Will Byers actor Noah Schnapp felt that something was left “unsaid” between his character and Mike during the Stranger Things finale, so requested that a new scene be written.
In one of the most important scenes in Stranger Things history, Will Byers came out to friends and family at the end of the penultimate episode.
During that same sequence, the character also admits that he had a crush on someone, “even though I know, I know they’re not like me.”
We know he’s referring to Mike thanks to events in Season 4, while Mike himself comes to that realization during the speech. But in the original scripts, that sub-plot was left there… until Noah Schnapp spoke to creators the Duffer brothers.
Noah Schnapp felt too much was left “unsaid” in Stranger Things
“I did feel there was a little bit left unsaid,” 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.”
The moment in question plays out when the gang is ascending the radio tower in their efforts to enter the Abyss and take Vecna down.
Acknowledging Will’s speech, Mike apologizes, and says, “I should have been there for you, and I wasn’t. I guess I was just so self-absorbed that I couldn’t see it… I feel like an idiot, and I’m sorry.”
Will responds by telling Mike: “You don’t have to be sorry, and you are not an idiot. You’re not. It’s just, I didn’t even understand it myself for the longest time. I think it needed to happen the way it happened. I needed to find my own way. But what matters is that you’re still here, and you still think we can be friends.”
“Friends?” asks Mike. “No thanks… best friends!” And with that the buddies continue their climb.
Referencing his request, Schnapp says “if something doesn’t work – or if something feels not right – you can speak to them, and they will work with you.”
And he’s happy with how it turned out, adding that the final conversation between Will and Mike leaves their situation “completely closed and satisfying.”
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