Millie Bobby Brown Rewatches Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel & More

I mean, she's a good girl.

She also wants to take a look back on my career.

Millie Bobby Brown, let's go.

Scene selection.

Hello everyone.

I'm Millie Bobby Brown,

and I'm gonna be taking a look back on some of my scenes

during my career thus far.

So let's do it.

[upbeat music]

[electronic whirring]

[dramatic music]

[growling]

[boy screaming]

Ah, she broke my arm, my arm.

Go.

Go. [Millie laughing]

Oy, this is the, I don't even remember it.

I never really watched season one.

I didn't really have time.

The second it came out, you know,

we just went on press tours and interviews,

and now we're able to kind of relish in it more

and really enjoy the show.

It's so cloudy, the memories.

You don't really remember like the specifics of everything.

I did not think this would be big at all.

And I actually still didn't like,

after like we performed at the Emmys

and went on Ellen, I was just like,

it's gonna go up, and it's gonna go down.

Like, you know, I didn't know.

And then I was just like, oh,

I've gone up and I'm like staying consistent,

and I'm able to continue doing really great things.

But like, I'm 10, so immediately I'm like,

I just want a puppy and my hair to grow back.

You know?

That's really all that I was thinking.

Let's go.

Yeah, that's right.

You better run.

She's our friend and she's crazy.

I love that line.

That is my favorite line.

Also I think my friends actually say this about me.

They're like, she's our friend and she's crazy.

Gaten's performance in this makes me so happy.

Oh, the energy he brought,

it was just like magnetic in the screen.

[dramatic music]

Ugh, the void.

The most depressing place ever.

I'm always alone.

I'm always having to be emotional and scared.

I'm in water.

My feet are pruny.

I'm hungry.

It's just, it's my least favorite set ever.

Mike, I'm sorry.

Sorry, what are you sorry for?

The gate

Girl, she needs braces.

You see those teeth?

I opened it.

I think this is probably the most I've spoke

in the whole of season one.

I remember being like, I have lines today,

like this is so fun.

And I remember how cold it was,

and I remember actually laying on that gravel.

I remember I was studying Mesopotamia

and the Fertile Crescent,

and all the boys were a few grades older than me,

but they were like, we know about Mesopotamia.

And I was like, okay, I hate myself.

But yeah, I remember having to go back into school

and doing like four hours of school

in between these like really emotional scenes.

So we had two jobs.

[dramatic music]

This is such an iconic scene

because you start to go, oh, Mike and Eleven,

like they might be falling in love,

and there's Dustin, you know.

It's just like very, very cute,

the friendship that they have.

And I think that this is the beginning

of the wonderful friendship between the boys and Eleven.

[dramatic music]

[Enola screaming]

This was exceptionally cold water

and he didn't really touch me,

like he had his hand on my back,

but I did all the control.

Camera was below, which was really exciting.

And I watched playback every single time

to see what else I could do.

I really wanted to feel like the audience was underwater

and like trying to catch their breath too.

It was the first ever water scene I've ever done like that.

It was really cool.

And it was winter in London,

so it was very, very cold.

[Enola gasping]

I will ask you this only once.

Where is the Marquess?

Now, who would that be?

Fun fact, I didn't know my lines.

I was, this is something I'm like,

I never come into set knowing my lines.

I learn them on the day so that I'm instinctual

and that whatever comes out comes out.

So for this scene, I am, I purposely didn't know my lines

so that whatever came out was really stuttery, you know,

and cluttered and scared.

And that's what I liked about this scene

is that she truly was searching for every single word

that came out because she was begging for him to stop.

Well, you've seen my face now.

No, your face is totally unmemorable.

I love that line, that made me so,

but it's also so hard to get it all out

before he is about to dunk you in water again.

And I probably inhaled half the water by this point.

[Enola and villain grunting and struggling]

[dramatic music]

So this part of the scene, it took me two months to learn

before production, it was really difficult.

I practiced so much

and learned all of the skills

so that on the day when I got there

I was able to just do a dance routine.

[dramatic music]

Helena, she is so hilarious.

You cannot intentionally go in with anger

or aggression with her because she is so funny.

I was using real force with her,

and one take I just pushed her over.

She just felt right on her butt, and it was hilarious.

And we were both just cracking up.

She is one of the most talented down to earth

and funny actors I've ever worked with.

And just like her energy, it lights the whole room up.

[dramatic music]

I love this part.

This part's my favorite.

This actually wasn't even scripted.

The director just basically told me to provoke him.

You know, poke at him, make him fight you more.

And I was like, how do I do that?

And so, this is what I do.

[Enola screaming and grunting]

I actually love that her reactions are like,

whoa, that worked.

You know, it's never like confident.

It's more like, oh my, I'm smart.

Like that works.

That actually landed, and he's hot.

Yay!

I love that about Enola.

Like you're learning with her as she goes along.

[upbeat music]

[electronic whirring]

The ceremony is now complete.

You may make your return.

This is a scene

right before she gets thrown into the cave.

They're doing their strange family ritual

that she doesn't really know why they're doing,

but she is very scared,

but she's also maybe falling in love,

and she's starting to trust him.

[clicking noise]

I'm supposed to carry you back.

I'm fine with walking really.

Poor Nick had to hold me and nine layers of dress,

but for 12 hours within the day, so it's crazy.

Yeah, he did very well.

Sears, I was wearing everything that you see me dressed up

in in the film, I am actually wearing.

So there was a lot to hold.

Floria would love this part.

Close your eyes.

I've got you.

Working with Robin was unbelievable.

To be able to work with such a seasoned actor,

it was a dream come true.

