Most Memorable TV Siblings Through the Years: From ‘Wednesday’ to ‘Stranger Things’
usmagazine.comA special fictional bond. From The CW’s Riverdale to Netflix’s Stranger Things, viewers have witnessed many memorable TV sibling bonds over the years.Stranger Things, which debuted in 2016, explored Jonathan Byers’ (Charlie Heaton) search for his younger brother, Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), in the first season.
As the hit Netflix series approached its final episodes, the brothers grew even closer when Jonathan comforted Will following his emotional moment with Mike (Finn Wolfhard).Schnapp later revealed that Will almost didn’t have the season 4 conversation — which hinted at his character’s sexuality — with Jonathan onscreen. “So this scene was actually not originally written in the script.
It was only until after I did the scene of me in the van, where they saw me crying and the protectiveness that you see with Jonathan looking in the rearview mirror,” he told Variety in July 2022. “[The Stranger Things writers] were like, ‘We need a scene with that.'”The actor continued: “So they wrote it as we were filming.
It’s also very important for people to see that Will is not alone — because all we ever see of him is struggling and feeling depressed and that he can’t be himself.
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