Finn Wolfhard yana waiwaya kan yadda ya fara jin shahara. Shekarar 2016 ce, kuma yana da shekaru 13. Kashi na farko na Stranger Things ya fito a wancan lokacin rani, kuma ya koma makarantar sakandare a Vancouver yana nuna kamar babu abin da ya canza. Amma abubuwa sun canza sosai. "Mutane ba su san yadda za su bi da ni ba, musamman malamai. Yaran da ba su taɓa kallona ba a da, ba zato ba tsammani sun fara kula da ni ko suna son zama tare da ni." Ya tuna wata yarinya a shekara da ta gabata wadda take son ɗaukar hoto tare da shi. "Kuma na ce, 'Oh, ba zan iya ɗaukar hotuna a makaranta ba.' Amma ba ta saurara ba, ta ja ni ta rungume ni a gefe. Na tuna ina tunani, 'Kash, ba ni da iko a kan wannan. Wannan yana da hauka.' Don haka, da farko ya kasance abin ban mamaki, kuma har yanzu wani abu ne da ban gama saba da shi ba."
Aikin jarida na Guardian mai zaman kansa ne. Za mu iya samun kuɗi idan ka sayi wani abu ta hanyar haɗin haɗin gwiwa. Ƙara koyo.
Yaya abin mamaki zai kasance don ciyar da babban ɓangaren rayuwarka kana wasa da hali wanda rabin duniya ta sani kuma ta ga yana girma a kan allo—yana juyawa daga yaro mai faffadan idanu, maras kyau, mai son ilimi zuwa jarumi mai kaifi (amma har yanzu maras kyau). Babu wanda zai iya hasashen yadda Stranger Things zai zama babba ko kuma yadda zai daɗe, wanda buƙatar jama'a ta motsa shi sannan kuma annobar ta jinkirta shi. A ƙarshe ya ƙare bayan shekaru goma, a ƙarshen shekarar da ta gabata, lokacin da ba a iya yarda da cewa matasa masu shekaru ashirin kamar Wolfhard za su iya zama kamar ɗaliban makarantar sakandare ba.
[Hoto: Girma a gaban jama'a … Wolfhard tare da abokin aikinsa na Stranger Things Millie Bobby Brown a 2016. Hoton: Steve Zak Photography/FilmMagic]
Sakamakon haka, yaran Stranger Things sun zama matasan da suka bayyana zamaninsu, suna fuskantar ƙalubalen samartaka a kan allo da kuma a waje, tare da yawancin masu kallon su. Abokin aikin Wolfhard Millie Bobby Brown ta ce sumbatar su a kan allo a kashi na farko ita ce karo na farko da ta taɓa sumbatar yaro. Kusan haka ne ga Wolfhard, in ji shi. "Na taɓa sumbatar yarinya lokacin da nake aji na biyu [kusan shekara bakwai ko takwas], amma ba gaskiya ba ne." Don Stranger Things, ya mai da hankali ne kawai kan yin aiki mai kyau: "Don haka, abin mamaki, ban ji tsoro game da sumbatar kanta ba. Na yi tunani kawai, 'Oh, wani ɓangare ne na abin, ɓangare na hali.'"
Yanzu yana da shekaru 23, Wolfhard tabbas matashi ne, ko da yake yana da ɗan ban mamaki ganinsa a cikin kayan sawa na zamani, ba na 80s ba. Rana ce mai zafi, kuma mun haɗu a saman gidan giya na London wanda babu kowa (yana shan ruwa). Ya ɗauki ɗan hutu, in ji shi, yana hutu a Turai tare da iyalinsa—kuma ana gane shi a duk inda ya tafi. Yana faruwa da yawa a tsakiyar London, in ji shi, amma mutane yawanci "suna da nutsuwa"—kuma Wolfhard yana kama da haka. "Na kasance a Hackney jiya, kuma babu wanda ya zo gare ni, abin da ya yi kyau sosai. Zan iya faɗi cewa mutane suna gane ni, amma ba sa neman hotuna."
