Sophie Turner Stands up for Young 'Stranger Things' Actors: 'They Are Kids First'
The "Stranger Things" kids have quite the defender in Sophie Turner.
The actress, who plays Sansa Stark on "Game of Thrones," spoke out in defense of the young actors following an incident that drew criticism from "Stranger Things" fans. Online backlash started after a now-deleted video showed Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler) walking into a hotel without stopping to greet the fans waiting outside, according to E! News. After Turner saw the complaints, she stepped in to defend Wolfhard and his young co-stars.
The big takeaway from Turner's message was that "they are kids first" and shouldn't "owe anyone anything for living their childhood dreams." She laid it out in a series of at least 11 tweets, pointing out how "weird" it was to see adults waiting for a child outside their hotel, then lashing out when the young actor wouldn't stop for them. She also asked people to imagine how they'd feel as parents if their 13-year-old children had strangers pointing cameras at them.
Damn... seeing fully grown adults wait outside the 'Stranger Things' kids' hotels etc , and then abuse them when they don't stop for them...
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
Is super weird A. What adult in their right mind waits for a CHILD outside their hotel and B is then is offended when the CHILD doesn't stop
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
It doesn't matter if they are an actor... they are kids first. Give them the space they need in order to grow without feeling like they owe
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
Anyone anything for living their childhood dreams
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
Oh and ps. Imagine.. you, a parent, walking with your 13 year old son/daughter and seeing a fully grown adult pointing their camera phone ..
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
.. at your kid. You would do anything you could to delete that persons photograph, and remove your child from that situation as soon as...
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
.. you could. It doesn't matter if that child happens to be an actor and consented to a professional film crew capturing their moves when..
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
.. in character.. That does NOT mean that this child consented to being followed around with a camera in their face. I don't care if it
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
"Comes with the job". It doesn't.
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
And how dare you shun and demean that child when they don't pose for an adult strangers photograph or walk over and talk to them when they..
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
.. take that NOT CONSENTED FOR photo . Doesn't that go against everything we teach our children anyway? Pshhhh. Some people man.
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
Turner knows what it is like to be in Wolfhard's place. She gained fame on "Game of Thrones" at just 15, meaning she spent the majority of her teenage years in the public eye. Fame's not all fun and games, that's for sure.
