Noah Schnapp has returned to the topic of coming out, this time speaking openly about it. Will be an actor from the series Netflix very strange things revealed diversity that there is a strong connection between the character he played and himself. Apparently, it was the last season of the series that prompted him to take the stage. tik takin front of your subscribers.
He did it with a smile and at the beginning of the year, without delving too deeply and with a disarming ease for anyone who might condemn him.
Noah posted the following phrase in the video:
“When I finally told my friends and family that I was gay after being afraid to come out for 18 years and all they said was ‘we know’.”
Noah Schnapp on coming out, fans react after comments
It seems that the eighteen-year-old actor, one of the main characters in Stranger Things, Noah Schnapp, continued to postpone the publication of the video he shot on his smartphone for a long time.
It’s about the announcement he’s been thinking about for months: coming out.
Close friends continued to write him proposals and requests like: when will you publish? I want to see the reaction of the world! And the young actor continued to answer: No, I’m not ready.
On January 5, 2023, Noah decided to post a video to over 31 million TikTok followers.
The actor confessed diversity that before he went public with his sexual orientation, he was quite excited. He was afraid of people being judged or not being accepted.
When he saw the support of his fan base and realized that he could be completely free to express himself, Noah was even touched. He said it like this:
“I didn’t want to sit and be nervous, waiting for people to say. I just wanted to put it away, make sure who I am and know that I didn’t have to worry anymore what people thought.
When I opened my phone at the end of the trip, there were thousands of messages with hearts, congratulations and rainbow flags. I cried. I thought, “I did it. I finished. I have nothing to worry about‘.
Noah Schnapp is gay like Will Byers character from Stranger Things?
Schnapp’s decision to come out was the culmination of a process that he says actually began when he confirmed it in a July 2022 interview. diversity that his character from Stranger Things, Will Byers is gay.
The Duffer Brothers themselves wrote it with such intentions, stating that the character was inspired by their friend who searched for her sexual identity in high school.
Schnapp explained best connection between its output and the character he plays Strange things:
“Once I fully accepted the fact that Will was gay, it became an additional incentive to admit it to myself. I would be in a completely different place if I did not have the Will that would play, hug and help me accept myself.
I think if I never played this character, I would probably still be closed.
Not surprisingly, in the caption to his outgoing video, Schnapp wrote:
“I think I’m more like Will than I thought.”
Noah Schnapp in Stranger Things 5 preview
As we know, Noah Schnapp will return as Will Byers in the fifth and final season of the much-loved Stranger Things series. Together with him we will find iconic friends of the set:
Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas) and Sadie Sink (Max).
The Duffers are preparing Schnapp for what’s in store for his character in Season 5.
“Will will be back in the spotlight in the show’s fifth season.
he claims Ross Duffer. In this way, it is like closing a circle, starting from the very first events of the television series. Surely this will be a big thrill for all fans of the first season of Stranger Things.
And he continues, turning back to Will:
“This emotional and story arc for him is something that will hopefully hold the whole series together. Will used to be young, withdrawn, protected. So part of his journey is not just about being sexy, it’s about Will coming to his senses, growing up, becoming a young man.”
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