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07.08.2023 / 18:39
'Stranger Things' Star Noah Schnapp Says Playing Will Byers Helped Him Come Out as Gay
actor Noah Schnapp, life imitating art came as a surprise.The 18-year-old actor publicly came out earlier this year, following the reveal that his character on the Netflix sci-fi series, Will Byers, was also gay. For Schnapp, his on-screen journey was essential in figuring out and accepting himself.«Once I did fully embrace that Will was gay, it was just an exponential speed towards accepting it for myself,» he tells in their latest Power of Young Hollywood Issue, in an interview conducted prior to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.