Stranger Things star coming to Ireland for one day only
Vecna star Jamie Campbell Bower will be attending the Saturday of the popular fan event which will be taking over the Convention Centre this August for its second show of the year.
Jamie joined the hit Netflix show in season four as Henry Creel, a worker in the lab where Eleven and other children were being experimented on, and it was later revealed that he was test subject 001, and after an encounter with our heroine, became the creature we now know as Vecna. Jamie Campbell Bower and Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things 4 Pic: Netflix
The 36-year-old already had a slew of credits to his name before joining the series, including The Mortal Instruments, The Twilight Saga, the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchises, and Sweeney Todd.
Fans will be able to get photos and autographs from the actor on the Saturday of the convention, with prices listed on the Dublin Comic Con website, but he will not be partaking in a Q&A panel.
Jamie joins the lineup that includes Lilo and Stitch star Tia Carrere, The Shawshank Redemption's Mark Rolston, The Walking Dead's Ross Marquand, Star Trek icon John de Lancie, Sons of Anarchy's Theo Rossi, Power Rangers stars Tracy Lynn Cruz and Alyson Kiperman Sullivan, Hitman's David Bateson and Jane Perry, Rogue the Bat voice actor Karen Strassman, and the Kingpin himself, Daredevil star Vincent D'Onofrio. Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna in Stranger Things Pic: Netflix
In the meantime, Jamie will be joining another franchise as he was announced among the new cast members of the hit Prime Video series The Rings of Power.
While his role is being kept under wraps for now, considering he said he'd be steering away from villainous roles after playing Vecna, we can assume his Rings of Power character won't be as dastardly.
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