Spookiness becomes him

Finn Wolfhard stars in Netflix’s Stranger Things and It remake

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TORONTO — Vancouver actor Finn Wolfhard is only 13 but he’s all about the ’80s these days.

A lead cast member of Netflix’s buzzy retro horror series Stranger Things, he plays one of many townsfolk caught up in supernatural events in Hawkins, Ind., in 1983.

He’s also shooting an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 horror novel It.

“I’m noticing a pattern here: ’80s to ’80s,” Wolfhard says with a laugh. Another pattern in his career? All things creepy. “I’m always interested in horror and the supernatural,” says the young actor, whose other credits include the TV series Supernatural and The 100.

“It’s intriguing to me, when I see a horror script — or something like that — that’s actually original.

“I think that’s why I love Stranger Things, because it’s not just horror, it’s everything, and when they use horror, it’s right.”

Stranger Things stars Winona Ryder as a single mother desperately following otherworldly clues in hopes that she’ll find her missing son.

Wolfhard’s character is a friend of the missing boy who believes a strange young girl with a buzz cut and telekinetic powers, played by Millie Bobby Brown, may have some answers.

Matt and Ross Duffer created, directed and wrote the show.

As Wolfhard awaits word on whether there will be a second season, he’s shooting It in Toronto.

His character is Richie, “the very goofy kind of comic relief that everyone is annoyed with.”

“I haven’t read the book yet,” he says. “The only thing I really know is the script, and I think that’s very cool to get a raw take on it, I guess.”