Stranger Things Season 4: Is Vecna evil? Jamie Campbell Bower thinks not

For most people, the characters of Henry, One and Vecna, collectively played by actor Jamie Campbell Bower in the fourth season of ‘Stranger Things’, are all manifestations of evil. However, Bower begs to differ, and thinks that they possess humanity and kindness. 

In an interview with Variety, the actor said that his character “grew up in an environment where his father murdered a civilian and a civilian family on the orders of people he never knew, who were presenting themselves as these upstanding citizens.”

Bower said that he believes “there was a lot of humanity there” — and still is, wherever Vecna is now — but when Eleven sent him into the Upside Down, all he had left was “rage and resentment.”

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“I think there’s still a level of humanity to him, even where he is now, but I think the humanity of him being where he is now is a fact that I can relate to. I’m sure we all can. Sometimes if we hold on to things for too long, they become consuming — really, really consuming — and I feel like that’s where he’s gotten to, he’s in this consuming state. Maybe that’s bullshit. But it feels right to me,” he added.

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The 33-year-old further elucidated that he doesn’t view the character as a villain, but as a “point of conflict.”

“I mean, I understand him, and I love him. And I relate to him. I just got a pain in my eyes as I was saying that — maybe I should shut up!” he said, adding that at the end of the day, he relates to the complex character and so, will “always gonna be on his side.”