NSP: Dacre Montgomery (2nd Draft)

("Rock You Like a Hurricane" plays)

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

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

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

as evidenced by articles like this one
from The Cut...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(laughing)

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

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

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

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

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

- Hey. Hey Ash. Hey. Hey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

in 'The Shining' for reference.

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

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

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

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

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

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