Undoubtedly Joseph Quinn breakout star from a hugely successful Stranger Things 4. However, even he could not imagine that his breakthrough star status would become literal. In an interview with Jimmy Fallon on the evening showQuinn went into detail about the run-in with US Immigration at the airport en route to his appearance on Fallon’s show and how, if not for Quinn’s success very strange things Metallica, Dungeons and Dragons loving character Eddie Munson playing a rocker, he might still be waiting at the airport right now.

“I almost didn’t make it,” Quinn said of the incident on evening show. “I got into, I guess what you could call it more like a dungeon. And I was asked to wait there for 20 minutes, and then I was called to this table, where someone asked me, “What are you doing in the United States, sir?” I said, “Actually, I’m here to meet Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. And he didn’t believe me.”

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The situation seemed lost until a second officer showed up, who turned out to be a fan of Netflix blockbusters. Assessing the situation, Quinn said:[o]None of his colleagues looked at him, looked at me and said, “Leave Eddie alone!” he said. “And then [the colleague] said, “It’s Eddie from very strange things, and he’s like, “Are you Eddie Munson?”

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The officer’s love for Eddie Munson was also accompanied by a rather intense search for answers regarding the fate of the heroic metalhead, as Quinn recounted:[The man asked]”Will you be back next season?” I said, “I don’t know,” and he said, “You’re better off,” and he gave me my passport.”

This anecdote is certainly a good indicator of Quinn’s stunning success as the iconic character Eddie Munson, the rocker who fell to the villainess Vecna ​​in the new season of the show. very strange things.

Although Quinn’s fame seems to have come out of nowhere, he has been working as an actor for many years, even considering a small role in Game of Thrones among his merits. Who knows what will happen next in Quinn’s career. Although a return as Munson is unlikely, very strange things It happened.

season 4 very strange things now available to stream on Netflix. Watch the Collider interview with Quinn about Eddie’s fate and learning to play Metallica below: