The actor doesn’t want to be pigeon-holed as Sheriff Hopper for the rest of his life.
David Harbouris wary of getting stuck in the upside down.
I love this show.

David Harbour on ‘Stranger Things’.Courtesy of Netflix
I love the character,'" he toldInsiderin an interview.
“And I do love the show.
And I do love the character.

David Harbour.Santiago Felipe/Getty
But I don’t want to bejustthat character.
I don’t want to bejustthat guy.”
A whole new world opened up for me with that," Harbour said.
“I like this playing field.
I want to make original movies that go to the movie theaters.”
“I think aboutGeorge ClooneyleavingER,” he said.
“Now we just see him as George Clooney.
But there was a time when it was, ‘The guy fromERis doing a movie withNicole Kidman.'”
“I’m trying to navigate some of that,” he continued.
But at the same time, you kind of want to leave the nest.
I got more in me.
I got different stuff in me, and I want you guys to see that.