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("Rock You Like a Hurricane" plays)

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This is Dacre Montgomery, who's perhaps[br]better known as Billy Hargrove,

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the biggest [bleep]hole in Hawkins, Indiana[br](next to probably the Mind Flayer),

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and a character that fans of the series have,[br]oddly enough, latched onto with a relentless passion,

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as evidenced by articles like this one [br]from The Cut...

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"Everyone Hates This Stranger Things Character,[br]But They Love His Butt."

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- Would you check out that ass?[br]- Just look at it go.

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So, what was Dacre Montgomery doing[br]before everybody lost their minds?

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Well, he was pursuing an acting career since[br]the age of nine in his hometown of Perth

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in Western Australia where he was voted in high school[br]as "Most Likely to Become a Hollywood Celebrity."

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His first acting job was, well, as a bully[br]in the short film 'Bertrand the Terrible'.

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- Sorry we missed your Dad's funeral, Cassie.[br]- We would have loved to have seen it. [br]

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(laughing)

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Some years later, after an appearance in the music video[br]"Old Souls" for the band "Make Them Suffer,"

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and a fun, out-of-control character in the[br]short "Godot's Clinic,"

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he had a brief appearance in the thriller [br]'Better Watch Out',

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and although he's kind of a jerk like Billy,[br]he has a really funny scene

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where he's kind of building himself up in the car[br]getting ready to talk to an ex-girlfriend.

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- Hey. Hey Ash. Hey. Hey.

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- It's good to see you. Yeah. Yeah.

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- Mm mm mm. Yeah, we cool![br][bleep] yeah! Yeah!! Yeah!!!

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Then came 2017, which is definitely Dacre's year.

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in addition to "Stranger Things", he was the red[br]Power Ranger, Jason Scott, in the new 'Power Rangers' movie.

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There's so much to love about Dacre's performance[br]as Billy Hargrove in "Stranger Things".

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One highlight of Billy is how dangerous and [br]unpredictable he is, which Dacre credits

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directly to the Duffer brothers telling him to [br]look at Jack Nicholson's terrifying performance

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in 'The Shining' for reference.

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But later on, we see an unexpected depth to Billy[br]in this scene when his Dad bullies him.

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It gives us an insight as to why Billy is [br]the way he is: he's bullied, so the cycle of abuse continues,

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and Dacre somehow pulls off bringing humanity[br]to this otherwise monstrous character.

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An antagonist that the audience loves, hates, [br]and loves to hate?

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According to the fans, Dacre Montgomery has done his job well.[br]Keep rockin', Billy. Keep rockin'.

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