Vecna hadn’t even recovered from the nightmare of Stranger Things when Jamie Campbell Bower was already preparing to “ignite” an even larger sci-fi universe. Behind-the-scenes sources revealed he was being considered for a billion-dollar franchise that Hollywood was keeping secret until the last minute. If the deal went through, his image as a horror villain would be erased, replaced by a role of global symbolic weight. Fans were shocked to realize this wasn’t just a step forward, but a spectacular career turnaround. And this time, Jamie wasn’t stepping out of the shadows—he was heading straight into the heart of modern science fiction.
From the moment Henry Creel emerged as the human origin of Vecna, Jamie Campbell Bower has had the responsibility of carrying some of the most psychologically complex and dense material…