Eric Edelstein is receiving a new wave of attention for his role as Hank Williams, the menacing security guard in Netflix's sci-fi mystery series The Boroughs. Some viewers mixed him up with The Stranger Things actor David Harbour.
Edelstein, 49, has worked in comedy and genre projects for years before joining The Boroughs, with notable roles in We Bare Bears, Jurassic World, and Green Room.
In the show, Hank is the head of security at a retirement community in the New Mexico desert. Co-creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews wanted Hank to feel like a very real-world kind of authority figure.
Fans on Reddit's r/StrangerThings noticed a resemblance to David Harbour's Sheriff Jim Hopper, with one user commenting, 'Am I the only one that thinks Hank from The Boroughs looks like a knockoff Jim Hopper?'
Edelstein himself leaned into the mix-up with a lighthearted post on Instagram, captioned, 'Happy Boroughs Day, friends. Give it a watch on @netflix for Ole Hank and the gang.'
