When the Duffer Brothers recruited Winona Ryder to play Joyce Byers in Stranger Things, the actor had one stipulation about taking the role.
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Winona Ryder Agreed To Join Stranger Things Under One Condition
Before Netflix's "Stranger Things" became a pop culture juggernaut, the show's casting director came to showrunners The Duffer Brothers with a pitch: What if Joyce Byers was played by Winona Ryder? Ryder, who admitted she didn't even know what "streaming" was when she was approached about the role in 2015, was simultaneously intrigued and terrified by the prospect, and she decided to take the part — but she made it clear there was one stipulation that was non-negotiable for her.
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