These triumphant moments also demonstrate Schapp's growth as an actor over his 10 years playing Will. The coming out monologue is Schnapp's most emotionally intense and verbose in the series. The performance is further accented by Schapp's real-world relationship to the topic, having publicly come out as gay in 2023.

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