Hynfucs on Instagram: " Interesting fact: Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers) needed a four-and-a-half-hour meeting. Persuading the Star: Winona Ryder was already an icon of the 80s (the time the film is set) and very famous. To convince this veteran actress to accept the role of Joyce Byers—the strong mother searching for her missing son—the director had to hold a meeting that lasted for a remarkable four and a half hours"