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Stranger Things 5: Noah Schnapp Clarifies "Misconstrued" Views (VIDEO)

Stranger Things 5: Noah Schnapp looked to clarify his views on Israel, Hamas, and the Palestinian people that he feels were "misconstrued."

What better way to show that production was getting underway on the fifth & final season of Matt Duffer & Ross Duffer's Stranger Things (Stranger Things 5) than with an official "family photo"? That's exactly what fans got earlier this month – with the show's creators joined by Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Cara Buono, Joe Keery, Amybeth McNulty, Charlie Heaton, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Natalia Dyer, Jamie Campbell Bower, Priah Ferguson, Linda Hamilton, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, and Sadie Sink. But before they got too deep into filming, Schnapp took to TikTok to post a video in order to "super briefly discuss everything that's been going on online" in terms of his social media posts over the past few months regarding the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and the plight of the Palestinian people saying that their "thoughts and beliefs have been so far misconstrued." Schnapp has been called out online by some, accusing him of turning a blind eye to the Palestinian position and promoting a strictly pro-Israel position online since Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel in October 2023 – to the point where there have been calls for fans to boycott the final season of the Netflix series unless Schnapp is fired.

"I feel like my thoughts and beliefs have been so far misconstrued from anything even close to what I believe, and I wanted to just state from my heart how I feel. I only want peace and safety and security for all innocent people affected by this conflict," Schnapp said in their post (which you can view below). "I've had many open discussions with friends from Palestinian backgrounds, and I think those are very important conversations to have, and I've learned a lot. One of the takeaways I've had is that we all hope for the same things, that being those innocent people still being held hostage in Gaza to be returned to their families, and equally hope for an end to the loss of innocent life in Palestine — so many of those people being women and children, and it's horrible to see."

Schnapp continued, "I think anyone with any ounce of humanity would hope for an end to the hostility on both sides. I stand against any killing of any innocent people, and I hope you guys all do, too. And I just hope to one day see those two groups be able to live harmoniously together in that region. And I hope for 2024 online to see people be a little more understanding and compassionate and recognize that we're all human, regardless of our race, of our ethnicity, of our background, of our country of birth, even our sexuality, of anything. We are all human, and we're all the same and we should all love each other for that and support each other and stand together. And stand together for humanity and for peace."

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Stranger Things 5 "Like Season One on Steroids"

During an interview with The Guardian, Ross & Matt discuss the pressures of ending the series in a way that works creatively and satisfies the audience's expectations and how this final run with these characters will feel "like season one on steroids."

"The nine hours that precede the ending can be amazing. But if you stumble at that one-yard line, people will never forgive you for that. And they'll forget the previous nine hours of awesomeness! So it's amazing what they will forgive if you score a touchdown at the end," Matt Duffer explained when discussing their feelings on how series finales are viewed. "Endings of shows are like opening a restaurant in terms of the success-failure rate – there's an 80% failure rate, I'd say. But I think one very particular way to fail is to attempt to appease everybody."

Matt continued, "We have a huge variety of fans that span a huge age range, and I'm sure they have all their own ideas of how they want the show to end. But we're not consulting social media on this. Then you just hope and pray that it resonates. But it was funny: once we got there, it just felt right, and we're going to go for it!"

As the duo had stated previously, the universe will live on after Stranger Things 5 – but the characters that viewers have grown to love & connect with will see their stories end with the fifth season. With that much on the line, the Duffer Brothers aren't going out quietly. "This season – it's like season one on steroids. It's the biggest it's ever been in terms of scale, but it has been really fun, because everyone's back together in Hawkins: the boys and Eleven interacting more in line with how it was in season one. And, yes, there may be spin-offs, but the story of Eleven and Dustin and Lucas and Hopper, their stories are done here. That's it," Matt shared – before adding, "Outside of the play. So if you want to see more of some of them, go see the play."

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