Life imitates artwork. Hardcore followers of Stranger Issues season 4 are nicely conscious of the truth that Eddie Munson is a giant Metallica fanatic — and actor Joseph Quinn simply made his character’s wildest goals come true.
“🤘This is for Eddie 🤘,” Netflix’s official Instagram account captioned footage of Quinn, 29, at Lollapalooza on Friday, July 29. “@josephquinn met Eddie Munson’s heroes: @Metallica! Completely legendary!!”
Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in ‘Stranger Issues.’ Courtesy of Netflix
Within the footage, the English actor was elated to satisfy the rockstars — James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo — backstage. “You’re taller than on the TV,” Hetfield, 58, quipped within the clip. “I’m a giant fan of the present, have been since season 1. My children and I, [watching it has] been a bonding expertise for us.”
After the crew’s intimate assembly, Quinn joined the musicians on stage throughout their competition set as they duetted on the group’s “Grasp of Puppets” music.
“I’m a bit rusty, so I’d want a lesson,” the Netflix actor advised the band members earlier than the efficiency, referring to his filmed covers of Metallica’s hits on the present.
The 58-year-old drummer, for his half, gushed: “Metallica is now a five-piece, guys!”
The band went on to present Quinn a duplicate of Eddie’s guitar, which all of them signed. “What the f—okay,” Quinn exclaimed within the social media footage.
After their candy meetup, Metallica shared a gaggle pic with the Recreation of Thrones alum through Instagram, captioning it: “We name to order essentially the most metallic assembly ever of The Hellfire Membership.”
Followers shortly celebrated the healthful musical second through social media. “Joseph Quinn assembly Metallica is among the finest issues [that] occurred this yr,” one social media person tweeted on Friday.
One other added: “Joseph Quinn you probably did it. you actually did it.”
James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica carry out at Lollapalooza Music Competition in Chicago on July 28, 2022. Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Quinn’s character joined the Stranger Issues universe for season 4, which premiered on Netflix earlier this yr.
“There’s a whole lot of devotion in direction of this present, and also you don’t wish to spoil it. So it’s been an incredible expertise,” he advised Collider in Could. “It’s been surreal to be concerned in one thing like this. It’s simply an enormous honor, and to have the ability to take part on this season, and be amongst everybody making an attempt to drag it off, it’s a deal with.
The actor continued: “[Eddie is] an 80s metalhead, he’s a Dungeon Grasp, he’s head of the Hellfire Membership, which is the official Dungeons & Dragons membership at Hawkins Excessive. He’s actually in and amongst all the loopy stuff that I can’t speak about this season.”