[Hoto: Tauraro mai duhu … Wolfhard a matsayin Mike Wheeler a kashi na biyar na Stranger Things. Hoton: Courtesy of Netflix © 2025]
A matsayinsu na taurarin yara, yaran Stranger Things sun girma a cikin yanayi na musamman na kan layi, inda mutane ke rubuta tatsuniyoyi game da su (a matsayin abin soyayya ga Eleven na Brown da Will na Noah Schnapp, Mike Wheeler na Wolfhard ya kasance sanannen abu kuma sau da yawa mara dacewa ga wannan). Masu ƙirƙira na Etsy suna sayar da kayayyaki masu ban mamaki da fuskokinsu a kansu (girmamawa ga T-shirt "Wolfin' hard or hardly Wolfin'?"), kuma akwai sharhi na kan layi akai-akai game da kowane canji, daga muryoyinsu da ke karyewa zuwa fuskokinsu da suka bambanta saboda ba su da shekaru 12.
Yanzu da suka girma, sun fi haskaka. Brown, musamman, ta kasance makasudin farautar shahararrun mutane—kuma ta kira masu jarida don yin sharhi game da kamanninta a wani sakon Instagram a shekarar da ta gabata: "Wannan ba aikin jarida ba ne. Aikin jarida? Wannan cin zarafi ne." A halin yanzu, Schnapp ya fuskanci suka 'yan shekaru da suka gabata saboda maganganun goyon bayan Isra'ila kuma dole ne ya fayyace matsayinsa. Wolfhard yana guje wa shiga cikin batutuwan siyasa, amma har yanzu yana fuskantar rabonsa na tsegumin shahararrun mutane. Shekarar da ta gabata, ya tafi gidan wasan kwaikwayo na London don ganin abokin aikinsa na Stranger Things Sadie Sink a Romeo and Juliet, wanda ya haifar da jita-jita cewa dole ne su kasance suna soyayya (ba haka ba). "Mutane suna da wuya su ga abubuwa ta hanyar da ba ta da soyayya," in ji shi a hankali. "Suna son ƙirƙirar labarai inda babu su. Amma yawanci, ya fi gundura fiye da yadda kuke tunani. Da yawa gundura."
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Ci gaba … tare da Willem Dafoe a The Legend of Ochi (2025). Hoton: THA/Alamy
Shin duk waɗannan abubuwa suna damun shi?
"A gare mu, babu zaɓi saboda muna da ayyukan da suke fuskantar jama'a a irin wannan ƙananan shekaru," in ji shi. "Ban taɓa gaba ɗaya ba …" Ya shafa idanunsa, yana ƙoƙarin samun kalmomin da suka dace. "… na shiga cikin abin da intanet ke faɗi ko yi sosai. Amma eh, a ci gaba, mai yiwuwa ba abu ne mai kyau ba don karanta abubuwa game da kanka."
Duk da haka, yana ɗaukar kansa a matsayin mai sa'a. "Har yanzu ina da babban ɓangaren ƙuruciyata wanda ba shi da alaƙa da fasaha ko kuma a yi masa hukunci daga wasu. Amma yanzu ina kallon Gen Alpha: ko da yake yawancinsu suna da rayuwar makaranta ta al'ada, duk suna da Instagram, don haka duk suna da halayen jama'a a wata hanya ta ban mamaki. Kasancewa 'shahara' ba shi da nisa sosai saboda yana da al'ada ga ƙananan tsara don samun irin wannan bugun dopamine a irin wannan ƙananan shekaru." Kaɗan daga cikinsu za su sami mabiya Instagram da yawa kamar Wolfhard—kusan miliyan 25.
Wataƙila wannan wani ɓangare ne na dalilin da ya sa Stranger Things ke da sha'awa mai yawa: ya kasance tafiya ta nostalgia ga manya waɗanda suke tunawa da 80s, amma ga matasa masu kallo, ya haifar da wani nau'in "nostalgia na fatalwa" don ƙuruciyar da ba ta da intanet wadda ba su taɓa samu ba—inda za ku iya hawan kekuna cikin rashin laifi, ku yi wasannin allo tare, kuma ku yi abubuwa marasa hankali ba tare da tsoron kunya a kan layi ba. Samun garinku da aka lalata ta hanyar dodanni daga wani girma na iya zama kamar ƙaramin farashi.
