United Kingdom, Nov. 28 -- Noah Schnapp was "explicitly" kept in the dark about his Stranger Things arc.

The 21-year-old actor's alter ego Will Byers' disappearance into the Upside Down kickstarted the Netflix sci-fi drama a decade ago and as the first volume of season five dropped this week, it was revealed just how close a connection his character has to Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and his demogorgons because he's able to channel the villain's own powers.

But Noah has admitted he wasn't told about the twist before his castmates because no one "trusted" him with the information.

He told Variety: "I remember the scripts being written the year prior, and Shawn Levy and some of some of the directors not telling me explicitly, because th...