{"id":604404,"date":"2026-04-14T23:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604404\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:04:11","slug":"gaten-matarazzo-on-pizza-movies-stranger-things-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604404\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaten Matarazzo on Pizza Movie’s ‘Stranger Things’ References"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGaten Matarazzo<\/a> didn\u2019t want to overthink his first post-Stranger Things<\/a> commitment.\u00a0Personal enjoyment became the only real criteria that a potential project had to meet, and BriTANick\u2019s \u201cstoner comedy for theater kids,\u201d Pizza Movie<\/a>, fit that bill to a T.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe well-received hallucinogenic misadventure chronicles Jack (Matarazzo) and Montgomery\u2019s (Sean Giambrone) dormitory quest for pizza in order to alleviate the ill effects of an off-brand drug they recklessly ingested. The college-set tale does have some mild overlap with the Duffer brothers\u2019 smash hit that wrapped its storied run at the end of 2025. Jack and Montgomery play fantasy board games and are bullied by jocks, but the tone is such a left turn that any common threads with Matarazzo\u2019s former series become an afterthought.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSometimes, there\u2019s pressure to pick the perfect follow-up after you jump off of a project that reaches as many people as Stranger Things did. But I wanted to get that noise out of my brain because I do have a tendency to let that type of influence make a difference,\u201d Matarazzo tells The Hollywood Reporter. \u201cI remember being obsessed with the audacity of [Pizza Movie<\/a>]. [BriTANick] took the clich\u00e9s and tropes about stoner movies and flipped them on their head.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat point includes other comparable comedies with either stoner, buddy or coming-of-age ingredients. And Matarazzo soon appreciated a relatively last-minute rewrite that Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney (BriTANIck) did to deprioritize the romantic pursuits of Jack and Montgomery. The film still has remnants of that original intent by way of Lulu Wilson\u2019s Lizzy and Peyton Elizabeth Lee\u2019s Ashley, but the thrust of the story is whether Jack and Montgomery\u2019s friendship can survive their underlying frustration with one another.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was a good move. For me, the biggest drawback to these types of characters is how sex-obsessed they are. I quickly became pretty on board with the idea of Jack having no romantic prospects in the film whatsoever,\u201d Matarazzo says. \u201cHe\u2019s such an insufferable person anyway, and if he was also a sexist jerk who\u2019s just trying to get laid the whole time, then that would just be weirdly irredeemable. So that makes the movie more interesting and more modern, while the characters are easier to watch and root for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs mentioned, any similarities to Stranger Things quickly fall out of mind, but the art department still wanted to speak to those hardcore fans who were bound to watch Pizza Movie out of loyalty to Matarazzo. For example, eagle-eyed viewers spotted<\/a> a Post-it note on Jack\u2019s desk that spelled out a scheduled FaceTime with many character names from Stranger Things. Matarazzo didn\u2019t catch these Easter eggs until later on in production, and that\u2019s when he politely asked the crew to dial back these references just a bit.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIf people look harder, they\u2019ll be able to see even more. There were like ten Stranger Things references, and I remember being like, \u2018These are funny, but can we take a few off just because it\u2019s a little on the nose? I feel like it\u2019ll be a little too glaring,\u2019\u201d Matarazzo recalls. \u201cThen I think they realized that we had probably already shot so many of them. I don\u2019t even think Nick and Brian knew how many there were, but it was pretty funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for the end of Stranger Things, Matarazzo is now offering his thoughts on the viral fan theory, \u201cConformity Gate.\u201d Fans speculated that the series finale\u2019s epilogue was actually setup for a secret finale the following week, one where the characters would break free from their Vecna-induced mind prison. However, it was all a grand case of apophenia, and Matarazzo regrets having to break the news to an excited fan on the streets of New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI was walking in the city when someone stopped me and asked, \u2018Is it coming out tonight?\u2019 I thought it was just a misunderstanding, and then they showed me all of the banter about it,\u201d Matarazzo recalls. \u201cIt turns out that they had canceled their date with a guy that night because they thought the ninth episode was coming out. So I pleaded with her: \u2018Please just call him back. Don\u2019t miss out on your date for this.\u2019 There was secondhand disappointment on my end because I felt bad having to say that nothing was coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tImmediately following the series finale, Matarazzo declined to offer his thoughts on whether Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) is dead or alive. He preferred to let the mystery be \u00e0 la Carrie Coon\u2019s The Leftovers playbook. Since then, some of his co-stars, including Caleb McLaughlin<\/a> and Sadie Sink, voiced their insistence that she\u2019s dead, prompting him to rethink his approach to the persistent question. But it\u2019s a much easier question for Matarazzo to answer on behalf of his character than himself.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI definitely believe Dustin thinks she\u2019s dead. He\u2019s such a pragmatic, scientific dude who looks at all the evidence in front of him, and I don\u2019t think he would truly believe it the way an optimist like [Finn Wolfhard\u2019s] Mike would,\u201d Matarazzo says. \u201cBut for his friend, he will probably always say that he believes she\u2019s alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMatarazzo himself now seems to want to lean toward the idea that Eleven is dead, but he\u2019s held back by the very real possibility that the Duffers will resume the story someday. \u201cI think she would be [dead], but I also see a world where Matt and Ross would flip it around at some point. I think that\u2019s kind of their intention. So \u2018I don\u2019t know\u2019 is what I will say right now,\u201d Matarazzo adds.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, during a conversation with THR, Matarazzo also discusses his reaction to the Pizza Movie memes involving Jack\u2019s screaming face, as well as his spoof of Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s Sphere-based marketing stunt. Then he reflects on his experience collaborating with Andy Serkis on the upcoming animated remake of Animal Farm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tYou\u2019re three-plus months into your post-Stranger Things era. How\u2019s it treating you so far?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt doesn\u2019t feel like three months. That\u2019s wild. But it\u2019s been good. I\u2019ve been moving and settling into my new spot. That\u2019s been taking up a big chunk of my time, and I\u2019ve also been working on and off, which has been cool. So I\u2019m just trying to take it easy for the most part, and while it\u2019s been a weird adjustment, it\u2019s been a great few months.\u00a0[Writer\u2019s Note: News broke a few days after this interview that Matarazzo is a part of Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s musical film adaptation of Dave Malloy\u2019s Octet.] <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tGaten Matarazzo\u2019s Jack, Sean Giambrone\u2019s Montgomery in BriTANick\u2019s Pizza Movie.<\/p>\n

