Charlie Heaton, 31, has starred as Jonathan Byers in Stranger Things in 2016. And while the actor’s life was changed by his nine years on the Netflix sci-fi show, he experienced a seismic shift two years before Stranger Things premiered. Charlie and his former bandmate, Akiko Matsuura, 45, welcomed their son Archie in 2014.
Charlie and Akiko were in a relationship at the time, but broke up after giving birth to Archie. Both of the young parents have kept their son out of the spotlight, but Charlie understands the difficulty of having a child at just 20-years-old.
“Being a young father, you have to grow up very fast,” the actor explained to Wonderland Magazine in an interview published Nov. 25. “You have to also learn ethical priorities, too, and you’ve got to look after somebody.”
Charlie went on: “You want to give them good experiences and a lot of love and the hard part obviously is distance. But that’s part of the sacrifice.”
