Noah Schnapp reveals how he came out to Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobby Brown
Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp has revealed more about his coming out journey and the response from his friends and family last year.
The 18-year-old shared how playing Will Byers, his character on the hit Netflix series, inspired him to come out, in a new interview with Variety. “Once I did fully embrace that Will was gay, it was just an exponential speed towards accepting it for myself,” Schnapp told the publication. “I would be in a completely different place if I didn’t have Will to portray, and to embrace and help me accept myself.
I think if I never played that character, I probably would still be closeted.” READ MORE: Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp comes out as gay: “I’m more similar to Will than I thought” Schnapp also spoke about his experience coming out to friends and family, beginning with his twin sister, Chloe Schnapp. “I can’t tell anyone else before I tell my own twin sister – she’ll kill me,” he joked. “She was ecstatic.
She said that she would’ve hated the idea of me marrying another girl and having to compete with that girl for my attention.
