Reiser is playing a kindhearted former nerd who went to high school with Joyce (Winona Ryder), Astin will appear as a high-ranking member within the Department of Energy, and Berthelsen has a much more enigmatic role as an emotionally damaged woman named Roman.
Nashville vet Will Chase has joined the growing season 2 cast of Netflix’s Stranger Things.
The series, a sleeper hit from last summer, has been slowly rolling out details since landing a renewal shortly after its debut.
As reported by TV Line, Chase has signed on in a “pivotal” recurring role as Neil Mayfield, the father of a family who recently moved to Hawkins, Indiana from California.