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Sophie Turner expertly defends Stranger Things kids following fan criticism

The Game of Thrones star has spoken out in defence of the young actors

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner has defended the Stranger Things kids, following an incident in which Finn Wolfhard was criticised for not stopping for fans outside of a hotel.

Taking to Twitter, Sophie spoke out in defence of the 14-year-old actor and his fellow castmates.

“Damn… seeing fully grown adults wait outside the ‘Stranger Things‘ kids’ hotels etc, and then abuse them when they don’t stop for them is super weird,” she wrote.

“A. What adult in their right mind waits for a CHILD outside their hotel and B is then is offended when the CHILD doesn’t stop.”

“It doesn’t matter if they are an actor…they are kids first. Give them the space they need in order to grow without feeling like they owe anyone anything for living their childhood dreams.

“Oh and ps. Imagine.. you, a parent, walking with your 13 year old son/daughter and seeing a fully grown adult pointing their camera phone at your kid. You would do anything you could to delete that persons photograph, and remove your child from that situation as soon as you could,” she continued.

“It doesn’t matter if that child happens to be an actor and consented to a professional film crew capturing their moves when in character.. That does NOT mean that this child consented to being followed around with a camera in their face. I don’t care if it ‘Comes with the job’. It doesn’t.”

“And how dare you shun and demean that child when they don’t pose for an adult strangers photograph or walk over and talk to them when they take that NOT CONSENTED FOR photo. Doesn’t that go against everything we teach our children anyway? Pshhhh. Some people man.”

Sophie is definitely speaking from experience, as she was just 15 years old when she started filming Game of Thrones.

Shannon Purser, who played Barb on Stranger Things, also spoke out in support of Finn.

“Okay, no. No actor is under any obligation to stop for anyone,” she tweeted. “Finn is an incredibly kind human. But he’s human and he needs breaks too.”

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