{"id":31748,"date":"2022-06-01T07:39:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T07:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/stranger-things-noah-schnapp-weighs-in-on-queer-theories\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T07:39:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T07:39:57","slug":"stranger-things-noah-schnapp-weighs-in-on-queer-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/stranger-things-noah-schnapp-weighs-in-on-queer-theories\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Stranger Things’: Noah Schnapp Weighs in on Queer Theories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noah Schnapp isn’t ready to put a label on Will’s sexuality just yet. “He’s just confused and growing up. And that’s what he it is to be a kid.”<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Is \u201cStranger Things\u201d veering into a possible coming-out story?<\/p>\n

The hit Netflix tween sci-fi series returned for Season 4 last week, and viewers are speculating that fan-favorite Will (Noah Schnapp) may be queer. From Will’s science project on gay mathematician Alan Turing to rebuffing a female classmate’s footsie advances, the character has been at the center of debate.<\/p>\n

While Will’s relationship with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) has never veered toward the romantic, perhaps Will and Mike (Finn Wolfhard) are really the \u201cStranger Things\u201d couple to ship. Or are we totally Upside Down About it?<\/p>\n

Schnapp recently told Variety in an interview alongside co-star Millie Bobby Brown that showrunners the Duffer Brothers \u201cnever really address it or blatantly say how Will is\u201d when it comes to his character’s sexuality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that’s the beauty of it, that it’s just up to the audience’s interpretation, if it’s Will kind of just refusing to grow up and growing up slower than his friends, or if he is really gay,\u201d Schnapp said. “I find that people do reach to put a label on him and just want to know, so badly, like, ‘Oh, and this is it.’ He’s just confused and growing up. And that’s what it is to be a kid. “<\/p>\n

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Schnapp likened Will to a \u201czebra in a field of horses\u201d with his peers. \u201cHe kind of stands out. It’s just nice to see that and have that shown on ‘Stranger Things’ for fans to connect to and be able to relate to. Because so many of our viewers are young kids who are at that stage in their life, \u201dhe said.<\/p>\n

Co-star Brown added that the cast doesn’t \u201chave to label things\u201d when it comes to the characters’ sexualities. \u201cI think what’s really nice about Will’s character is that he’s just a human being going through his own personal demons and issues,\u201d Brown said. \u201cSo many kids out there don’t know, and that’s OK. That’s OK to not know. And that’s OK not to label things. “<\/p>\n

Brown continued, “It’s such an amazing role for Noah to play and to be that role model for kids out there who don’t know what they’re going through growing up.”<\/p>\n

Digital Spy recently asked co-star Wolfhard if Will’s feelings for pal Mike are \u201cshifting towards a more endearing, kind of heartfelt, romantic affection,\u201d to which Wolfhard replied: \u201cYeah. I think you find out slowly through the season, Will’s kind of love towards Mike, and I think it’s a really beautiful thing. “<\/p>\n

Wolfhard noted that \u201cthere’s probably a mutual understanding and an acceptance\u201d from Mike’s side of the friendship.<\/p>\n

Co-star David Harbor previously said that Will is not interested in Eleven but has another crush. \u201cHe’s interested in someone else in the group,\u201d Harbor hinted.<\/p>\n

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