Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp and Gaten Matarazzo in "Stranger Things" Season 1. Netflix

As the final chapter of “Stranger Things” approaches, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer are looking back.

The Netflix juggernaut premiered back in July of 2016, and at Variety’s Entertainment & Tech Summit in Los Angeles on Thursday, the pair was asked for their thoughts on the fact that the child actors with whom they began this journey are now all adults, some with children themselves .

“It’s wild. It’s a reminder of how long this has been and how lucky we are. Because we’re really– it’s a family who’ve sort of gone through all this together,” Matt Duffer said, joking that he was pleased that none of the young stars were “ruined by this experience.”

“So that was a relief,” he added, dra

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