Winona Ryder Says Stranger Things Is About The "Pain and Confusion" of Being a Teen

Season four of the hit Netflix series may be full of scares, but according

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Winona Ryder—who plays Joyce Byers—the show's characters

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still remain the heart of the series.

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"It has progressively gotten more frightening," the actress told E! News'

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Daily Pop. "But what I love about it is it does keep that sort of personal heart,

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love, sort of, connection with the kids and the difficulty of being a teenager."

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Noting that adults are quick to write off certain behaviors as kids

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being kids, Ryder said that teens endure "just as much pain and confusion.

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It's like a war for them."

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