Sorry in advance, because we’re probably about to throw a wrench into your “Stranger Things 4” theories with this reveal.
David Harbour told TheWrap in a recent interview that he initially believed his character Jim Hopper — who sacrificed himself at the end of Season 3 to save Joyce (Winona Ryder), their children, basically everyone in Hawkins, Indiana, and possibly even the entire world — is “The American,” a character referenced, but not shown on screen, during the finale’s post-credits scene.
But seeing as creators Matt and Ross Duffer, a.k.a. The Duffer Brothers, have yet to give him any details about Season 4, Harbour told us he’s grown less sure about the possibility that Hopper is, in fact, still alive and “The American,” who is being held captive inside a facility in Russia, along with the Demogorgon.