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Finn Wolfhard on casts, cursing and those heavy '80s bikes

The two hottest horror commodities right now have two things in common: a band of kids in distress and Finn Wolfhard.

In Netflix's "Stranger Things," Wolfhard broke out as Mike Wheeler, dungeon master and leader of the bike-pedaling gang seeking to solve the mystery of their missing friend. More recently, he was the profanity-punctuated comic relief Richie in Warner Bros.' hit horror film "It."

In the world of nostalgia-baiting entertainment, Wolfhard is the king of the scabby-kneed army.

Just after school, we chatted with the 14-year-old Wolfhard to get intel on the new season of "Stranger Things" (set to air Oct. 27), working on "It' and reviving yet another 1980s classic - Wolfhard is currently lending his voice as the "player" on the TV resurrection

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