Stranger Things: Crucial detail hinting at Will's sexuality revealed in Duffer brothers' original notes
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Your support makes all the difference.Old Stranger Things notes written by its creators confirm that a crucial season three scene was hinting at Will Byers’ sexuality after all.
One scene from the Netflix show’s latest run, titled “The Case of the Missing Lifeguard”, appeared to confirm Will (Noach Schnapp) might be gay as Finn Wolfhard’s character Mike Wheeler shouts at his friend, played by Noah Schnapp: "It’s not my fault you don’t like girls.”
While Wolfhard has since revealed he was asked to deliver several variants of the line, the original series bible – written by Matt and Ross Duffer – describes him as "a sweet, sensitive kid with sexual identity issues.”
In an earlier interview, Wolfhard acknowledged that showrunning duo the Duffer brothers have “options” in the route they want to take Byers in.
”I guess we’ll see what it really meant, but it’s all up to the Duffers and what they want to do,” he said.
The Netflix series has broken streaming records since returning for its third season. A fourth, while unconfirmed, is expected to be announced imminently and you can find a compilation of everything we know about it here.
A new season four theory that’s currently doing the rounds suggests Millie Bobby Brown’s character Eleven could be the chief villain in the new season, while other fans are pointing out the heartbreaking Hopper detail some viewers might have missed.
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