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I never felt stuck to anything. It was like, 'Oh my God, how many more times can I do this scene?'"

Despite the marathon shoot, "It was also nice because it allowed me to try so many different things," said Schnapp. She’s one of my favorite scene partners and people, and it was so nice to be with her for most of this season.

It would just be plain saying the lines out loud with no emotion, just to sink it in. I’m glad that they edited it the way they did, where it’s nice to see him not just sob through the whole scene, but kind of smile through the memories and give that lighter feel.

Do you think discovering that he’s a sorcerer has given Will the confidence to embrace what makes him different?

"And we weren’t even done after the 12-hour day. Is it in 7 or 8?

Honestly, I was so wrapped up in my emotions and what I was feeling that I kind of blocked out everyone around me.

It was really special. But it isn’t just specific to that; that’s a universal feeling of feeling left out or feeling different, or being scared to be who you are.

In the ’80s, I can’t imagine how much more pressure there was and how much more there was to lose. While the character has spent much of the series as the victim, he takes center stage as a hero in Season 5, revealed to have sorcerer-like supernatural abilities in the season’s fourth episode that concluded Volume 1. It’s nice to play that side of him, and not just play someone who’s always walked all over.

The performance is further accented by Schapp’s real-world relationship to the topic, having publicly come out as gay in 2023.

Variety spoke with Schnapp to unpack the distinguished scene, how he shaped it with series creators Matt and Ross Duffer and director Shawn Levy and his feelings about closing the book on his decade-plus role in “Stranger Things.”

At what point did you find out that Will was going to come out in Season 5, Episode 7?

Because you get to see this kid who’s always stepped on and is always the victim, and you feel bad for.

Oh my God, it was endless.

It definitely helped me realize, “Wow, we’ve come so far. Is it in 7 or 8?