- - “Stranger Things” star reveals finale scene he asked to add for closure between Will and Mike: 'A little bit left unsaid'

Raechal ShewfeltJanuary 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM

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Noah Schnapp and Finn Wolfhard costar in 'Stranger Things' season 5

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp wanted an appropriate goodbye with one Hawkins resident in particular as the sci-fi series concluded last month.

But the actor didn't think the story of his character on all five of the Netflix series' seasons, Will Byers, and Will's longtime friend, Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), had been fully wrapped up going into the final episode. So he asked creators Matt and Ross Duffer for a change.

"I did feel there was a little bit left unsaid with [episode 7]," Schnapp told PEOPLE. "And I did actually speak to the Duffers, and they included a scene in the finale that wasn't originally there to kind of close that story properly."

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In the seventh episode of the fifth season, Schnapp's character came out as gay to his inner circle, which includes Mike, whom he's previously expressed a love for. He also confessed that he had a crush on someone who he knew didn't feel the same way about him, because they're "not like me."

So Schnapp wanted more of a resolution. He got it with a new scene that followed the main characters as they climbed a radio tower on their pulse-quickening adventure.

In it, Will and Mike confirmed that they were still "best friends," after Mike told Will that he was sorry he hadn't been supportive enough. Will insisted that what had happened was necessary, because he had to discover his own path.

For Schnapp, having the trust of the Duffer brothers was significant.

"If something doesn't work, or if something feels not right, you can speak to them," Schnapp said, "and they will work with you."

NetflixFinn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, and Gaten Matarazzo star in the first season of 'Stranger Things'

Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb McLaughlin in 'Stranger Things' season 1

He talked about shooting that coming-out sequence, which featured much of the core cast, last month in an Entertainment Weekly interview.

"It was crazy. I did not expect to have everyone there like that, but yeah, it was a lot of pressure," Schnapp said. "I will say the whole cast was so gracious and so supportive that day. They just sat with me and were quiet and allowed me to be in it. They didn't interrupt. And it was in the middle of the night, 2, 3, 4 a.m., like all-day shooting. They gave me that space — usually everyone's messing around and making jokes — and I really appreciated that. But it was a lot of pressure and very nerve-wracking, I'm not gonna lie."

All episodes of Stranger Things are streaming on Netflix.

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