After a three-year hiatus, Dacre Montgomery is back onscreen with multiple upcoming projects.

The Australian actor explained that following his run as Billy Hargrove on Netflix ‘s Stranger Things from 2017 to 2022, he decided to “take time to step back” and reevaluate his career after he felt it was being “pushed in a commercial direction.”

“I think with Stranger Things — as any big show on Netflix — it’s kind of like you lose your anonymity overnight,” he explained to People . “And it was amazing and overwhelming and a combination of many things, and I felt really lucky and really fortunate to have that opportunity.”

“But I think for me, I grew up really wanting to work with [auteur] directors on arthouse films and really explore how far I can push myself in terms of char

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