‘Stranger Things’ EP Shawn Levy on Will’s Sexuality: ‘There Aren’t Many Accidents’ on the Show
thewrap.comEntertainment Weekly in an interview published Monday.Fans first started wondering if Will was gay following a particular interaction between him and Mike (Finn Wolfhard).
After the two bickered about the latter’s closeness with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike retorted, “It’s not my fault you don’t like girls!” “It’s not specific to sexual orientation or anything,” Levy, who directed that third-season episode, said.
However, he added, “Ever since then, a lot of these questions have come up.”Indeed they have. Subtle hints have seemingly been dropped throughout Season 4 Volume 1, whether through Will’s supposed pining looks after Mike or his particularly self-righteous anger at El’s lying to him about her high school experience.
Thus far, the most convincing evidence to suggest Will is in love with Mike is a moment the pair shares where Will’s words may have a double meaning.“Sometimes I think it’s just scary to open up like that, to say how you really feel, especially to people you care about the most, because what if they don’t like the truth?” Will says in Episode 5, after the two — along with Argyle (Eduardo Franco) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) — flee certain death.Addressing the theories, Levy was reticent to give a clear answer but maintained that plot decisions are not made lightly.“Without getting into where we go later in Season 4 [Volume 2], I guess I’ll just say that there aren’t many accidents on ‘Stranger Things,'” he said. “There is clear intention and strategy and real thought given to each and every character.
