger concept behind it as to why.”
“Just let people be the people that they are,” she said, “without any judgement.”
