Schnapp’s coming out may be of particular interest to Stranger Things fans, who have spent four seasons watching his character, Will Byers, slowly go from reading as queer on screen to coming to understand that about himself.

The slow burn of it all was a point of contention among some fans, who repeatedly expressed concern over the years that the character would only be queer-coded and never be made explicitly queer in the narrative.

Meanwhile, it now appears Schnapp — who repeatedly defended the writers’ decision to have Will take his time figuring himself out — was grappling with questions of his own identity and coming out behind the scenes at the same time.

“I guess I’m more similar to will than I thought,” he wrote.