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Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp came out as gay on social media Thursday afternoon.
The 18-year-old actor shared the news in a TikTok clip where he was wearing a gray hoodie while lying on a white pillow.
“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,'” he wrote about the video.
He also said in the video: ‘I guess I’m more like Will Byers than I thought!’
His news: Noah Schnapp from Stranger Things has come out as gay on social media. On Thursday, the actor shared the news in a TikTok clip of him wearing a hoodie while lying on a pillow. seen in december
His note: “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,'” he wrote about the video.
In the video, he’s voicing a woman saying, “You know, it’s never been this serious, it’s never been this serious, frankly, we’re never going to be this serious.”
His real life seems to be mimicking his reel life.
In July, Noah confirmed that his Stranger Things character Will Byers is gay and in love with his best friend Mike Wheeler, admitting that he had previously been careful when discussing the subject to avoid spoilers.
In a recent interview, the actor spoke about growing alongside his on-screen character and the importance of the “slow arc” of his sexuality.
speaking to Variety, the rising star said: ‘Obviously it was hinted at in season 1 – he was always there but you never really knew, is it just that he grows up slower than his friends? Now that he has aged, they made it very real and obvious.
It is now 100% clear that he is gay and loves Mike. But before, it was a slow arc.
Casual: The 18-year-old actor shared the news in a TikTok clip where he was wearing a hoodie while lying on a pillow.
Before the news: Back in July, Noah confirmed that his Stranger Things character Will Byers is gay and in love with his best friend Mike Wheeler, admitting that he had been careful when talking about it before to avoid spoilers.
Noah explained that not having Will “suddenly be gay” was done “beautifully”, adding that it was important to see the performance of the beat matter to viewers who saw his past reflected in his character.
“They’re writing this real character and this real journey and real struggle and they’re doing it very well,” he said.
Noah also told the outlet that he felt it would be a spoiler to confirm Will’s journey in discovering his sexuality.
The cast of their hit show: From left to right, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Schnapp as Will Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, and Eduardo Franco as Argyle on Stranger Things.
Familiar faces: Cara Buono, Maya Hawke, Winona Ryder, Campbell Bower, Millie Bobby Brown, Matthew Modine, Caleb McLaughlin, Brett Gelman, Finn Wolfhard, Eduardo Franco, Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Joseph Quinn, Gaten Matarazzo, Charlie Heaton, Priah Ferguson, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer and Joe Keery in May
‘I think it has been difficult. Years ago in Season 1, I didn’t know where the Duffers were going with this character. So I was figuring it out together with the audience,” she said. “But now that I’ve talked to them and seen the show, I know what they want to do with it.”
Noah added that Will’s “multifaceted trauma” has been a challenge in his growth as an actor, because the role he plays is affected by so many different things.
He said Variety:’…I really have to keep in mind, like, this isn’t just a one-layer thing he’s struggling to get out of… he was captured by the Demogorgon and then by his friends, they never recognized him, and now he is afraid to go out and does not know if they will accept him.’
Schnapp recently started his freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania.
With a friend: The star seen with Mayan Lopez at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on Dec. 6