Eleven's replacement? Stranger Things adds Sadie Sink and Dacre Montgomery to the cast

Directing duo Ross & Matt Duffer have added two more castmembers to the talented ensemble of their Netflix hit Stranger Things.

According to THR, Dacre Montgomery and Sadie Sink will officially be series regulars in the nine-episode second season premiering next year.

The 14-year-old redhead tweeted Friday that she was 'so happy and thrilled' to play a skateboarding tomboy tween called Max.

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Stranger squad: Directing duo Ross & Matt Duffer (T-L) have added two more castmembers to the talented ensemble of their Netflix hit Stranger Things

Stranger squad: Directing duo Ross & Matt Duffer (T-L) have added two more castmembers to the talented ensemble of their Netflix hit Stranger Things

Welcome to Hawkins! According to THR, Dacre Montgomery (L) and Sadie Sink (R) will officially be series regulars in the nine-episode second season premiering next year
Welcome to Hawkins! According to THR, Dacre Montgomery (L) and Sadie Sink (R) will officially be series regulars in the nine-episode second season premiering next year

Welcome to Hawkins! According to THR, Dacre Montgomery (L) and Sadie Sink (R) will officially be series regulars in the nine-episode second season premiering next year

Outraged fans worried that Sadie's 'suspicious, complicated' character would be replacing last season's psychokinetic sensation Jane 'Eleven' Ives (Millie Bobby Brown).

Finn Wolfhard - who plays protagonist Mike Wheeler - quickly came to the American Odyssey starlet's defense on social media.

'Calm down. None of you know what's going to happen. I guarantee that you will all love it,' the Canadian 13-year-old captioned his Instagram Friday.

'UPDATE 2: Okay, to comment on the show is one thing. To be personal is another. To BULLY. I see you all. "GROSS"! I love you all, but I'm so disappointed.'  

'Thanks for all of the love!' The 14-year-old redhead tweeted Friday that she was 'so happy and thrilled' to play a skateboarding tomboy tween called Max

'Thanks for all of the love!' The 14-year-old redhead tweeted Friday that she was 'so happy and thrilled' to play a skateboarding tomboy tween called Max

Outraged: Some fans worried that Sadie's 'suspicious, complicated' character would be replacing last season's psychokinetic sensation Jane 'Eleven' Ives (Millie Bobby Brown, R)

Outraged: Some fans worried that Sadie's 'suspicious, complicated' character would be replacing last season's psychokinetic sensation Jane 'Eleven' Ives (Millie Bobby Brown, R)

'I'm so disappointed': Finn Wolfhard - who plays protagonist Mike Wheeler - quickly came to the American Odyssey starlet's defense on social media

'I'm so disappointed': Finn Wolfhard - who plays protagonist Mike Wheeler - quickly came to the American Odyssey starlet's defense on social media

American Odyssey alum: Like her new castmates Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin, Sink is a seasoned Broadway thespian having appeared in Annie and The Audience

American Odyssey alum: Like her new castmates Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin, Sink is a seasoned Broadway thespian having appeared in Annie and The Audience

Like her new castmates Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin, Sink is a seasoned Broadway thespian having appeared in Annie and The Audience.

Meanwhile, Dacre - starring in next year's Power Rangers reboot - will play Max's charismatic, Camero-driving stepbrother Billy.

The Australian 21-year-old's badboy will reportedly attempt to 'steal' Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) away from her boyfriend Steve Harrington (Joe Keery). 

The high-haired 24-year-old has been promoted to series regular in the binge-watching favorite's second season. 

Jacked: The Australian 21-year-old - starring in next year's Power Rangers reboot - plays Max's charismatic, Camero-driving stepbrother Billy, who's a 'girlfriend stealer'

Jacked: Meanwhile, Dacre - starring in next year's Power Rangers reboot - will play Max's charismatic, Camero-driving stepbrother Billy

Love triangle? The Australian 21-year-old's badboy will reportedly attempt to 'steal' Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer, R) away from her boyfriend Steve Harrington (Joe Keery, L)

Love triangle? The Australian 21-year-old's badboy will reportedly attempt to 'steal' Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer, R) away from her boyfriend Steve Harrington (Joe Keery, L)

'Miss Evelyn in charge of making all my hair stand up': The high-haired 24-year-old has been promoted to series regular in the binge-watching favorite's second season

'Miss Evelyn in charge of making all my hair stand up': The high-haired 24-year-old has been promoted to series regular in the binge-watching favorite's second season

Also boosted into the series regular stratosphere was Noah Schnapp, whose formerly missing character Will Byers isn't the same since returning from The Upside Down.

Other spoilers from the next chapter - set a year later in fall 1984 - were revealed by David Harbour and 12-year-old Millie at New York Comic Con on October 7.

'I'm not saying anything [about whether Eleven is in season two], but it's going to be amazing!' the Spanish-born Brit teased at Jacob Javits Center.

Slug in the sink: Also boosted into the series regular stratosphere was Noah Schnapp, whose formerly missing character Will Byers isn't the same since returning from The Upside Down

Slug in the sink: Also boosted into the series regular stratosphere was Noah Schnapp, whose formerly missing character Will Byers isn't the same since returning from The Upside Down

'It's going to be amazing!' Other spoilers from the next chapter - set a year later in fall 1984 - were revealed by David Harbour (L) and 12-year-old Millie (R) at New York Comic Con on October 7

'It's going to be amazing!' Other spoilers from the next chapter - set a year later in fall 1984 - were revealed by David Harbour (L) and 12-year-old Millie (R) at New York Comic Con on October 7

'Wait 'til you see how I behave': 41-year-old David hinted that his character Chief Jim Hopper might be a changed man after making a deal with the Hawkins Laboratory

'Wait 'til you see how I behave': 41-year-old David hinted that his character Chief Jim Hopper might be a changed man after making a deal with the Hawkins Laboratory

'It's going to be incredible!'

And 41-year-old David hinted that his character Chief Jim Hopper might be a changed man after making a deal with the Hawkins Laboratory.

'You think you're confused now. Wait 'til you see how I behave in season 2,' the Suicide Squad star tweeted on Thursday.

Madmax, The Boy Who Came Back to Life, The Secret Cabin, and The Brain are just some of the mysterious episode titles for the sequel to Stranger Things.

'Madmax': According to TV Line, directing duo Ross & Matt Duffer will be introducing three new characters including a skateboarding tomboy tween called Max

Streaming next year! Madmax, The Boy Who Came Back to Life, The Secret Cabin, and The Brain are just some of the mysterious episode titles for the sequel to Stranger Things 

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