Finn Wolfhard opens up to PEOPLE in an exclusive interview about why he is currently living with family in Vancouver, Canada — even amid the success he has found as an actor through 'Stranger Things' and other film and television projects.

Of course, as with Brown, Stranger Things isn’t the only iron Wolfhard has had in the fire. The actor also starred in the

“I felt like I was in a dream or something. None of it felt real. I don’t know, it felt perfect,” added Wolfhard. Now 22, Wolfhard was 13 when he began playing Mike on Stranger Things, which debuted in 2016. He’s since grown up onscreen with co-stars Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Sadie Sink.