Noah Schnapp says that the character's sexuality is "in the interpretation"

The third season of Netflix's "Stranger Things" has revived a long-standing debate among fans about whether one of his main characters identifies as gay.

The third episode of Season 3 features a scene in which Will Byers (played by Noah Schnapp) tries to keep his buddies, who are all involved in a fledgling love story, focused on a game of "Dungeons & Dragons" ". After a frustration His companion Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) states: "It's not my fault if you do not like girls."

After the last season of "Stranger Things" debuted on July 4, many fans sounded sure social media on how to interpret this dialogue. In an interview published on Tuesday, Schnapp neither confirmed nor denied that the sentence was referring to Will's sexuality, explaining: "It's really a matter of interpretation."

"All his friends have a girlfriend and they go out together, and he just wants to have fun with his friends," said the actor at The Wrap. "You see in episode 3, he just wants to play D & D in the basement, and now all his friends have a girlfriend and they go out together. And it's a bit like, when you hear that sentence from Mike, it's really up to the audience to interpret it.

As for how Schnapp sees the line himself, he said, "I interpret him as if he was not ready to grow and he did not really want to go to meetings and relationships. He always wants to be a kid and play in the basement as he used to do. "

The 14-year-old, whose credits include "Bridge of Spies" and "The Peanuts Movie," had already evoked speculation about his character's sexuality in 2016, when "Stranger Things" emerged for the first time as as a cultural phenomenon.

"For me, being gay or not is important too," he wrote in an Instagram post since deleted. "Stranger Things" is a program about a group of foreign children who meet because they have been bullied or are different. Being sensitive, or a loner, or a teenager who loves photography, or a girl with red hair and big glasses, does he make you gay? "

Nevertheless, he said he did not worry about the issues, noting: "I know we all relate to the difference."

Will not the Schnapp interview silence the debate about Will's sexuality? It should be noted that season 3 of "Stranger Things" has introduced an openly lesbian character into Robin (Maya Hawke).