'Stranger Things' star Jamie Campbell Bower says the Vecna costume had a crotch 'flap' someone had to help him with so he could pee
- Jamie Campbell Bower wore a costume and prosthetics to transform into Vecna in "Stranger Things."
- The actor said that his suit had a "flap" that went over his crotch.
Jamie Campbell Bower revealed that his Vecna suit had a "flap" in order for him to use the bathroom during shooting for "Stranger Things," but he needed some help maneuvering it.
Bower played the villain in the new season of "Stranger Things," both in his human form and in his more decrepit, villainous form after Eleven banished him to the Upside Down. The transformation into post-banishment Vecna involved a full suit costume, and considerable prosthetics — raising the question of how he was able to use the bathroom while filming.
"The bottom half of the suit sort of waist-down, they're like a pair of trousers that I have to slip on," Bower explained in an interview on SiriusXM's Octane on June 30. "Everything else is glued, but the bottom half are trousers. I have a flap that — this fucking flap — that goes from the chest underneath my buttcrack."
Bower explained that "poor" prosthetic makeup artist Duncan Jarman, who helped fit the suit onto Bower every day of filming, needed to be "down there" to secure it. Jarman himself reposted the clip of Bower on SiriusXM Octane, saying that "sometime you have to get close up and personal with your actors."
Bower said that he then needed further assistance in order to actually be able to use the bathroom.
"I have to wear these, you know, I've got this big hand as well, these huge fingers, and on the other side I've got nails that are glued on, so I can't touch anything without everything fucking falling apart," Bower continued.
Another crew member named Tyler — "Shout out Tyler, if you're listening," Bower said — stood outside the bathroom door to prevent anyone else from coming in while Bower was "hovering over the urinal."
Bower's costume, which took over seven hours to apply, provoked some strong reactions on the "Stranger Things" set. The actor told Variety that Millie Bobby Brown cried the first time that she saw him on set. Conversely, Sadie Sink told Vulture said that she started to "laugh uncontrollably" after seeing him in costume the first time.