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Rungumar ban dariya … tare da Alisha Boe a When You Finish Saving the World (2022). Hoton: Capital Pictures/Alamy
Wolfhard ya ce ƙuruciyarsa ta farko da gaske ita ce hawan kekuna a kusa da unguwa tare da abokansa. Ya girma a cikin gida mai fasaha a wani yanki na Vancouver wanda ba shi da fasaha sosai. "Don haka mun kasance masu waje game da sha'awar abubuwa masu son ilimi." Mahaifiyarsa mai zane ce; mahaifinsa ya rubuta rubutun fina-finai kuma ya yi aiki a haƙƙin ɗan adam. "Babu ƙarancin fim da kiɗa a gidana tun daga ƙananan shekaru. Abin da muke magana game da shi ne."
An yi masa wahayi don gwada wasan kwaikwayo bayan ya ga ɗan'uwansa, Nick—wanda ya girme shi da shekaru biyar kuma shi ma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo—a kan mataki a wasan makaranta. Ya sami ƙananan matsayi a cikin bidiyon kiɗa da shirye-shiryen TV na gida, sannan, yana da shekaru 12, ya yi gwaji don Stranger Things. Kamar yawancin abokan aikinsa, ba shi ne "yaron ɗan wasan kwaikwayo" ba, in ji shi. "Wataƙila shi ya sa aka zaɓe mu da farko—domin mun kasance kusa da halayenmu a wancan lokacin."
Hakanan ya taimaka cewa, godiya ga yadda ya girma, ya saba da abubuwan da suka shafi 80s na shirin: "Na girma tare da E.T., Stand By Me, The Goonies, har ma da yawancin fina-finai na John Hughes, don haka ya ji kamar yanki da na saba."
Wolfhard ya ce motsin rai ya gauraya game da ƙarshen Stranger Things. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na yau da kullun na rayuwarsa na dogon lokaci. "Abin da ya yi kyau game da shi ke nan. Kowace shekara, yana kama da, OK, na san zan kasance a Atlanta ina yin fim ɗin tare da mutane iri ɗaya na tsawon lokaci mai zuwa. Ya kasance kamar makaranta ta a wata hanya mai ban mamaki." Sun shafe kusan shekara guda suna yin fim ɗin kashi na ƙarshe. Ya raba gida tare da Gaten Matarazzo da Joe Keery. "Duk suna jin daɗi sosai, suna hira … Duk ƴan wasan suna zaune a unguwa ɗaya. Muna zuwa gidajen juna koyaushe."
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Wasan kwaikwayo na girma … A The Goldfinch (2019) tare da Sarah Paulson. Hoton: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy
Da alama akwai wani nau'in musu. "Yanayin ya kusan zama kamar, 'Oh, za mu dawo shekara mai zuwa,'" in ji shi. "Amma da muka kai rabin hanya, kowa ya fara gane, 'Oh. Wannan shi ne.' Sannan kowa ya daraja lokacin da muke tare a wannan rabin na ƙarshe. Ya kasance abin baƙin ciki ga kowa lokacin da ya ƙare … amma yana da cikakkiyar dacewa cewa mun ƙare lokacin da muka yi."
Don haka yana jin an 'yantar da shi? "Tabbas, eh. Da farko na ji daɗi sosai, saboda wannan shine rayuwarka na dogon lokaci, kuma da yawa daga cikin ma'aikatan da ƴan wasan sun kasance mahimmanci ga wane kai ne da kuma asalinku. Kusan kuna shan wani nau'in janyewar na ɗan lokaci. Sannan kun gane cewa duk waɗannan dangantaka, duk waɗannan abota, suna nan har abada."
Wolfhard ya kasance yana shirya rayuwa bayan Hawkins na ɗan lokaci. Ya yi fina-finai da yawa tsakanin lokutan. Gaskiya, ya binciko irin wannan nostalgia na 80s a cikin sabbin Ghostbusters (Afterlife da Frozen Empire), da kuma daidaitawar kashi biyu na labarin ban tsoro na Stephen King It, ko da yake a cikin na ƙarshe, Wolfhard ya taka rawar ɗan wasa mai surutu na ƙungiyar, maimakon hali mai hankali "Mike". "Yana da daɗi wani lokaci don zama mutumin banza," in ji shi.