And she brought so much to every scene,

despite maybe it not being her closeup

and being behind camera,

like she continuously was there for me.

She brought a certain energy

that she made me bring more every single day.

The best kind of actor to work with.

[gentle music]

I feel very gravitated towards strong female leads.

But just being able to executive produce this,

it meant the world

because I was able to be behind the camera,

have a say in where the plot story, casting goes.

It was really nice.

And I was able to kind of live also

my female producer lead role.

I'm sorry.

[dramatic music]

[woman screaming]

I was never thrown.

He would go to throw me, I would pull my face,

and then we would cut,

and then basically they put me on a plank of wood

and I just fell backwards up

and down on a plank of wood while they put me up and down.

But actually that day I was on the plank of wood,

I had the flu, so I like basically just couldn't breathe.

And I was just like, and I had to mime

because I had lost my voice.

So I had to mime my scream.

And then in ADR just scream away.

[upbeat music]

[electronic whirring]

Dr. Allen, yes, throwback!

What is that look?

I also think it was the first time

I ever worked with a fan.

The fan's blowing in my face, and I was like I can't see.

Okay, carry on.

[helicopter whirring]

Ruby?

Hey.

I actually spent the whole episode on the phone.

He basically teaches me how to go through

where I have to put a straw in her throat, the whole thing.

It's so exciting.

I obviously didn't really do it.

I was just doing ADR the whole time.

And then this is the scene

where they actually get to see each other.

My phone died but I kept singing til they came

just like you said.

She was about to take off with those dumbo ears.

Yep, that was a moment in time.

You did great.

You were perfect.

You're okay.

I have no words that's better than Stranger Things.

That's better than all the things,

that right there is what you call a performance.

It's like going to an acting school.

Unfortunately mine was just televised

for the whole world to see.

But that was like my practice.

I remember watching it back like with my whole family

when it went on TV,

and we were all freaking out

and my dad was like, you are amazing.

And my mom was like, this is amazing.

And I was like, yes, I'm good.

[upbeat music]

[electronic whirring]

[dramatic music]

Ghidorah, Ghidorah, my hair is insane in this,

but I love this so much.

What was so cool is that the set wasn't actually moving.

It's the camera's moving,

and right in front of me is a whole green screen.

So I just have to pretend that Ghidorah is coming.

All of it's real fire.

You know, all of it's, all of it around me.

The debris, everything is around me.

I had an amazing first aide that had a voice of God

that would just be like, and Ghidorah is coming,

and he's gonna kill you.

And you, and I would just, I would just basically just,

he would just narrate what I did, which was amazing.

[dramatic music]

[monster screeching]

[girl screaming]

She cannot help herself but scream.

Like are we okay?

This was also instinctual, not scripted.

Director kept it.

It's really nice to see that when that comes to,

you know, fruition.

[dramatic music]

[electronic whirring]

[dramatic music]

My 17th birthday, the day I filmed this.

So it was very positive, lovely,

really light day emotionally.

He's killed everyone,

and he's prepared to kill me,

but I actually throw him into the rift.

So actually Eleven created the,

the upside, I still need to get this all clarified.

Now do you cry for them Eleven?

After everything they did to you.

This was a young girl who played me.

She looked actually very much like me.

She also shaved her hair off.

I directed her, which was very exciting.

My directorial debut.

And it was really exciting

because I just wanted to have more of a say

in how she would move because I remember that,

and I remember exactly how that was.

And then basically sat in an egg for three days,

and we went through every single scene,

and I moved my face the way that I'd want her face to look.

When she would scream, I would scream

just so she could feel the intensity of the scene

and that, you know, she could feel like somebody was,

she was acting against, right?

Because she's also having to look at a green tennis ball.

I always used to clench my fists when I was using my powers.

So like showing her things like that,

showing her how to use her face, her body stance,

her strength.

I needed to feel like she was straining

because her power is so, you know, it's bigger than her.

And she's like this little dinky beautiful little girl.

And so I was just like, we need to channel our inner dragon.

[upbeat music]

[electronic whirring]

Clancy, phone home.

[drone whirring]

Hurry up!

Hey, that's my bike.

So I went to an audition for Modern Family

with like 40 other girls in the room and their moms,

and nobody brought their dad, but my dad took me everywhere.

So my dad was the only one, sat in the room

like trying to keep his head down.

And I was like, I'm not gonna get it.

And I got it, and I walked out.

My dad was like, really?

I was like, yeah, I think so.

Okay, I need to borrow this.

Okay, here this, all right.

Okay, I promise to bring it back, all right.

No, that's what you said about my mom's humidifier.

Aw, we love that.

We stand that Millie.

That's very cute.

I was also like humidifier.

That's such a hard word to say in an American accent.

But I was very good at my American accent back then.

I was just like fluid 'cause I lived here for so long.

But that was a very fun,

and we were filming in Beverly Hills, so I felt very bougie.

My whole childhood was captured,

and I'm able to look back on it,

and like one day maybe my kids

are gonna be able to look at that.

And also being able to have young girls

be able to look at that and be like,

okay, this is where she started, this is where she is.

And like, this is the journey in between.

And I think that is really nice.

Obviously there's a downfall

because people still see you, especially as a child actor.

So people are like, wait, you're not eight years old anymore

and you still, you don't have a shaved head?

And it's like, well no, I'm 20.

Like I have a life, and you know, I wanna grow as a person

but also as an actor.

And so I'm proud of myself, you know, for being confident

and for being, putting myself out there,

and despite what anybody thinks of my performance,

like I had fun and that's all that matters.

[electronic whirring]

Thank you for watching.

[upbeat music]