WARNING: This article contains spoilers for season 3 ofStranger Things.
It seemsStranger Thingsfans are not going to get a definite answer on Will Byers’ sexuality, at least for the time being.
However, the topic was never again addressed, and Schnapp, 14, believes that fans will have to come to their own conclusion about Will’s sexual orientation.
“It’s really up to interpretation,” Schnapp toldThe Wrapof his character’s sexuality. “While all the characters were out developing and growing up, Will was in the Upside Down and he was alone there, not interacting with or connected to his friends or the rest of the world. And when he got back, he expected everything to just go back to how it was before, how it was when he was normal and when he was a kid and he wanted to go back to the basement and play D&D.”
Noah Schnapp as Will Byers.Netflix
As for Schnapp’s personal opinion on Will’s sexuality? “I kind of just interpret it like he’s not ready to grow up and he doesn’t really want to move on to dating and relationships yet,” he said. “He still wants to be a kid and play in the basement like he did in old times.”
Viewers have been questioning Will’s sexuality since the first season in 2016, when Will’s time in the Upside Down served as the main plot line. Schapp similarly addressed the topic at the time in an Instagram post.
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“For me, Will being gay or not is besides the point,” Schnapp wrote, according toThe Wrap. “‘Stranger Things’ is a show about a bunch of kids who are outsiders and find each other because they have been bullied in some way or are different.”
“Does being sensitive, or a loner, or a teenager who likes photography, or a girl with red hair and big glasses, make you gay?” he added. “I’m only 12 but I do know we all relate to being different.”
Stranger Things 3is currently streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