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\n\tPizza Movie is your first project to come out since the series wrapped. Thus, how much deliberation went into it? Did it need to be this and need to be that? Or were you just looking for anything that struck a chord?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSometimes, there\u2019s pressure to pick the perfect follow-up after you jump off of a project that reaches as many people as Stranger Things did. People see that next step as a statement piece. But I wanted to get that noise out of my brain because I do have a tendency to let that type of influence make a difference. So I\u2019ve been trying not to let that be the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the Pizza Movie script came through, I remember being obsessed with the audacity of it. It was insane to me. [BriTANick] really didn\u2019t care about being like anything else. They took the clich\u00e9s and tropes about stoner movies and flipped them on their head in a very self-referential way. So I really liked that it took note of the fact that these movies can be very repetitive and just decided to go all in \u2014\u00a0to the point where it was such a hat on a hat that it became its own thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI also knew I would just have so much fun on it. After the audition process, it became very clear it was going to be an absolute blast to make. And my biggest concern and priority after leaving Stranger Things was making sure that I enjoy engaging and challenging new projects. So I\u2019m in a really lucky position to be able to do that.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou attended Stranger Things University for a decade, so you never got the chance to have the traditional college experience. Do you think that\u2019s another reason why you were drawn to this college-set story?<\/p>\n

\n\tI don\u2019t know if it had as much to do with the college setting and living vicariously through a character attending college. Maybe it did have more to do with the situation than I would give it credit for, but that\u2019s interesting to think about. I still think I\u2019d like to go to college at some point, but it certainly wouldn\u2019t be a very traditional experience if I did.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tGaten Matarazzo\u2019s Jack, Lulu Wilson\u2019s Lizzy and Sean Giambrone\u2019s Montgomery in Pizza Movie.<\/p>\n

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\n\tYou may not have had the college experience, but you did have the roommate experience with an individual by the name of Finn Wolfhard. Did you and Finn bicker and squabble like Jack and Montgomery do at times?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI can only recall one time.\u00a0 I fucked up. I fell asleep without giving him a key to my place, and he was outside for a good half hour, banging on the door and calling me. I\u2019m a deep sleeper, so I really just couldn\u2019t hear. And when I finally did open the door, I didn\u2019t know how long he\u2019d been out there. So I was just like, \u201cHey man, what\u2019s up?\u201d And his reaction is the only time I\u2019ve actually seen him genuinely upset with me. We don\u2019t argue very much. Maybe it\u2019s because we\u2019re both very conflict-averse. We tend to see eye to eye very consistently, and we tend to have very similar living situations. So we were a little bit more compatible as roommates than Jack and Montgomery.<\/p>\n

