Noah Schnapp, who plays Will Byers in Stranger Thing, says his character helped him embrace who he is.
In an interview with GQhe shares, “Seeing how the world receives Will and embraces him has taught me over the years to feel okay about who I am and how I express myself.”
The Netflix series teased Will’s sexuality for a while, which Noah reveals “will come up again in the final season as a major plot point,” noting that he stops himself “short of revealing anything further.”
He also credits the show for helping him embrace his identity, as his character and his own identity converged during the making of the series, which spanned nearly a decade.
The star, who came out as gay in 2023, says the series “not only helped me find my own identity sexually. As a person, it taught me that it’s OK to be me, to be all that I am. And I think that’s what’s so special about our show and what’s so special about Will.”
“It doesn’t resonate with queer people, it resonates with all people who feel different,” he concludes.
Stranger Things season 5 will be released on Netflix on November 26.
