Stranger Issues actor David Harbour had a pleasant trade with a fan lately, as the 2 celebrated a shared love of…Fortnite and Chief Hopper.
Stranger Issues Season 5 begins on November 26, and naturally, the forged is out and about on the press tour. Harbour wasn’t round for the tour as a consequence of scheduling conflicts with the true crime thriller Evil Genius, according to Deadline. Nevertheless, he was current in the course of the sci-fi present’s Season 5 premiere in Los Angeles. Whereas autographing on the crimson carpet, a fan yelled on the New York actor that they “fundamental [his] Fortnite pores and skin.”
“[Do] you get a grand grasp?” Harbour asks of the fan in a post by X person dkhsfeet. “What’s it known as?”
“100%,” the fan replies. “Victory royale!”
“Victory royale!” Harbour exclaims, the group round him erupting in cheers, the cacophony of “Yeah!” flooding the audio system.
The fan is referring to the Chief Hopper skin, which relies on David Harbour’s Stranger Issues character, police chief James “Jim” Hopper Jr. The pores and skin was first launched in July 2019 as a part of Fortnite’s Stranger Issues collab in the course of the battle royale shooter’s ninth season. Costing 1,500 V-Bucks, Chief Hopper made a couple of extra appearances in Fortnite, although the final time it was within the merchandise store was August 2025.
Harbour has been within the headlines these days. A Daily Mail report from November 1 stated {that a} supply claimed Stranger Issues costar Millie Bobby Brown filed a “harassment and bullying” declare in opposition to Harbour. Netflix reportedly investigated the claims “for months,” which didn’t embody allegations of sexual impropriety. Nonetheless, Brown was accompanied by a private consultant whereas on set for the ultimate season, which wrapped up filming in December, and Netflix declined to touch upon the claims in The Every day Mail’s report.
In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, show creators The Duffer Brothers responded to the claims, saying that everybody on the crew is “household.” Director and government producer Shawn Levy echoed The Duffer Brothers’ sentiment, telling THR the crew is “proud” to have created “a respectful office.” Brown type of addressed the claims as effectively after she and Harbour have been seen in the course of the present’s Season 5 premiere posing for photographs, telling Extra that it has been “wonderful” to reconnect with Harbour and co.
In different Fortnite information, Epic Video games’ standard shooter has seen a plethora of collabs these days. KPop Demon Hunters’ Huntr/x joined the pores and skin division, with jam tracks seeking to enter the vault as effectively. And now, Fox’s The Simpsons have taken over Fortnite Island, with Ned Flanders being significantly lethal with a gun.