As it turns out, Eduardo Franco's favorite "Stranger Things" moment is actually the Byers family dinner scene in Season 4, Episode 3. It's an uncomfortable sequence, with Joyce (Winona Ryder) and Murray (Brett Gelman) lying about their wild Alaska plan, Mike (Finn Wolfhard) taking passive aggressive shots at Eleven, and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) and Argyle just sitting there, very obviously stoned out of their minds.
Franco explained to The New York Times why he loves the scene. "It was so fun sitting there, marinating in the awkwardness," Franco said. "When it was time for me and Charlie to do our lines, sometimes we would stall while everyone was waiting for us, and we'd be sitting there just eating slowly. It was hilarious, and it was awesome to be able to get Brett and Winona to laugh."
Ironically, Franco wouldn't have filmed the scene if his "Stranger Things" entrance went as originally planned. The actor's initial audition was actually for Eddie Munson (ultimately portrayed by Joseph Quinn), which would have instead seen him battling Vecna with the Hawkins-based cast (via Teen Vogue). Still, the actor seems happy with how things turned out. "I loved that I could hopefully bring a breath of fresh air to the chaos that ensues in the show," Franco said in the interview. "It tends to get crazy, and I was hoping I could serve as 'let's laugh it off now, because I've been tense for the last 45 minutes.'"
