‘Stranger Things’ at Disney: Actor meets, mimics Chewbacca

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Gaten Matarazzo of “Stranger Things” fames recently visited Disney World, where he encountered (and imitated) Chewbacca.

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Gaten Matarazzo at Walt Disney World

Gaten Matarazzo, the actor who flew to stardom as Dustin on the TV series “Stranger Things,” recently paid a visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios where he encountered (and imitated) Chewbacca. Read more (David Roark / Courtesy photo)

 

Gaten Matarazzo, the actor who flew to stardom as Dustin on the TV series “Stranger Things,” recently paid a visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios where he encountered (and imitated) Chewbacca.

A video posted on the official Disney Parks Blog shows Matarazzo with the Wookiee near the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction and then walking through the marketplace of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, where he answered a several questions during the site’s “Walt Disney World Minute” feature

What we learned: Chewbacca is “probably” Matarazzo’s favorite Star Wars character; he likes pretzels; he was eager to board the nearby Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride; and he touts a organization called CCD Smiles, which helps people with cleidocranial dysplasia, a skeletal disorder. (Matarazzo is co-founder of the group, and he has what he calls a “very mild case” of the condition.)

Actor Gaten Matarazzo had fun showing off his Chewbacca impersonation when he encountered the Wookie at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (David Roark / Courtesy photo)

What we learned later on the internet: Matarazzo turns 19 next month, and Netflix indicates that season four of “Stranger Things” will become available sometime in 2022. (Not that we’re pacing, but season three was released in July 2019.) His voice will be heard next year in the animated film “Hump,” which features a camel, a goat and a desert fox.

To see the entire interview, go to disneyparksblog.com.

 

 

Dewayne Bevil

Orlando Sentinel