![]() ![]() I remember when I was doing the scene, I was bawling, like, going all out the whole day. We started in the morning and went straight through, past lunch, for hours and hours. The conversation that Will and Mike have in the van, where Will is essentially telling Mike how he feels about him, but through the prism of Eleven - that was so heartbreaking. I think that’s why so many people come up to me and tell me that they love Will and they resonate with him so much, because it’s such a real character. Will has never really found anywhere to fit in. All his friends, they all have girlfriends and they all fit into their different clubs. I think for Season 4, it was just me playing this character who loves his best friend but struggles with knowing if he’ll be accepted or not, and feeling like a mistake and like he doesn’t belong. Even in Season 1, they hinted at that and slowly, slowly grew that storyline. They’ve been intentionally pulling that out over the past few seasons. I mean, it’s pretty clear this season that Will has feelings for Mike. What did you understand about what that personal journey would look like, what Will was going to be contending with? I had to explore him navigating his personal identity issues and struggling with growing up and assimilating into high school. ![]() I was used to acting him with the Mind Flayer, the supernatural aspects and the darker, kind of non-personal stuff. This was kind of a different season for him. What was your understanding of Will’s arc for Season 4 when you started filming? He also talked about the standout scene from the season finale that wasn’t in the original script, why he launched a vegan hazelnut spread, and, yes, the social media storm around his TikTok post (since deleted) of DMs from Doja Cat about Schnapp’s “Stranger Things” costar Joseph Quinn. In a follow-up interview this week following the conclusion of Season 4, however, the 17-year-old actor is clear that he felt compelled to dodge the question to avoid spoiling Will’s emotionally nuanced journey in the final two episodes of the season, as crafted by creators and executive producers Matt and Ross Duffer. When Variety asked Schnapp and his costar Millie Bobby Brown about it in May for Volume 1 of Season 4, however, Schnapp said instead that Will’s sexuality was “up to the audience’s interpretation.” From the start, it seemed clear that Will is gay and terrified of coming out.
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