\n\tBriTANick<\/a> told me that you had questions following a big rewrite they did before filming because you really liked the version that existed. I think Jack ended up with Lizzy (Lulu Wilson) in that draft, and Montgomery ended up with a different version of Ashley (Peyton Elizabeth Lee). But then they said you quickly grew fond of the new version. So what\u2019s your recollection of that rewrite discussion?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI thought it was great. Characters in movies like this can feel very bro-y, and for me, the biggest drawback to these types of characters is how sex-obsessed they are. That can just become a bit of a trudge. Initially, I was curious about it, but I quickly became pretty on board with the idea of Jack having no romantic prospects in the film whatsoever. It really is the last thing on his mind. He\u2019s such an insufferable person anyway, and if he was also a sexist jerk who\u2019s just trying to get laid the whole time, then that would just be weirdly irredeemable. <\/p>\n

\n\tMontgomery\u2019s romantic pursuit seems so genuine and wholesome. But characters like Jack don\u2019t seem to really go down that route. It was a really great way of making Lizzy feel interconnected to the two boys. She and Jack used to be friends, and she and Montgomery clearly had a crush on each other at some point. So that makes the movie more interesting and more modern, while the characters are easier to watch and root for.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tSean Giambrone, Lulu Wilson, Gaten Matarazzo in Pizza Movie.<\/p>\n

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\n\tYeah, it\u2019s more focused on the survival of Jack and Montgomery\u2019s friendship than potential romance.<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, it was a good move. I was really stoked for it once they figured it out. The Ashley twist was so last minute, and I found it hilarious. The idea of her being a crazy alternative \u201cfolk\u201d musician that has the craziest, most red-flag take on music ever came very quickly to the shoot. And Peyton [Elizabeth Lee] did not know about it until we got very close to the day, which is something we\u2019ve laughed about before.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou and Sean Giambrone spoofed<\/a> Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s Sphere stunt on a random picnic table in Austin, Texas. You guys joked about the lack of theatrical release, and BriTANick told me that they did broach the subject at one point with the powers that be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah.<\/p>\n

\n\tDid you hold out hope that a theatrical release might happen?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, I was really hoping for it. It\u2019s a big slapstick-y comedy that is designed to really succeed in theaters, and people feel more encouraged to laugh in groups. A group setting is just perfect for this movie. Theaters are so hard to predict right now, and nothing is really guaranteed, so you understand that streaming is the most likely situation. But after the movie\u2019s reception and seeing how well it\u2019s done and how much people have engaged, I can imagine a world where Hulu might be kicking themselves over not giving it a theatrical release. So I\u2019ve still got my fingers crossed that they might do some theaters soon because it seems to be doing well. We\u2019re really stoked about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI keep seeing viral tweets involving Jack\u2019s reaction shot to his bottle of alcohol being broken by his bullies. Your work has gone viral plenty of times in the past, so are you usually surprised by what people latch onto the most?<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s what\u2019s so interesting to me. Whenever you try to get people to latch onto something, they won\u2019t. A lot of times, something will go viral because the people who have engaged feel like it\u2019s self-created and more of an inside joke than anything. I\u2019m not active on social media in the slightest, so most of what I hear and see comes from those around me. That is how the Pizza Movie memes came to my attention. But that\u2019s exactly what a movie like this needs, and it\u2019s usually in good fun. So I\u2019m just really proud of the movie and that it got exactly what it needed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe internet spotted a Post-it note on Jack\u2019s desk about a scheduled FaceTime with Eleven, Mike, Will, Max and Lucas. Did you catch that on the day?<\/p>\n

