Noah Schnapp Chats Growing Up, College, & More With FLAUNT

Noah Schnapp sat down with FLAUNT magazine to promote the recent season of Stranger Things. The hit Netflix series debuted season four earlier this year. Highlights from his interview are below.

On working as a lifeguard this summer: “It’s kind of a ‘just for fun thing”. I’ve kind of grown up with a normal life and normal friends and stuff outside of Stranger Things, so it’s kind of kept me grounded”.

On what he will major in at the University of Pennsylvania: “I was thinking of going for acting. Acting was just kind of repetitive, and I wanted to try something new. Millie [Bobby Brown] is doing the same thing with her schooling—she’s kind of learning about other things. I thought it would make more sense to do something different. And business was a pretty clear next thing for me.”

On aging faster than his character, Will, in Stranger Things: “It was the peak time of change, and puberty and growing up and just everything was changing with all of us, and the directors were just not loving it. And I remember one of the producers coming up to me and telling me, ‘Noah, is there any way you could just speak in a higher tone and just slouch a little bit? Like, we need you to keep that season one innocence that you had.’ That was like, ‘I don’t know what to tell you. My voice is dropping. I don’t sound young anymore.'”

You can check out even more from his interview here.