{"id":2188374,"date":"2025-12-05T18:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2188374"},"modified":"2025-12-05T18:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:28:06","slug":"stranger-things-star-noah-schapp-reveals-people-think-hes-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stranger-things-star-noah-schapp-reveals-people-think-hes-harry-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 star Noah Schapp reveals people think he\u2019s Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2Fnoah-schnapp-attends-stranger-things-116792179.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He\u2019s not the right boy who lived.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStranger Things\u201d star Noah Schnapp, 21, revealed that people often approach him thinking that he\u2019s Daniel Radcliffe, 36.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schnapp shared the mix-up during a recent interview on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,\u201d while talking about walking around in public with his co-stars. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we\u2019re all together, it\u2019s kind of insanity. But I will say, actually, when I\u2019m alone, I\u2019ve been getting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/31\/entertainment\/harry-potter-stars-recall-worrying-about-jk-rowling-its-the-boss\/\">Harry Potter <\/a>the past few years. It happened three times last year, which has never happened to me before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fallon asked, \u201cPeople think you\u2019re Harry Potter?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Noah Schnapp on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d on Dec. 3, 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tom Felton and Daniel Radcliffe in \u201cHarry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Warner Bros<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWhen I\u2019m alone, I\u2019ve been getting Harry Potter the past few years. It happened three times last year, which has never happened to me before,\u201d Schnapp told Jimmy Fallon this week.  <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cStranger Things\u201d star explained, \u201cYeah. They\u2019ll come up to me, and they\u2019ll be like, \u2018I love your show. Thank you.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Thank you so much. I appreciate the support.\u2019 And then they\u2019re like, \u2018I adore Harry Potter. I love the character.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, wrong franchise.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schnapp acknowledged that there are similarities between Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived, and his character Will Byers, who was thought to be dead on \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 1. During the first volume of the fifth and final season, he revealed new supernatural powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018The Boy Who Lived,\u2019 \u2018Zombie Boy,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cIt kind of parallels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two franchises also both have Broadway plays \u2013 Harry Potter has \u201cThe Cursed Child,\u201d where movie star Tom Felton is reprising his role as Draco Malfoy, and \u201cStranger Things\u201d has \u201cThe First Shadow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/26\/entertainment\/millie-bobby-brown-hated-stranger-things-season-5-costume-are-you-sure\/\">\u201cStranger Things\u201d is in its final season<\/a> after nearly a decade on the air, as the Netflix hit first premiered in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>The show is set in the \u201980s, and follows various characters combating supernatural forces in the small town Midwest \u2013 including Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Joyce (Winona Ryder), Hopper (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/07\/entertainment\/millie-bobby-brown-david-harbour-attend-stranger-things-5-premiere-after-bullying-claims\/\">David Harbour<\/a>), Steve (Joe Keery), Robin (Maya Hawke), Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Nancy (Natalia Dyer).\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cHarry Potter\u201d star Daniel Radcliffe at a screening of \u201cMerrily We Roll Along\u201d on Dec. 2, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Marion Curtis\/StarPix for Sony Pictures Classics\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown attend the screening for the final season of the television series \u201cStranger Things\u201d in London on Nov. 13, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mike and Nancy\u2019s parents, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/26\/entertainment\/stranger-things-star-breaks-down-ted-karen-wheeler-season-5-scene\/\">Ted (Joe Chrest) <\/a>and Karen (Cara Bueno) were previously oblivious to the supernatural dangers their kids were dealing with. But, they finally got in on the action when they suffered an attack from a demogorgon in the beginning of Season 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chrest <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/26\/entertainment\/stranger-things-star-breaks-down-ted-karen-wheeler-season-5-scene\/\">told The Post,<\/a> \u201cWhen I read the first script [for Season 5] I was like, \u2018Oh my God, I can\u2019t believe this is going on!\u2019 And then it just kept going and going and going. It was like a feeling of an upside-down roller coaster, just reading the script.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that when he read their action scene, he had to put down the script to \u201ccall Cara [Buono], and then debrief.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Season 5 of \u201cStranger Things\u201d is currently streaming its first four episodes. Volume 2 drops Dec. 25 at 8 p.m., and the series finale airs Dec. 31 at 8 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s not the right boy who lived.\u00a0 \u201cStranger Things\u201d star Noah Schnapp, 21, revealed that people often approach him thinking that he\u2019s Daniel Radcliffe, 36.\u00a0 Schnapp shared the mix-up during a recent interview on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,\u201d while talking about walking around in public with his co-stars. \u201cWhen we\u2019re all together, it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2188375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[329536,21741,310989,379396,305890,21913],"class_list":["post-2188374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-daniel-radcliffe","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-potter","tag-noah-schnapp","tag-stranger-things","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u2018Stranger-Things-star-Noah-Schapp-reveals-people-think-hes-Harry.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2188376,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188374\/revisions\/2188376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2188375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2188374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2188374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}