Casting Terminator star Linda Hamilton guarantees your project will evoke the sci-fi legacy she carries with her—not to mention an undeniable amount of ass-kicking cool. We’ve seen it recently in more comedic realms, including Resident Alien and Solar Opposites , but her appearance in Stranger Things is especially exciting, tapping into those retro genre vibes much like the show did when it cast Aliens star Paul Reiser .

So far, we haven’t known much about who Hamilton will be playing in Stranger Things season five, but a new article in Empire has lifted the lid just a bit. While Reiser’s Dr. Owens ended up helping the Hawkins kids, despite his potentially sticky ties to the sinister Hawkins Lab, it sounds like Hamilton’s Dr. Kay is going to be purely antagonistic.

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