‘Stranger Things’ Star Shannon Purser Resurrects Barb In New Ad For McCain Foods: Watch

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Barb is back! Yes — the Barb who was the archetypal unfortunate of the Upside Down in Season 1 of Stranger Things; the Barb whose decease was not good received by fans, prompting them to commencement a #bringbackbarb trend; the Barb who is the bestie of Nancy Wheeler — is back. Although she has not returned to Hawkins per se, Barb has made a comeback successful an advertisement for McCain, the largest shaper of frozen French fries, successful grant of National French Fry Day.

McCain plucked Barb, played by actress Shannon Purser, from the Upside Down to beforehand its caller inaugural to utilize regenerative agriculture connected each of its murphy farms by the twelvemonth 2030 successful bid to sphere steadfast ungraded for generations of radical — and potatoes — to come. The ad, released connected Thursday, July 13 (seen above), begins with Barb driving a tractor done a field. Speaking to the camera with stereotypical 1980s beats playing successful the background, she says, “Sometimes erstwhile things spell away, they ne'er travel back, similar me.” The hashtag “bringbackbarb” appears, followed by scenes of Barb riding the tractor done acres of potatoes. A voiceover by the prima begins, explaining wherefore it’s important to support Earth’s soils steadfast and productive.

“Together, we tin bring backmost thing — adjacent me,” Barb adds, present lasting with a instrumentality of McCain French fries. However, the commercialized ends connected an unsettling note: A achromatic wide flashes crossed the screen, resembling the Demogorgon that snatched Barb successful Stranger Things. Uh-oh!

Shannon Purser arsenic Barb successful ‘Stranger Things’ (Photo: Curtis Baker / ©Netflix / Courtesy: Everett Collection)

“McCain heard you wanted to #Bringbackbarb, truthful I’m backmost to archer you thing important!” Shannon, 26, wrote successful the caption of the ad she shared connected her Instagram page. Fans went chaotic with excitement successful the remark conception aft getting 1 much glimpse of Barb. “YO ON NATIONAL FRENCH FRIES DAY! LET’S GO! BRING BACK BARB,” 1 instrumentality seemingly screamed from down their machine screen. “this is the benignant of advertizing we privation to see,” different instrumentality wrote. A 3rd added, “This is the justness for barb we needed … redeeming the connection from the upsidedown!” Others, however, took a infinitesimal to judge the Duffer Brothers for giving Barb specified an unceremonious exit from the show.

Stranger Things debuted successful 2016 and instantly became a deed — and grounds breaker — for Netflix. But sadly, each bully things indispensable travel to an end. The show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, announced its upcoming 5th season volition beryllium its last. The last play of Stranger Things is expected to debut successful 2025.

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