Winona Ryder has spoken out about an unnerving experience in which a stalker repeatedly appeared as an extra on her films.

The Stranger Things star is on the cover of New York Magazine and during the interview, talk got round to stalkers – something the journalist says Winona 'takes in her stride'.

"Yeah. I did. I had a few [stalkers]," she said. "One was really nice. He kept showing up as an extra on movies, and you don't know. You have to be careful.

"So I told the director, because he was kinda creepy."

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Winona went on to confess that the stalker later transferred his affections to Alyssa Milano.

"I got this letter in my trailer the next day that was like, 'I was just trying to get work as an extra! Just so you know, I'm not even obsessed with you anymore, I'm obsessed with Alyssa Milano now!'" she said.

"So he kind of left me for Alyssa Milano."

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Winona recently starred in the hyped (and excellent) Netflix series Stranger Things.

Luckily we might not have too long to wait before a second series, as the writers have already been having talks about the follow-up.

preview for Winona Ryder stars in Stranger Things' first trailer