Stranger Things' Caleb McLaughlin On Season 4: 'Maybe They Want To Stop Now'

Stranger Things' Lucas Sinclair(Caleb McLaughlin) had an eventful season 3. He's dating Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink), he's spent some time maturing, and he's got a little bit firecracker for a sister.


Yet what's next for Lucas, according to the actor who portrays him, for season 4? According to McLaughlin, it's "all up to the Duffers and the writers if they desire to keep going."


Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, McLaughlin discussed on the tentative nature of the show's next installment.


"Maybe they wish to stop right now he mentioned. "Maybe they don’t aspire to give anyone another season. Maybe they just desire to leave you guys hanging like that." Yikes. We definitely hope not. Hopefully he's just being facetious and the Duffer Brothers have plenty more to share with us.


Although back to current happening as of Season 3. What were McLaughlin's preference scenes to shoot?


"I probably would mention the Battle at Starcourt Mall, the last episode, that was pretty fun. Just like the action sequences. Oh and the shopping montage where Mike and Lucas are shopping for Eleven, and then Eleven and Max are being independent ladies, doing their thing without the guys. I think that was pretty fun," he shared.


And what about that brief Lucas/Max split? Were they with each other by the end or not? McLaughlin thinks so.


"I feel like we were never not good, It was weird. I was watching and I’m like 'Oh yeah.' I feel that Max and Lucas were helping out their companions and got caught up in what they were doing, and really didn't remember that they were good at that moment—something like 'We’re not with each other plus it looked like 'All right then, I guess we’re not.'"


Previously, the Stranger Things kids discussed on the show's potential longevity, with Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler) noting that the stars themselves "don't know" any time once they think the show should end. According to Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), the show should end at "five seasons."


We're going to be waiting quite a while for Season 4, naturally, nevertheless that doesn't mean we won't be seeing more of Caleb in the near future. He has an assignment coming up that he "can't talk about now so we'll be looking forward to that, and also – surprise! – A musical project.


"I'm going to drop it before the year is over," he mentioned. "So stay tuned for that as well."