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Date night in The Upside Down!
The duo made their red carpet debut that December at the 2017 Fashion Awards in London.
Heaton later admitted toGQthat “the caginess” of his relationship with Dyer relationship early on “might have been unnecessary.”
The pair continued to make public appearances together, attending Coachella and industry events. Heaton has said that he likes dating a fellow actor.
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“They understand something that maybe no one else would,” he toldV Manin 2019. “You go into high-pressure situations together but you can share those insecurities or whatever they are.”
Dyer expressed a similar sentiment toRefinery29.
“It’s always really fun. We’re really comfortable with each other, so we can play and feel more free, and we can talk about it before,” she said. “There’s that sense of who knows if you’ll ever work together with this person ever again? Who knows? This might be your only chance to play like this.”
Heaton admitted he and Dyer sometimes mistake their characters Jonathan Byers and Nancy Wheeler’s relationship for their own.
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“We’re really comfortable with each other, so we can play and feel more free, and we can talk about it before,” Dyer said onPEOPLE Nowin 2019. “There’s that sense of who knows if you’ll ever work together with this person ever again? Who knows? This might be your only chance to play like this.”
Heaton added, “We want them to have moments and these things, but I think sometimes we get confused and are like … between our own and the characters.”
Netflix
Netflix recently announced afifth and final season ofStranger Thingsbut has not yet revealed a premiere date.
“In an ideal world, I want a scene with every single person in the cast because one of the most fun things about this show is getting to see the different dynamics, falling in love with all of these characters and then getting to see how they interact together and how they’ve grown,” Dyer told Netflix’sTudumof her hopes for the final season. “We get to do that very often due to the way that the Duffers write. Now that it’s the last season, I’m like, ‘Oh, there’s so much closure to get.'”
source: people.com