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Yin kiɗa … Wolfhard yana jagorantar ƙungiyar Calpurnia a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Koko na London, 2018. Hoton: Wenn Rights Ltd/Alamy
Ya kuma ɗauki wasan kwaikwayo mafi "girma", kamar 2019's The Goldfinch, wanda aka daidaita daga littafin Donna Tartt kuma tare da Nicole Kidman da Sarah Paulson. Ko da fim ɗin ya gaza, ya kasance mai gamsarwa a matsayin ɗan Ukraine mai ƙin rana a Las Vegas, tare da lafazin mai kauri. Kuma a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na uwa-da-ɗa na Jesse Eisenberg When You Finish Saving the World, ya riƙe kansa tare da Julianne Moore a matsayin mawaƙi mai son kai. Wasu daga cikin waƙoƙin sun kasance na Wolfhard ne.
Wannan shine ɗayan ɓangaren shirin Wolfhard na rayuwa bayan Stranger Things: ya daɗe yana yin kiɗa fiye da yadda yake yin wasan kwaikwayo. "Mahaifiyata ta saya mini guitar ta farko lokacin da nake shekara huɗu." Yana shirin fitar da kundin solo na biyu, Fire From the Hip, bayan ya kasance mawaƙi da mawaƙi tare da ƙungiyoyin Kanada biyu, Calpurnia da Aubreys. Kiɗan solo na Wolfhard gabaɗaya rock ne mai sauti a cikin salon Beatles, indie na 90s, tare da waƙoƙi masu ban dariya da sau da yawa da gangan ƙananan samarwa. Akwai yanayin analog na retro a ciki duka: guitar da aka buga, zane-zanen kundi na hannu, yin rikodin a kan tef na zahiri maimakon dijital. Ya sake cewa, wannan shine ma'anar nostalgia na fatalwa. "Wataƙila shi ya sa nake sha'awar shi, saboda har yanzu ina marmarin wancan lokacin."
Idan Wolfhard yana buƙatar samun 'yanci bayan Stranger Things, yana kama da yana samun shi a nan, yana yin rikodin da wasan kwaikwayo: "Na yi dukan ƙuruciyata ina zama a kan wani alama, ina sauraron daraktoci, kuma ina jin matsin lamba don zama cikakke koyaushe. Tare da kiɗa, yana da kyau saboda zan iya sarrafa kaina, sarrafa rayuwata da makomara."
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Yankin nostalgia … Wolfhard (hagu) tare da Mckenna Grace da Logan Kim a Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). Hoton: FlixPix/Alamy
Ya yarda yana taimaka wa samun masu sha'awar da aka gina yayin da yake shirya yawon shakatawa na Amurka a wannan watan. Hanyar kiɗa ta zama sana'a mai amfani bayan Stranger Things. Maya Hawke tana kan kundi na huɗu, Caleb "Lucas" McLaughlin ya fitar da waƙoƙi kaɗan, Jamie "Vecna" Campbell Bower ya ci gaba daga ƙungiyar punk ɗinsa kuma yana da alama ya nufi sana'ar solo mafi kasuwanci. Sannan akwai Joe "Steve Harrington" Keery, wanda kuma aka sani da Djo, ya ga waƙarsa ta 2022 "End of Beginning" ta zama sananne a TikTok kuma ta zama bugun duniya. A halin yanzu yana buɗe wa Tame Impala a yawon shakatawa na Amurka. "Joe ya kasance kamar babban ɗan'uwa mai sanyi a kan saiti," in ji Wolfhard. Keery ya gabatar da shi ga kiɗa da mawaƙa da yawa, kuma har yanzu suna kusa. "Zan sami shawara daga gare shi, kuma in aika masa da demos da sauransu," in ji Wolfhard.
