Matarazzo, who was just 12 years old when the show premiered in 2016, revealed that he didn't do his best when auditioning for the series. In a November 2025 interview on actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson's podcast, Dinner's on Me, Matarazzo shared that he "butchered [his] first audition."
Matarazzo then explained that he "blanked on so many of [his] lines."
He then explained that he wasn't overly disappointed about the audition because he didn't know that the show would eventually have massive mainstream popularity. In addition, the 23-year-old said he was taken aback when he "got a callback."
Matarazzo shared similar information about his Stranger Things audition in a November 2025 interview with Esquire. He said that he wasn't "nervous" going into the audition, "until [he] realized" he wasn't familiar enough with his lines.
The Broadway performer also said he "was, of course, ecstatic that [he] had gotten a call back" for Stranger Things because he had the opportunity to "prep a lot better than [he] had for the first" audition.
"I remember keeping my cool a lot better than she did. I remember I muted the phone because she started screaming. I was like, 'Mom, oh my gosh, please!'" said Matarazzo to the publication.
The fifth and final season of Stranger Things starts airing on November 26.
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