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Actor Noah Schnapp, who is best-known for playing Will Byers on the Netflix show Stranger Things, has come out as gay. In a video posted to his TikTok account, the actor wrote, "When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was we know."
Referring to his character Will Byers on the hit Netflix series, he added in his caption: "I guess I'm more similar to Will than I thought." In the video, the actor can be seen lip-syncing to an audio clip saying, "You know what it never was? That serious.
It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious
In July, Noah Schnapp addressed his Stranger Things character Will's sexual orientation, in an interview with Variety, in which he confirmed that Will has romantic feelings towards best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard).
"Now that he's gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing. Now it's 100% clear that he is gay and he does love Mike," he told Variety.
Noah Schnapp, best known for starring in Stranger Things, has also featured in a couple of films, including Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies (2015) and he also dubbed for Charlie Brown's character in the animated The Peanuts Movie the same year.
He also featured in Abe, Waiting for Anya and Hubie Halloween. He has also been a part of a few music videos including LA Devotee, See You and In My Feelings.
In a video posted to his TikTok account on Thursday, the 18-year-old actor wrote, “When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was ‘we know'” — over Schnapp lip-syncing to an audio clip from a different TikTok of someone saying, “You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious.”
In July, following the debut of the final two episodes of the fourth season of “Stranger Things,” Schnapp confirmed to Variety for the first time that Will Byers is gay and in love with his best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard).
“It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends?” Schnapp said. “Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing. Now it’s 100% clear that he is gay and he does love Mike.”
Will’s sexuality had been an open question since the first episode of “Stranger Things,” but Schnapp had always deflected questions about the character’s identity, noting instead that the character was still “up to the audience’s interpretation.” In his July interview with Variety, Schnapp said that he wasn’t entirely sure what “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer had in mind for Will, and once he did, he didn’t want to spoil the way the show revealed the character’s journey in Season 4.
