How ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Hinted at Will Byers’ Sexuality Through His Feelings for Mike Wheeler

Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers have confirmed that have gone back and re-edited past episodes of the show.The revelation came in a recent interview with the pair, where they admitted they made a mistake in season four by establishing Will Byers’s birthday in May, despite being previously established on the show as March 22.Speaking to Variety, Matt Duffer suggested they will go back and change the season two episode where the birthday was noted as March, as “‘May’ can fit in Winona’s mouth. So that would be us George Lucas-ing the situation.”Matt went on: “We have George Lucas’d things also that people don’t know about,” Ross adding: “You do have the physical copies though, the Blu-rays and stuff — you’d have to compare.”The latter also suggested they had changed elements to season four, volume one after it had already been released, saying: “Some of the visual effects.

In an interview with Variety magazine on Thursday, actor Noah Schnapp confirmed that his Stranger Things character Will Byers is gay.In a past interview, Schnapp described public opinion as wanting to label his character’s sexuality and that there wasn’t a need to rush to such conclusions. “I find that people do reach to put a label on him and just want to know, so badly, like, ‘Oh, and this is it.’ He’s just confused and growing up and that’s what it is to be a kid,” Schnapp explained. Following the release of season 4 volume 2, Schnapp confirmed Will’s sexuality, explaining that he wanted to prevent any spoilers from coming out until things became clearer in the newer episodes. Schnapp told Variety, “Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing.

WARNING: “Stranger Things” Season 4 spoilers are ahead. Noah Schnapp is busting down the closet door for his character Will Byers in the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things.” The 17-year-old actor has previously left Will’s preferences to the interpretation of viewers. But after the season finale dropped on the streaming service, he revealed to Variety that Will is gay and is in love with his best friend, Mike Wheeler (played Finn Wolfhard).

Noah Schnapp is setting the record straight — or gay, for that matter!

Settling the debate. Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp confirmed that his character, Will Byers, is gay after months of fan speculation.

Stranger Things star Maya Hawke has said she wants her character Robin to kiss somebody in the next season.Speculating on the storyline of the fifth and final season of the Netflix hit, the actor recently told NME she “trusts them completely” with her character.“I trust the [Duffer] brothers so much,” Hawke said. “If I was a writer and my actors were always going in the press talking about what they thought I should do with the character, I’d be like, ‘Uh, I got this?’ So I trust them completely to have a great story arc for Robin.”She then added her suggestion: “I hope she gets to kiss somebody – somebody she likes.

“Stranger Things” Season 4, one of the more personal mysteries concerned Will Byers’ (Noah Schnapp) sexuality and his potential romantic feelings for his best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard). And while Will doesn’t explicitly profess his feelings for his friend in the season, fans came away with a pretty good understanding of how Will actual felt.Now, actor Noah Schnapp is confirming what’s been teased through the series for years now: Will is gay and he’s in love with Mike.Season 4 looked to be directly addressing Will’s feelings in some form or fashion through the first batch of episodes, and in Volume 2, Will gives his best friend Mike a pep talk about saving Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) that, subtexually, serves as something of a confession for how much Mike means to him.While Will doesn’t officially come out in Season 4, Schnapp told Variety the arc for his character is clear.“It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends? Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing.

Stranger Things spoilers incoming.If you haven't already binge-watched the epic finale of Stranger Things 4 then quite frankly, why are you reading this? Get yourself to Netflix, stat! The long-awaited volume 2 of dropped on July 1 and saw Eleven go head-to-head with the villainous Vecna, who is hell-bent on destroying Hawkins and taking over the world. That said, the internet is also alight with conversation about a certain scene between Will Byers () and Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard). Fans think it confirms speculation that Will is gay. In an interview with , Schnapp has waded into the debate. “It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends?" he said.

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for “Stranger Things” season 4.

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has revealed his character Will Byers is gay.After previously addressing fan speculation around Will’s sexuality and saying it was “up to the audience’s interpretation”, Schnapp has since confirmed rumours.“It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends? Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing,” the actor told Variety.“Now it’s 100 per cent clear that he is gay and he does love Mike [Finn Wolfhard]. But before, it was a slow arc.

Noah Schnapp is finally opening up about his Stranger Things character Will Byers’ sexuality after years of speculation that he is gay.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story includes discussion of major plot developments in Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” currently streaming on Netflix.One of the many thrills embedded in “Stranger Things” has been watching each of the young cast literally grow into young adults before our eyes.

Stranger Things fans aren’t the only ones crushing on Joseph Quinn — Doja Cat is, too! And she has apparently recruited Quinn’s co-star Noah Schnapp as her wingman. It all started on May 30, three days after the release of the first half of Season 4 of Stranger Things. Doja first openly expressed her attraction toward the British actor.

It's hard to believe how fast the cast of Stranger Things have grown up before our eyes.

broke Netflix on Friday when the release of its final two episodes caused a website crash and record-high Nielsen streaming numbers. Atop the nail-biting mystery and heart-wrenching reveals, the newest installment of Netflix's hit show was also filled with new chapters of more than one iconic romance.

Becoming one with Vecna. Jamie Campbell Bower has been candid about his Stranger Things journey — including the challenges that came with turning into the season 4 villain.

Stranger Things star Sadie Sink has opened up about the “heartbreaking” ending to season four.In the two-and-a-half-hour-long finale, Sink’s character Max Mayfield was gruesomely mangled by the mind-stalking Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), leaving her broken body in the hands of long-time love interest Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin).“It really is just so sad,” Sink told Entertainment Weekly. “When you’re putting yourself in that moment and then you’re with someone like Caleb, who I’ve known since I was very little, sometimes things can feel very real on that set.

Stranger Things has wrapped up its fourth season following the release of the final two episodes over the weekend.The anticipated finale saw the main characters attempt to take down Vecna from various locations, though many fans feared for their favourite characters beforehand given creators the Duffer Brothers had teased a “body count” (via Variety).In the end, alongside various background characters, there were only three major character deaths across the two episodes – Dr Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine), Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) and Jason Carver (Mason Dye).Brenner meets his demise in the penultimate episode after trapping Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in the lab after she tries to leave to save her friends in Hawkins. He believes that she needs to regain her strength to face Vecna.However, the desert lab is ambushed by Lt.

Note: Spoilers ahead. The two supersized episodes that capped off Season 4 (now streaming on Netflix) should have been divided into shorter segments.