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Why do people want Noah Schnapp fired from ‘Stranger Things 5?’

Stranger things have happened, but that doesn't mean this will happen.

Just when you thought Hollywood was about to get back to normal following the conclusion of the SAG-AFTRA strike, a new crisis is ri as the industry is left divided over opinions on the Israel-Gaza war.

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Many studio and agencies are drawing hard lines in the sand on what their talent can and can’t say about the situation, with two high-profile firings including Melissa Barrera being removed from Scream 7 and Susan Sarandon being dropped by her representatives. In both cases, the actresses in question had offered pro-Palestinian comments on social media.

Noah Schnapp.

Why are some social media s campaigning for Noah Schnapp to be fired from Stranger Things?

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Noah Schnapp, who is Jewish himself, has taken a diametrically opposed position on the Israel war than Barrera and Sarandon, for instance, as he has been very vocal about his pro-Israel stance on social media. Schnapp has even gone further than those causing a stir online and has shared his in real life too. A TikTok video of his from early November 2023 went viral for depicting Schnapp and friends handing out “Zionism is sexy” stickers to customers in a cafe.

Naturally, in the face of a popular actress like Barrera getting fired from a major franchise, her fans and other ers of her position are hitting back at Hollywood for punishing Barrera and others for their position while Schnapp has been equally ionately political on his platforms with no repercussions. Reactions get extremely heated, so they won’t be embedded here, but suffice it to say that many are demanding Netflix fire him from Stranger Things 5 for comments they are labeling as “disgusting” and “absolutely sickening.”

Despite the controversy Schnapp is stirring up, it seems unlikely that Netflix will feel forced to remove him from the fifth and final season of its most iconic series, however. Spyglass Media, for example, has stated that Barrera was fired from Scream 7 as it has a “zero tolerance policy” for views it perceives as “antisemitic.” If Netflix follows a similar policy then Schnapp should have nothing to worry about.

Stranger Things 5 started shooting in June 2023, just prior to the strikes, and is believed to resume filming in late 2023/early 2024.


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered. Since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester, he has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade. The MCU is his comfort place but, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is The Incredibles.