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Jamie Campbell Bower is looking forward to taking a break from the Upside Down.

The actor, 36, joined “Stranger Things” in Season 4 as Vecna and got candid at MegaCon Orlando on Feb. 9 about why he wants to stop playing villains.

While on a panel, Bower explained that although he’s not worried about a typecast he is trying to look after his mental health.


  Vecna in a scene from “Stranger Things.” AP Vecna in a scene from “Stranger Things.” AP

“It’s funny,” Bower said, “I was talking to my therapist the other day. We were going through some stuff, and he was like, ‘We really need to make sure that you carve out time for you whenever you’re working next.’ I turned around to him and I was like, ‘Yeah, to be honest with you, man, I just don’t think I’ll be doing another bad guy for a minute.'”

The star told the crowd that he was “dead serious” about the therapy session, stating, “I’m not lying.”


  Millie Bobby Brown in “Stranger Things.” Curtis Baker/Netflix Millie Bobby Brown in “Stranger Things.” Curtis Baker/Netflix

Bower, who also sat through eight hours of special-effects makeup applications for the role, added, “Like, it f–ks me up. I’m dead serious.”

But the Netflix vet shared that he was still grateful for being part of the iconic horror series.

“It’s been amazing, and it’s been an incredible journey, to join the show from Season 4, to be part of something that so many people love and something that I loved as well and still love. But I definitely am ready to hang up the foam latex and wish him a slippery farewell,” Bower said.

Season 5 will be the show’s last and is set in Hawkins as the town face’s off against Vecna.

A release date has yet to be announced, but creators Matt and Ross Duffer recently compared making this last season to shooting “eight blockbuster movies.”


  “Stranger Things” Season 2. Courtesy Netflix “Stranger Things” Season 2. Courtesy Netflix

  “Stranger Things” Season 2. Courtesy of Netflix “Stranger Things” Season 2. Courtesy of Netflix

“We think it’s our most personal story,” Matt told Deadline in January. “It was super intense and emotional to film — for us and for our actors. We’ve been making this show together for almost 10 years. There was a lot of crying. There was so much crying. The show means so much to all of us, and everyone put their hearts and souls into it. And we hope — and believe — that passion will translate to the screen.”

Also last month, Netflix dropped a clue about the upcoming season on its Instagram account, posting a missing person’s flyer that showed a missing Jane Hopper (aka Eleven.)

The poster teased, “Last seen wearing a hooded jacket walking in the vicinity of Hawkins High School on June 13, 1986.”


  “Stranger Things” Season 3. Courtesy of Netflix “Stranger Things” Season 3. Courtesy of Netflix

The date on the poster is only a few months after the fourth season which took place in March of 1986. As Netflix previously confirmed in November, Season 5 takes place in the fall of 1987, a year after Eleven goes missing.

The streaming platform captioned the eerie Instagram post: “Who’s *really* looking for Jane Hopper? You’re not ready for what’s to come in ‘Stranger Things’ 5.”

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