Louis McCartney will lead 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' on Broadway

NEW YORK (AP) — Something wicked this way comes: Louis McCartney who starred in the play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” in London will reprise his creepy monster on Broadway.

“It’s such a privilege to be able to tell this story in another part of the world,” McCartney tells The Associated Press. “I’m ecstatic to be able to fly across the pond and be able to do that all over again, but better, in New York.”

Set in Indiana 20 years before the events of the Netflix show's first season, the play focuses on the life of McCartney's Henry Creel as a shy, awkward teen. Fans of the TV show will know the teen becomes the villainous monster Vecna in the fourth season.

“If you haven’t watched ‘Stranger Things,’ then this is a great opportunity for you to have an introduction because it’s a prequel,” he says. “It is it's own standalone story and it's got everything in it that will make you love ‘Stranger Things’ again.”