Sadie Sink also acknowledged that her guardedness as a teenager, which she felt self-conscious about at the time, ended up being useful in the long-term. “When I was younger, at first I felt the pressure that in order to be successful, you had to be really good at interviews,” she said. “You had to be memeable and really charismatic…And for whatever reason, I couldn’t do that….I didn’t want to talk about my personal life. I didn’t want to be super open on social media…That was maybe a subconscious protection that I had that I’m very grateful for now because, yeah, I was protecting myself.”
Thankfully, her guardedness with the public hasn’t prevented her from being warm and open in person. As her co-star Gaten Matarazzo told Glamour, “There’s an initial assumption that she might be introverted, and I don’t know if that’s the case because she’s an absolute blast in group settings. It’s so easy to find yourself in a really good conversation. She’s a good friend to have.”
Fellow cast member Maya Hawke agreed, adding, “She takes her time with people and gets to know them. And when you get over that line with Sadie, it’s the warmest, most delightful, funny, goofy, cuddly, supportive, generous, tricky, smart, clever, makes-you-laugh-until-you-cry, curled-up-on-the-carpet-in-front-of-a-fireplace feeling. There’s a real specialness to that because she doesn’t show that part of herself to everybody.” Oh, to be in Sadie’s lucky few!
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Sadie Sink Is Playing the Long Game
There are many sides to Sadie Sink, and she’s gotten really good at keeping most of them private. But now, as Stranger Things comes to a close and the actor is on the verge of new heights of fame, she’s opening up about what comes next.
