'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink says she hated learning to skateboard for the Netflix show: 'I took a pretty hard fall'

• Sadie Sink said she hated learning to skateboard for "Stranger Things."
• The star had a "pretty hard fall" on her first day trying to skate.

Sadie Sink shot to stardom when she joined the second season of Netflix's "Stranger Things" as Max Mayfield in the hit science-fiction thriller series. It took a little while for the no-nonsense teen to become a full-fledged member of the Hawkins gang, but she's now a key part of the team.

The actor has quickly earned herself a dedicated fan base, and earned plenty of recognition online after the emotional scene in season four that is soundtracked by Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)."

A key part of Max's character has always been that she skateboards her way around Hawkins, and Sink recalled on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Tuesday night that although the producers sent a skateboard to her house the "next day" after she got the role, she hated learning to skate.

Sink said: "I had no idea how to do it. I really didn't like it because the first day I took a pretty hard fall and that just set a bad tone for the entire journey."

The star then explained that she lied to the producers about being able to rollerblade, even though she couldn't do that either.

She said: "No, but I said I had rollerblading experience, which is just a lie. And the two don't go hand-in-hand so I don't know why I thought that would be a good idea."

Sink's lack of experience on wheels didn't hold her back from making the most of her time on the Netflix series, mainly because she thought Max was going to die at some point.

She said: "Everything's up in the air, I thought I was gonna [die] in season four."

Although as fans know, Max survives a brutal attack from Vecna (Jamie Campbell-Bower) because she listened to the Kate Bush track that dominated the charts, and TikTok, over the summer.

Sink said that she knew the song and the scene had struck a chord with fans when it came on on the radio one day.

She said "I think the first time I realized that it was really big was when I was just in an Uber and it started playing on the radio. I was like, 'Oh, I think that has something to do with the show.'"

Hopefully, Max manages to survive season five as well, considering her precarious situation at the end of season four.