Actor David Harbour has received critical acclaim for his role as Jim Hopper in Netflix's sci-fi series Stranger Things. The 47-year-old bagged a Critics' ...
He added: “I have definitely been in and out of the system. Harbour said: “I have been struggling with the medical model of mental illness for a long time. I was, like, ‘Whoa, this is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with.’ The relationship I have with them now is really, really special. Looking back on his career, Harbour explained to Big Issue magazine the personal circumstances he'd found himself in while auditioning for Stranger Things. He said: “I hit the age of 35 and in my mind, I’d been fairly successful. I loved the script but I didn’t really invest very much in it.” As the final two episodes of Stranger Things season four drop on Netflix, we take a look at the star's real life, from his extraordinary acting journey, his marriage to a British pop star and his struggles with mental illness.
Stranger Things season 4 volume 2 is here and fans notice David Harbour (Jim Hopper) looks slimmer. How much weight did he lose before the season?
According to Page Six, part of the reason Harbour lost this weight was also because of his role in Stranger Things season 4. “I said to the first A.D. [assistant director], ‘Listen, we have to shoot the flashback stuff at the end, so that by the time we shoot the flashback, I’ll lose the weight and I’ll be thin.’ And he was like, ‘You’ll never be thin.'” I was like, ‘Yes I will, man.’ And I lost like 60 lbs. The final two episodes of season 4 are officially here and they are definitely super-sized and action-packed.