Amma ba shi da babban mafarkin ɗaukar duniyar rock. "Burina a kiɗa shi ne mutane su gano waƙoƙina ta hanyar jin su a cikin lissafin waƙa, ko ganin wasan kwaikwayo ko biki kuma su yi tunani, 'Oh, wane ne wannan?'"
Ba ya barin aikin wasan kwaikwayo kuma. Yana ɗaukar hutu daga yawon shakatawa don yin sabon fim a Toronto wata mai zuwa—"fim ɗin da nake ƙoƙarin yi tare da aboki tun kafin Covid." Amma ba ya neman babban matsayi na gaba na wasan kwaikwayo. "Ina so in tabbatar da kaina ta hanyar kasancewa cikin ayyukan da mutane ba za su yi tsammanin zan kasance a ciki ba. Kuma duk tsawon lokacin da zai ɗauka don samun wannan cikakkiyar ko dacewar abu, ina da lafiya da jira."
Hanya ɗaya da ya bi don magance matsin lamba na zama tauraron yara shine ta hanyar ci gaba da aiki. "Wataƙila shi ya sa nake ƙoƙarin yin aiki—hanya ce don magance damuwa ta hanyar jefa kanka cikin wani abu dabam."
Amma Wolfhard ya kai matsayin da zai iya ɗan huta. Ya ƙaunaci komawa Kanada—"yana da nutsuwa a gare ni, ga halina"—kuma yana da ƙarin lokacin hutu: "Ina matukar son zama a gida ba tare da shirye-shirye ba, ba tare da tsammanin kaina ba. Abin sha'awa na shine zama marar aiki." Babu wanda zai iya cewa bai cancanci hakan ba.
Kundin Finn Wolfhard Fire From the Hip zai fito a ranar 10 ga Yuli.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa bisa kanun labarai da batun Finn Wolfhard Stranger Things da kuma sana'ar kiɗa
Bayani na Gaba ɗaya
Q Shin Finn Wolfhard ya faɗi da gaske cewa yana da baƙin ciki lokacin da Stranger Things ya ƙare
A Ee A cikin tambayoyin da ke tallata sabon kiɗansa Finn ya yi magana game da faɗuwar motsin rai da ke faruwa bayan shafe shekaru goma a kan babban shiri Ya bayyana jin ƙarshensa a matsayin babban ɓangarori kwatsam
Q Me ya sa yake da baƙin ciki a gare shi
A Ya girma a kan shirin daga shekara 12 zuwa 22 Ba aiki kawai ba ne, dukan rayuwarsa ta samartaka da iyali ce Lokacin da ya ƙare ya rasa wannan tsarin yau da kullun da al'umma, wanda ya kasance babban daidaitawa
Q Shin Finn Wolfhard yana barin wasan kwaikwayo don mai da hankali kan kiɗa
A A'a Yana daidaita duka biyun Har yanzu yana yin wasan kwaikwayo amma yana sanya ƙarin ƙarfi a cikin ƙungiyarsa The Aubreys da ayyukan kiɗa na solo
Girma a TV
Q Yaya Stranger Things ya shafi ƙuruciyarsa ta al'ada
A Ya rasa yawancin abubuwan samartaka na al'ada kamar bukukuwan makarantar sakandare da azuzuwan yau da kullun Yana aiki na dogon lokaci a kan saiti wanda ya sa ya girma da sauri amma kuma yana jin ya rasa wasu abubuwan yara na al'ada
Q Shin yana nadamar girma a TV
A Ba haka ba Ya ce yana godiya ga damar da kuma ƴan wasan da suka zama iyalinsa Bangaren baƙin ciki shine tsayawar kwatsam ba ƙwarewar kanta ba
Q Yaya ƴan wasan suka ɗauki shahara a matsayin yara
A Sun dogara ga juna Finn Millie Bobby Brown da sauran sun ce sun kafa kumfa don kare kansu Sun fahimci hauka saboda duk suna ciki tare
Kiɗa Sabuwar Rayuwa
Q Menene sunan ƙungiyar Finn Wolfhard
A Shi ne jagoran mawaƙi da mawaƙin guitar na ƙungiyar da ake kira The Aubreys Yana kuma da aikin gefe mai suna Pale Waves
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