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Justin Long<\/strong><\/a> has been having a blast on Goosebumps<\/em> \u2014 but his role as English teacher Nathan Bratt has come with some physical challenges.<\/p>\n

During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly<\/em> ahead of the Friday, November 17, season finale, Long, 45, opened up about filming the scenes where his character is possessed<\/a> by the ghost of teenager Harold Biddle.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The show] gave me a lot of freedom to explore the physicality of jumping back and forth between bodies. And it was the first time that I really felt the consequences \u2014 the physiological effects of it,\u201d Long explained to Us<\/em>. \u201cI started seeing a chiropractor in Vancouver [for] pretty regular adjustments. It kind of did finally take a toll on my body.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor clarified that his extensive filmography also contributed to his health issues, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t think it was this job necessarily. It was just all the other jobs before that I hadn\u2019t been properly stretching and maintaining things. I just wasn\u2019t doing that. I had the arrogance of youth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Goosebumps<\/em>, which premiered in October, follows five teenagers who must work together after accidentally releasing supernatural forces. Halfway through the first season, the main group ended up locked in Harold\u2019s mind, and Mr. Bratt helped them escape.<\/p>\n

Mr. Bratt was eventually able to regain control of his body, but not before Long got to play out the character being thrown against lockers and trying to physically fight his way back. After using his experience as inspiration for a book series, Mr. Bratt made a major mistake by bringing back Slappy the Dummy and resurrecting Kanduu so he would have an ending for his story.<\/p>\n

Long has tried to justify Mr. Bratt\u2019s controversial decision, which wreaked havoc on the fictional town of Port Lawrence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the idea that Harold Biddle \u2014 having occupied [Mr. Bratt] for a while \u2014 may have rubbed off on him a little bit. Just in terms of being a little bit more reactive and in the last episode making a real deal with the devil kind of thing. I wonder if that was influenced by Harold Biddle and Slappy and all that,\u201d Long noted to Us<\/em>. \u201cI just tried to create [an explanation], because sometimes if you\u2019re making these [narrative] swings [and] jumping in and out of bodies, then you have to try to justify them and keep track of the logic.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Long, it was interesting to see Mr. Bratt\u2019s reasoning come down to writer\u2019s block gone awry.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHaving written a few things, that\u2019s always a relatable struggle to not be able to come up with an ending. That was also important, that the stakes [made it] clear that he really wanted this,\u201d he continued. \u201cBeing a well-known writer and having this, it was important to him and to his ego and to his sense of purpose. That was to the point where he would dig up this body and that he would go to those lengths.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the season finale, viewers saw Mr. Bratt clearly shaken by how his decisions almost led to Kanduu killing all the people in town. Mr. Bratt\u2019s problems, however, are far from over, because he\u2019s now seemingly possessed by Kanduu.<\/p>\n

Long, meanwhile, is excited to take on the challenge of playing Mr. Bratt as he is taken over by a much darker force. \u201cIt would be fun to explore a totally different character and wrestle with [being taken over] by a much different character,\u201d the actor said. \u201cIn this case, [Kanduu] is kind of a real tyrant and a very self-centered person. Whereas I think Harold was more just like a confused and lost teenager.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Mr. Bratt\u2019s mistakes, Long is thrilled about where the layered character\u2019s story could go from here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI was glad that they took it in that direction. I was also really advocating the exploration of what happens psychologically after you\u2019ve been possessed,\u201d he added. Once you get your body back \u2014 I was thinking about this a lot \u2014 and there\u2019s a scene in the last episode about somebody struggling with this. How invasive it must feel to not have control of your body and somebody else is in there. I thought it was interesting. It was kind of funny to explore that and I hope it goes in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Although Long didn\u2019t previously read R.L. Stine<\/strong>\u2019s Goosebumps<\/em> books<\/a>, all it took was a glance at the script to make him want to tell Mr. Bratt\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

\u201cHorror in general allows a little bit more freedom to explore and to take some bigger swings with the character. Because this was an adult and then he\u2019s possessed by the spirit of Biddle,\u201d Long told Us<\/em>. \u201cIt was interesting to explore that kind of teen alienation and how easy it was at that age to feel alone and unseen and unheard. Sometimes that can manifest in a really unhealthy way.<\/p>\n

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