Keery's portrayal of Steve Harrington in "Stranger Things" is his biggest role to date. He's starred in all four seasons from 2016 to 2022. Keery was apparently supposed to die in the show's season one finale, but clearly, that didn't happen. "I figured I was going to get killed, to be honest with you, because I played the douchey sort of boyfriend, which is the first guy to die," Keery told GQ in August 2021.
The Duffers had written Steve to be this flat, stereotypical character, but they ended up finding a new spin through Keery. "Steve was supposed to be this jocky douchebag, and Joe was so much more than that," showrunner Ross Duffer told The Hollywood Reporter back in 2017.
