United Kingdom, March 1 -- Finn Wolfhard was caught up in a real life armed robbery while he was shooting a short film about a convenience store heist.

The 'Stranger Things' star stepped behind the camera to take charge of 'Night Shifts' which tells the story of a convenience store clerk who is robbed at gunpoint and it was filmed in a real store in Vancouver, Canada - and Finn has revealed the cast and crew were confronted by a real life thief while they were working.

During an appearance on the 'Hot Ones' YouTube show, he explained: "The short is about a robbery that happens between a clerk and a robber, and they end up being old friends from high school. And in real life, while we were shooting the robbery scene a guy came in with li...