Millie Bobby Brown reiterates her desire to move on from Stranger Things
Millie Bobby Brown is "ready to say, ‘Thank you, and goodbye'” to her hit Netflix series
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It’s a running joke on the Internet that the Stranger Things kids are going to be approximately 45 years old by the time the final season airs. Like most good jokes, it’s funny because there’s a grain of truth to it: it’s been seven years since the show debuted on Netflix, and way more time has passed in the real world than in Hawkins, Indiana. Enough time, in fact, that breakout star Millie Bobby Brown is ready to pack it in. “When you’re ready, you’re like, ‘All right, let’s do this. Let’s tackle this last senior year. Let’s get out of here,’” she tells Glamour in a new interview. “Stranger Things takes up a lot of time to film and it’s preventing me from creating stories that I’m passionate about. So I’m ready to say, ‘Thank you, and goodbye.’”
Brown previously trotted out the high school analogy in an interview with Women’s Wear Daily, explaining, “It’s been such a huge factor in part of my life, but it’s like graduating high school, it’s like senior year. You’re ready to go and blossom and flourish and you’re grateful for the time you’ve had, but it’s time to create your own message and live your own life.”
She is grateful that the show gave her “the tools and the resources to be a better actor,” but she also experienced unimaginable scrutiny when the series became a phenomenon; the criticism she faced as a kid for speaking excitedly on talk shows caused insecurity and rendered her quiet in future interviews. It’s made her protective of other child stars, she shares with Glamour: “You cannot speak on children that are underage. I mean, our brains physically have not grown yet. To diminish and practically stunt someone’s growth mentally, strip them down, tell them, ‘Hey, listen, you don’t look that great. Why are you wearing that? How dare you think you can wear that? How dare you say that?’”
The attention has closed off Brown’s personal life (“I don’t have a lot of friends”), though her professional life is thriving (she’s a UNICEF ambassador, has a makeup/coffee brand, and is starring in the Russo Brothers’ next film with Chris Pratt). Unfortunately, she’s still got Stranger Things to get out of the way, which can’t happen until the actors strike resolves. Unlike some stars when their hit show concludes, Brown isn’t in mourning over the situation: nobody’s dying, she says to Glamour. “When it ends, I’m going to be able to still see these people.”
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Hope she has a few knockout roles lined up, because if not these statements about “moving on” won’t age well….that or she is scared of being type casted.
If the latter, imo it is too late.
What would the type cast be from her being Eleven??
I don’t know. Her Enola Holmes movies are pretty good, and prove she’s got decent range.
I understand where she’s coming from. It’s going to be 9 or 10 years total from filming season 1 to season 5 being released (and press tours done) by the time this gets wrapped up. It’s great for all of them that they got on a hit series so young. But between the pandemic and now the actor’s strike (which hey Netflix you can fix at any time!), it’s really pushing how long they have to be attached to these characters way beyond what anyone would have imagined.
Seven years is long enough time to do anything, especially in TV. I understand the desire to move on, even if it was a positive experience.
Said no one from the cast of Big Bang Theory
They could only throw so many paychecks at Jim Parsons.
I love how everyone associated with this show hates being on it except
for that one beard guy who loves it and never shuts up about it
Harbour had been slogging in the trenches for 15 years before Stranger Things blew him up. Of course he’s loving it.
Oh that makes more sense. I thought the Captain was referring to Brett Gelman.
If they don’t get this last season in the can soon, they might as well substitute all the main cast with that Steve Buscemi meme.
Wait, isn’t she supposed to be on strike? How can she comment?
Literally the first words of the source article: “It’s June”The strike started in mid-July.
What time zone?
The interview seems to be from June, but she’s also not promoting her work. She’s being given a “woman of the year” award. She mostly talks about her life and her general interests.
SCAB!
It’s hard to be a scab if you gave the interview prior to the start of the strike…
It just makes it easier.
She’s super excited to show off her B- acting skills elsewhere.That’s mean. I’m mean. But like – this is your peak, Millie. You know it, I know it, the American people know it.
You know she’s a literal child in everything you’ve seen her act in, right? If my kids do anything at a B- level I’d be over the moon.
Child actors don’t peak as child actors anymore, either. They’re managed (and manage) way better than what we used to think of as child actors.
IKR? When I was young, being a child actor was practically a death sentence. It’s much better these days.
Who is still with us?
Todd is well. Dana may have died in part due to child stardom but Gary fell & hit his head, sadly.
Really? he couldn’t have fallen far. Dude’s only like 3 ft. tall.
I make fun of literal children every day. I’m not well.
Hey, you’ve hit your peak, why can’t you point out when others do?
They already tried to force her into Hollywood and it didn’t take. Put it back in your pants, Drake.
There are plenty of actors who have surprised and transitioned well as adult actors. Like who would have thought Robert Pattinson would have the type of career he has had after Twilight? And I think MBB has shown she can do well with other material – Enola Holmes was enjoyable and she plays a character that may as well be the exact opposite of Eleven.So I dunno if I buy that this is her peak. She’s young and will get a lot of opportunities to do more based on her success thus far.
Asshole
Must be tough to find the time to pretend to write novels
Sure are a lot of famous people named Bobby Brown (or some alternate spelling). I can think of four.
Millie Bobby Brown realizes that there is a whole internet full of 1980’s references other than this tiresome show.
If Disney could get their head out of their ass with the currently still unconvincing deepfake rubbish, I could see MBB being not the worst choice for playing Princess Leia. I’m sure there are plenty of better choices, but they’re all moot while Disney would rather invest in CGI.
“I look forward to moving on from ‘Stranger Things’ and into the career that the name “Millie Bobby Brown” rightfully suggests: funk musician.”