United Kingdom, Dec. 28 -- Jamie Campbell Bower sought inspiration from cult leaders for his performance in Stranger Things.

The 37-year-old actor admitted Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple who led more than 900 of his followers to mass suicide in 1978, was an "early reference" for his alter ego's latest incantation, Mr. WhatsIt, as seen in the second volume of the final season of the show.

He told Variety: "Jim Jones was an early reference for me.

"He was on the mood board, even with regard to certain things that he's saying when the kids are all in front of him.

"There were points where I thought, 'Do I say the word 'you' or do I use the word 'we'? We're a family now.' That's really grim!

"It totally can remove the idea o...