Netflix just revealed a pair of guest stars for its upcoming third season ofStranger Thingswhich should please some 80s/90s nostalgia fans out there.Cary ElwesofThe Princess BrideandSAWfame will join the cast along withJake BuseyofStarship Troopersand the upcoming actionerThe Predator. They’ll be guest performers playing Mayor Kline and a Hawkins Post journalist named Bruce, respectively. Netflix was kind enough to share their character breakdowns with us, starting with Elwes.
Mayor Kline is described as “handsome, slick, and sleazy …your classic 80s politician – more concerned with his own image than with the people of the small town he governs.” As for Bruce, “he’s a journalist for the The Hawkins Post with questionable morals and a sick sense of humor.”
As for Elwes' other work these days, he was recently a series regular on his showThe Art of More, which has wrapped its second season for Sony/Crackle. He stars oppositeDennis Quaid,Kate BosworthandChristian Cooke. Elwes also shotThe Billionaire Boys CluboppositeAnsel Elgort,Taron EgertonandKevin Spacey. He can be seen starring in the theatrical releaseThe Queen of Spain, oppositePenelope Cruzfor Academy Award-winning director,Fernando Trueba(Belle Epoque);Sugar Mountain, oppositeJason Momoa; andWe Don’t Belong Here, oppositeCatherine KeenerandAnton Yelchin.
Busey, meanwhile, will star inShane Black’s Fox featureThe Predator, arriving in theaters this August. He also recurred onRay DonovanandMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.and starred in History Channel’s 8-hour epic mini-seriesTexas RisingalongsideThomas Jane,Bill Paxton,Ray LiottaandJeremy Davies, directed byRoland Joffee.
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