Maya Hawke Opens Up About Robin's Coming Out in 'Stranger Things'

Maya Hawke plays with a few flowers in her hand in this pic from her WSJ Magazine feature.

The Stranger Things star opened up to the glossy about her character, Robin’s, coming out, dropping out of school and much more.

On her Stranger Things character coming out: “Throughout filming, we started to feel like she and Joe shouldn’t get together, and that she’s gay. Even when I go back and watch earlier episodes, it just seems like the most obvious decision ever.”

On what she did to celebrate her 21st birthday: “I was in upstate New York, which is where I grew up [spending] weekends, and I had six or seven friends out at my house out there with my mom. We just cooked dinner from food we grow out in the garden.”

On dropping out of school for Little Women: “I’ve loved Little Women since I was a little girl. I always struggled with reading and writing but I loved storytelling, and Jo’s storytelling drive was inspiring to me, and her work ethic was inspiring to me, and I loved her. I fell in love with her. I’ve always wanted to play her. And now it seems like they make Little Women every other year, but I didn’t know that that opportunity would ever come around again, and I had to take it.”

Read more from Maya‘s feature at WSJ.com