The latest edition of Variety features a cover interview with Noah Schnapp, best known for playing Will Byers on Stranger Things but also, apparently, the founder of a snack company that makes hazelnut spread (who knew). That’s one of the things the interview reveals, but it also drops a nugget of info for Season 5: its plot will heavily involve Will.
And it’s about time. Will is perhaps the most neglected, underdeveloped character of the Main Cast….due to circumstance. He was kidnapped for all of Season 1. He was possessed for most of Season 2. In that time frame, his peers all got character development arcs that fleshed out their personalities and defined what they are all about. Will has had to play catch-up ever since, and he hasn’t been given any real chance to do so. We still don’t truly know who Will is beyond his suggested personality and sexual orientation. He’s the quiet guy in the background; the shy, timid, closeted artist with the unfashionable bowl hair. He spent all of Season 4 in a car.
But Will’s got a connection to the Upside Down no one else has — not even El. He can sense when Big Bads like Vecna and the Mind Flayer are near; perhaps even what they’re thinking. And they, in turn, are likely aware of the advantage Will could provide in the coming war. He could be a focal point of the whole conflict — in fact, the Duffers are suggesting he is.
“Will really takes center stage again in [season] 5,” says Ross Duffer. “This emotional arc for him is what we feel is going to hopefully tie the whole series together. Will is used to being the young one, the introverted one, the one that’s being protected. So part of his journey, it’s not just sexuality, it’s Will coming into his own as a young man.”
The stage is set, and it’s time for the younger Byers boy to finally shine. Stranger Things 5 should be out in…I dunno, 2027 or something.
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