Stranger Things’ Jamie Campbell Bower Addresses Vecna’s Shocking Transformation

There’s something upside down about Vecna’s new look.

Stranger Things’ menacing villain played by Jamie Campbell Bower made his return during the first volume of the Netflix show’s fifth and final season, and had fans asking what waist?  

Amid all the chatter surrounding the new look, Jamie is sharing his secrets. 

After a fan on X wrote, “I wonder, why does Vecna look so different? The branches on his shoulder? Slimmer waist.” Jamie quipped back in the replies, “Zumba.” 

After being burned and beaten by Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) at the end of season four, Venca—formally Henry Creel—returned to terrify the residents of Hawkins, Indiana, with noticeably longer vines on his shoulders, and head, with remnants of his injuries from the previous season. And while he appeared broad everywhere else, he is noticeably smaller than when he was first introduced last season. 

For the 37-year-old, Vecna’s transformation—which comes after an eight-hour makeup and prosthetics process—is the perfect representation of his reign of terror.