\n\tDude, I caught it after we had shot so much stuff by that desk, and I was like, \u201cOh, that\u2019s cool.\u201d If people look harder, they\u2019ll be able to see even more. There were like ten Stranger Things references, and I remember being like, \u201cThese are funny, but can we take a few off just because it\u2019s a little on the nose? I feel like it\u2019ll be a little too glaring.\u201d And then I think they realized that we had probably already shot so many of them. I don\u2019t even think Nick and Brian knew how many there were, but it was pretty funny. I was cool with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the scenes that surprised me most in the final season of Stranger Things was when Dustin got jumped at the cemetery. It\u2019s one of the most violent scenes in the whole series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIsn\u2019t that weird, though? It really does feel like one of the biggest beatings any of us received.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDid you expect the final product to be as brutal as it was?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, they wanted it to be. A lot of the violence in Stranger Things is fantasy-type violence due to the sci-fi and supernatural elements. That\u2019s where it usually lies. The violence feels Marvel-esque most of the time. But that scene just felt really human and really unfortunate and more down to earth. That\u2019s why people might be more disturbed by it. I was too. But I knew it was going to be that way. The script was pretty descriptive. When we were reading it, we knew it was going to be pretty intense.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe had a few days to rehearse it and block it and make sure it was safe. We had a good idea of what it was going to look like, and then Nick M\u00fcller, our camera op, agreed that we could probably do it in one if he was able to watch how it was choreographed. So that\u2019s what he did, and that\u2019s what makes it really, really great. We don\u2019t really cut away during it, and it looks brilliant. It\u2019s one of my favorite scenes in the show based on Nick\u2019s work and how it was shot. It\u2019s awesome.<\/p>\n

\n\tI theorized that it was the Duffers\u2019 way of acknowledging that their audience has grown up and can handle such violence.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019ve always thought that too. I don\u2019t think they would\u2019ve gone for something like that in one of the earlier seasons. It might\u2019ve been a little too much. If 13-year-old Dustin was getting his ass kicked like that, it would be a very different show. If any of us were not technically adults, I think they would\u2019ve felt bad having us do a scene like that. It\u2019s ironic considering they have an 11-year-old snapping people\u2019s necks in the first season. (Laughs.)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tGaten Matarazzo\u2019s Dustin Henderson in Stranger Things 5<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was so interesting how the fan response to the finale mimicked the characters in a way. The characters created a story to cope with the loss of their friend, and then the fans created a theory about a secret finale to cope with the loss of their favorite show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFor sure.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat was your first impression of that \u201cConformity Gate\u201d groundswell?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was cool. It\u2019s a testament to how much people love the show and how much they want to see from it, which is really special. Like I said, I don\u2019t really engage online too much just because I get a little bit too invested whenever I do. So the first time I heard about it, I was walking in the city when someone stopped me and asked, \u201cIs it coming out tonight?\u201d And I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d And they said, \u201cThe ninth episode.\u201d And I was like, \u201cOh, no, no, no. There\u2019s only eight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI thought it was just a misunderstanding, and then they showed me all of the banter about it. And it turns out that they had canceled their date with a guy that night because they thought the ninth episode was coming out. So I pleaded with her: \u201cPlease just call him back. Go on that date. Don\u2019t miss out on your date for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSo while it was fun to watch from afar, there was secondhand disappointment on my end because I felt bad having to say that nothing was coming. There were a lot of people genuinely really stoked for it. But that\u2019d be pretty sick if it happened. Certain projects have been doing some pretty crazy publicity stunts lately, so I get why there was an idea.<\/p>\n

\n\tCaleb McLaughlin<\/a> told me that he thought the theory was \u201cdumb.\u201d He understood that it was coming from a place of love for the show, but he still didn\u2019t mince words about it.<\/p>\n

\n\t(Laughs.) Yeah, that sounds like Caleb. That\u2019s really funny. We talked about it too, and I think he said the same thing to me.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe and Sadie Sink both believe Eleven is dead. Are you still pleading the fifth on this subject?<\/p>\n

