Dustin from Stranger Things now has a sweet gig starring in teen driving PSAs
Gaten Matarazzo’s Dustin isn’t the leader of the Stranger Things kids, but he did get a subplot to call his own in the show’s recent second season where he feeds divisive candy bars to a gross little monster. Ever a hustler, Matarazzo has now parlayed that popular gig into a new job with Ocean County in New Jersey making PSAs about encouraging teens to drive safely. As an Associated Press story explains, Matarazzo is a native of Little Egg harbor Township in Ocean County, and the videos—dubbed “Right Turns”—will feature him talking about “distracted driving” and “how to interact with police during traffic stops.” The videos were just recently filmed, so it doesn’t seem like they’ve been publicly released yet, but they’ll at least be shown in high schools at some point.