I also had an amazing partner who’s my best friend, Billy, and yeah, we had each other's back. And that's the reason why I'm still acting, is because I just love it so much. Still to this day sort of… I mean, obviously, my relationship with acting has changed over the years as I've gotten older and stuff, but when I was younger, for me, the good stuff was learning about filmmaking and being with crew, and hanging out with your friends and making something, and that's still the thing that I like to do. I'd stay after whatever thing I was working on as a young actor, I'd just stay on the set whenever I was done. And so it was kind of accidental, but I knew all along that I really wanted to make a film, and wanted to be a filmmaker.

Then figuring out that I could act, and also put myself into that and then be able to go on to set and be learning about filmmaking through being at set, it was sort of like the perfect film school. I remember as a kid, I wanted to be involved in moviemaking, and it was a true outlet for me, making monster makeup and watching zombie stuff, watching behind-the-scenes of movies, and just being into films so much. I mean, I feel like I've sort of been training to make a film since I was very little because I've just been obsessed with filmmaking. It informs me to sort of take a deep breath and be able to just have fun with myself and my friends, and just play some really fun stuff. But then obviously, there's games that just make you wanna play with friends and stuff, and it just makes me happy, so it makes me want to keep doing creative stuff. There's obviously incredibly beautiful cinematic games, like The Last of Us or Journey, or one of those games. I mean, there's different games that inspire me. I'm just playing and it kind of makes me feel a little more present, and a little more inspired. Well, my mind sort of moves pretty fast all the time, and I'm very much in my own head all the time, and I feel like when I play video games, I'm not in my head at all.

How would you say that gaming inspires your creativity as an actor in the other things you do?

Since you've been such a PlayStation fan since the early models of the system, what do you love most about gaming on the PS5, and how it has evolved in your lifetime?Īs an actor, you're in a creative headspace very frequently, and gaming sort of allows you to play a character but in a completely different medium. So when I got this opportunity I kind of couldn't pass it up because it sort of felt totally right, and like a full-circle kind of moment. My uncle, who lived with us, had a PS1 and a PS2, and the first games I ever played were on the PlayStation. During our conversation, Wolfhard also spoke about his love for filmmaking, the plot of his directorial debut and what he learned while making the movie, what he's most excited about regarding the final season of Stranger Things, and the new music he has coming out this summer with his band The Aubreys.ĬOLLIDER: So why did you decide to join PlayStation Playmakers?įINN WOLFHARD: Well, Playstation has been my favorite gaming system and company since before I could remember. Recently, I sat down with Wolfhard to discuss his new role at PlayStation, his favorite games to play at home and on set, how gaming helps him unwind from his busy schedule, and his dream role in a video game adaptation.

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