Stranger Things' Actor Addresses Theory on Will's Sexuality

Stranger Things' Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) was at the center of the Netflix mystery when he disappeared into the Upside Down, but fans and critics have placed the character in another one: if the young character is supposed to be read as gay.

The Advocate's Daniel Reynolds wrote a popular essay drawing the parallels between characters being dragged into the "Upside Down" and gay youth left trapped in the closet, cut off (with potentially fatal results) from their community. Which is exactly what happens to Barb and Will.

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Noah Schnapp the child actor who plays Will Byer, posted his thoughts on the issue via his Instagram Sunday afternoon. Instead of settling the matter, he seems to enjoy the speculation, saying: "A good book, or a good show leaves a lot of unanswered questions but makes you think. Which is what you are all doing." Yup, you read that right: the Internet has forced a 12-year-old to make a statement about a fictional pre-teen's sexuality. Way to go guys!

"For me, Will being gay or not is besides the point," he wrote in his post. "Stranger Things is a show about a bunch of kids who are outsiders and find each other because they have been bullied in some way or are different...hope the real answer never comes out!"

Whatever the future holds for Will, young Noah Schnapp might just have a budding career in TV criticism ahead of him.