Matarazzo will host and produce a hidden-camera show that targets people looking for work
Gaten Matarazzo has been announced as the host of a new Netflix prank show that tricks people into thinking they’re starting a new job.
Prank Encounters, which is set to launch later this year, will see the Stranger Things teen star host what the streaming service calls a “terrifying and hilarious prank show”.
Matarazzo, who stars as Dustin in Stranger Things, will appear in the series and also act as an executive producer on the eight-episode show.
‘Stranger Things’ stars Millie Bobby Brown and Gaten Matarazzo
A Netflix representative told indy100.com: “Each episode of this terrifying and hilarious prank show takes two complete strangers who each think they’re starting their first day at a new job.
“It’s business as usual until their paths collide and these part-time jobs turn into full-time nightmares.”
But the show’s premise has been heavily criticised online. Numerous people have taken to social media to slam the show before it’s even reached screens, labelling it “nasty” and capable of “creating real harm”.
Gaten, you seem like a cool kid, but please don’t. As someone who is currently unemployed, this just comes across as unnecessarily cruel.
— ❤????? (@khaleesi_britt) June 15, 2019
One user wrote: “As someone who is currently unemployed, this just comes across as “unnecessarily cruel”.
See some of the reactions to the announcement of the new show below:
Please don’t do this. Please be better than this. It’s creating real harm.
— Luis is always sleepy (@luisperezart) June 15, 2019
Way cool! ? This will be a great companion piece to my new Netflix show where I fuck with people seeking medical care. Wait til you see the looks on their desperate, American faces when they find out I’m not a doctor! ?
— ☮️(((Michael Welch)))? (@MichaelWelchAct) June 15, 2019
Please don’t do this. Please be better than this. It’s creating real harm.
— Luis is always sleepy (@luisperezart) June 15, 2019
a prank show that preys on unemployed people honestly feels like the most 2019 shit imaginable
— priscilla page (@BBW_BFF) June 14, 2019