\n\t(Laughs.) Initially, I was like, I\u2019m going to keep pleading the fifth. And then everybody else started saying what they thought, so maybe I will do the same. But I feel like it\u2019d be such a bummer to get on that train and say that I think she\u2019s dead as well. I definitely believe Dustin thinks she\u2019s dead. He\u2019s such a pragmatic, scientific dude who looks at all the evidence in front of him, and I don\u2019t think he would truly believe it the way an optimist like Mike would. But for his friend, he will probably always say that he does believe she\u2019s alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBut for me, I\u2019m just going to say that I don\u2019t know. I think she would be [dead], but I also see a world where Matt and Ross would flip it around at some point. I think that\u2019s kind of their intention. So \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d is what I will say right now.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tGaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in Stranger Things 5. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tCaleb also shocked me when he said he\u2019s only seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens out of all the Star Wars movies. Then he added that he hadn\u2019t seen any of the Lord of the Rings movies until last year. You previously told me how Finn would get on your case to watch certain films such as Boogie Nights, so did Caleb\u2019s cinematic blind spots frustrate him as well?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI don\u2019t think it drove him crazy. Caleb has really good taste in TV and movies; he just hasn\u2019t jumped too far into the nerdy franchise world of it all. I know he watched the [Harry] Potters and loved them. He finally watched Lord of the Rings, but we\u2019re still waiting on Star Wars. Finn sees adults who haven\u2019t experienced certain franchises as an opportunity to introduce them. You then get to see somebody have what is usually a childhood experience later in life, and it\u2019s really, really special. It\u2019s very rare you come across someone who hasn\u2019t seen The Empire Strikes Back\u2019s best movie twist of all time, and it\u2019s cool to get the opportunity to show somebody. So I think Finn finds that more exciting than anything else, and I do too.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe should give mention to Animal Farm. Did that commitment boil down to Andy Serkis and the chance to be directed by him?<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, it did. A huge chunk of what drew me to that was working with him, especially in a world like that. He\u2019s one of the most expressive, high-ceiling actors alive today, and I love being directed by actors. It\u2019s very rare that you\u2019re directed by somebody who can invest a lot of their time and space into understanding what that process looks like. I\u2019ve never been able to tap into the level that he\u2019s on, so watching him is just an absolute treat. He commits 100 percent as an\u00a0 actor and a director. He played every character throughout the process over Zoom, which is crazy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSo it was a really great experience, and I\u2019ve loved the book for a very long time. It was one of those assignments in class that I didn\u2019t groan at when it was assigned. I\u2019ve always been excited to read Orwell, and I\u2019ve read it many times since. And it\u2019s a risk. It\u2019s always hard to tackle a piece like that. They\u2019ve tried to do it on screen before, and it\u2019s fallen flat a good number of times. And what I loved so much about this take is that they were just unapologetic in taking a swing on it. There\u2019s a bit of a \u201cfuck it\u201d mentality, and it has to be a swing because the novel was a swing. So that\u2019s why I was drawn to it.<\/p>\n

\n\tI think voice actors usually hear a scratch track in the booth, but Andy read all the characters live so you could have something to bounce off of in the moment?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, he would do the voices. He didn\u2019t go completely into it, but he\u2019s a tremendous voice actor. So he would give a voice to Boxer or Snowball or Napoleon. And just to hear him do that \u2014\u00a0even half-assed, because he has so many other priorities to do as director \u2014\u00a0was very, very nice of him. I don\u2019t even know if he recognizes how much that meant to me. I should tell him.<\/p>\n

\n\tVoice roles sound like a working actor\u2019s dream, especially since you can knock them out no matter where you are in the world. Is it also nice to have a break from the camera and all the moving parts and rigmarole of a typical set?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s cool, but I do love immersing myself in a setting. What\u2019s great about voiceover is you channel everything through your voice. You don\u2019t really have to be very body-conscious, so I can move around and jump around and feel how I\u2019d like to feel. I don\u2019t have to be aware of what might look physically crazy if it\u2019s something that helps me feel connected vocally. I can just go for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI would like to do more voice work, but I would also like to do some more voice projects that require me to do something other than my own voice. I\u2019ve pretty much used my voice up to this point. People have said, \u201cHey, we love the quality that you already have, so just bring that.\u201d Voice acting is some of the hardest performing to do, period. There are voice actors who\u2019ve done hundreds of different things, and you wouldn\u2019t recognize that it\u2019s the same person in each part. That\u2019s so admirable. So I don\u2019t call myself a voice actor; I just say I\u2019ve done myself in the voiceover process.<\/p>\n

\n\tTo close on Pizza Movie, if your worst nightmare was to chase after you with a chainsaw, what would it be visually represented as?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSo many of my nightmares are weirdly niche and\/or vast \u2014\u00a0and they lack a physical entity. It would be something very Lovecraftian, if anything. I don\u2019t like being alone very much, and I have a weird fear of boredom, so loneliness and boredom are two of my biggest fears. But I would probably benefit from being alone and being bored. That would probably be a good lesson to have at times. I just don\u2019t know how that would physically manifest itself. How do you think loneliness and boredom would look as a physical being?<\/p>\n

\n\tA black void perhaps?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, a black void, but it\u2019s got to have the ability to hold a chainsaw that it wants to stick up my ass, as specified in the movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWe\u2019ll have to workshop this some more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tGood idea.<\/p>\n

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