Is will byers gay

Noah Schnapp is setting the record straight about the sexuality of his Stranger Things ' character, Will Byers. Over the course of the show's four seasons, fan have questioned whether Will is. Stranger Things fans finally know that Will Byers is gay, but there were signs throughout the series pointing toward this.

There has been speculation about Will’s sexuality, and even more so in season 4.

Now it’s % clear that he is gay and he does love Mike. But before, it was a slow arc. I think it is done so beautifully, because it’s so easy to make a character just like all of a sudden. Will Byers is gay, the actor Noah Schnapp confirmed as much in his interview with Variety referencing his close relationship with Mike.

The actor claims that the hints were there since season 1. But while fans have long guessed that Will is gay, both the Stranger Things cast and its creators — the Duffer Brothers — have all but avoided labeling his sexuality outright. By Adam B. Senior Entertainment Writer. That is perhaps especially true of its youngest original member, Noah Schnapp.

His character, Will Byers, has been through it over the years: Abducted into the Upside Down, then possessed by a demonic entity known as the Mind Flayer, and then — perhaps worst of all! Will never has, and throughout the recently concluded fourth season, he struggled to articulate to his best friend, Mike Wheeler Finn Wolfhard , why. Popular on Variety.

From the start, it seemed clear that Will is gay and terrified of coming out. This was kind of a different season for him. I was used to acting him [dealing] with the Mind Flayer, the supernatural aspects and the darker, kind of non-personal stuff. This season was a new thing for me. I had to explore him navigating his personal identity issues and struggling with growing up and assimilating into high school.

It was new for me. What did you understand about what that personal journey would look like, what Will was going to be contending with? Even in Season 1, they hinted at that and slowly, slowly grew that storyline. Will has always felt like that. All his friends, they all have girlfriends and they all fit into their different clubs.

Will has never really found anywhere to fit in.

does mike know will is gay

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. What do you remember about shooting it? I remember it was just all day. We started in the morning and went straight through, past lunch, for hours and hours.

I remember when I was doing the scene, I was bawling, like, going all out the whole day. And when I saw it on screen, it was actually more subtle. I liked how they edited it together. The day was a lot of fun. I love just playing with Will. A lot of fans feel like Mike has been a pretty terrible friend to Will over the last couple of seasons.

How do you feel about that relationship? In Season 2, they were best friends and they were so close, and then obviously Mike has all his eyes on Eleven. Will is dealing with a little bit of jealousy there. The shot of you crying through the van window has even become a meme. Have you seen that?