It seems that actors also enjoy imagining "what if" their favorite works and series were like this. Gaten Matarazzo, who plays Dustin Henderson in "Stranger Things: The Undiscovered World," is also thinking about "what if Stranger Things were like this." Gaten voices the main character Sig Greebling in the new animation "LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy," which depicts a "what if" situation in the world of Star Wars where the light side and the dark side are reversed. In an interview with Cinemablend, he talked about the idea of "What if different characters had different abilities?"
"It would be interesting to see a world of "what if." I'd like to think about what would happen if other characters we know had powers, what they would do with their powers, and what kind of powers they would have. Of course, we know that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) has supernatural powers, and in season 2, Eleven's sister and the laboratory appeared. She could manipulate people's minds and make them see things that weren't there. I wonder what other abilities and characters there are. Maybe it will have an atmosphere like "X-Men."
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has an animated series called "What If...?" that depicts the "what if" stories of MCU heroes, and the collaboration between heroes that was not possible in the official story has been realized, and the developments that fans have imagined have been reproduced in the anime. Gaten also expanded his imagination of "what if...?" for Dustin, the character he plays, and spoke with a sense of fun.
"What will Dustin's powers be... He's smarter than me. He's very talented at school... Maybe he's in a state of heightened superintelligence or superprocessing. Do you remember Bradley Cooper in 'Limitless' (2011)? It's something like that. Who knows what will happen there?"
'Limitless' is a suspense mystery in which Cooper plays a novelist who can activate his brain 100% with smart drugs and faces a terrible fate. It's scary to see the clever but lovable character Dustin trying to push his limits, but it's still fun to imagine. Speaking of 'Stranger Things', it's a series that has a strong fan base. Like Gaten, there are probably many fans who are already imagining "What if...?"