Millie Bobby Brown
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SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
You should go. Because I was driving him insane on the weekends. Basically just keep me busy. I didn't have any friends or anything.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah. And then he took me. And then I started going for a bit. And then I came back home and I was like, you need to take me. I actually said, which I don't remember saying this, but my parents were like, you said it. Parents lie, but. If you take me to Hollywood, I'll make it. And my dad was like, what do you mean? And I was like, I want to go to Hollywood.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And I remember having like, I wanted so badly to be in LA and to be an actor. And so the next week, we packed up the car. And we drove from Orlando to LA. We didn't have a house. We didn't have anything planned. We stayed in a motel on the side of the highway. What? And I just went to auditions and agents the whole time.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Well, you know what's crazy is, no, my brother didn't like school in America. He had a hard time adjusting because he was like 16. So it was a little harder for him. I found it even difficult, like, making friends there, just being able to kind of, like, have common, you know, ground, especially when you're 60. Like, all these people know each other.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
They all go to the same kindergarten, the same, you know what I mean? And, like, they all know each other. And this is a small town in Florida. So for my brother, I know it was hard for him to adjust.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Figure it out. And like, everything was like, if we're together, we're okay. Like, we're always going to be okay. Right, no matter what.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So, no. Like, my dad actually, he... Because I was born in Spain, which is... Marbella. So my dad was a really successful real estate agent there. That's what he got into. So he was always like, my dad, again, he's kind of a jack of all trades, always been kind of knowing of everything. It's always been like he's very talented in that.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So when we moved there, it was literally, it was like we have to kind of, now we have to figure this out. So I went on auditions and... You got an agent right away that got you the auditions? Got an agent. I actually, weirdly, I, like, maybe, like, the first two weeks, I was going to agents and, like, went to a bunch of different people. And I went to Mel's drive-in for lunch.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And he was, like... And I grew up watching, I didn't watch animation. I watched Casino, I watched Moulin Rouge, I watched, these were, I never ever believed, I was never one of those kids. I loved Disney Channel.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
But I did know who he was. He wrote on like the thing like, you know, I knew you before you were famous. And it was like the two weeks that I got to LA and I kind of – I got an agent and did the whole thing. Then I basically just auditioned after – and I was going up for jobs like – You know, I went for commercials, but I also went for the BFG.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I went, you know, I did Steve Jobs, like the Jobs movie. Like I really went up for everything and got really close. I mean, yeah, like I kind of was.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, no, I've never, never been trained. Like even when I was going in Orlando, it was never training. Like it was always like, do you know what I mean? It was like, they taught me how to sing. They taught me how to model, which was terrible. Like I am not a model. And then they taught me how to dance and I loved it.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
But of course it was like me, like just shaking ass, like had no idea what I was doing. But the acting thing, I really got, I could, you know, the monologue stuck in my head and I would think about it for a while. And like that stuck for me.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, I'll be honest, like, you know, when we started, like I started auditioning and I got like jobs, like I was like, you know, did NCIS and Modern Family and like, I was kind of just doing these like bit roles, but like still had just so much fun. But when we moved back to London, because we eventually couldn't afford to live in L.A.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
anymore, and, like, we couldn't, we basically was just like, we can't do this anymore. So we moved back to London, and then I had an audition where I got told, like, basically, I wasn't going to make it. And, like, in person, this person told me this.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
That I was too mature, so I couldn't, I wasn't going to make it because I was too mature. I didn't have that kid-like kind of, that kid-like thing, right? And so I went home and I cried and I cried and I said, I'm not going to do it anymore. Like, I don't want to act anymore. My parents were like... My parents, my dad, actually. My mom was very much always like, whatever you want, we love you.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Whatever you want, you know what I mean? But my dad... Go on, darling. Your accent is actually not too bad. Thank you.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
always saw that drive in me and was like never letting like would never let me you know slip on that and so he was like there's this audition in my inbox let's do the last one and then we're done like we don't have to do anymore and that last audition was stranger things wow and so you auditioned from uh in england on that same day i was so upset from from what on the same day
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
It was the same day, and my dad just, like, we set it up, and I just went on a blank wall, read the script, and was like, what? Like, she doesn't have any lines. She just cries.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, but it didn't even say anything. It didn't say, like, she had superpowers, her name was Levin, nothing like that. It was just, like, girl, confused, like, doesn't seem like she's kind of human. And I was really vague. And I just did what felt natural, but also used so much of the emotion that had been happening earlier on in that day.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah. I had long hair, and then... Didn't hear from them for three months and kind of stopped auditioning. Like, didn't audition. Three months. And then I got an email saying, hey, you know, the directors of that show that you auditioned for really like you. Can we Skype? So I Skyped with them. I Skyped with them. Yeah, I know.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I said that the other day and people younger than me were like, I don't know what you're talking about.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah. And I did an American accent the whole time because I didn't want them to know I was British. So they had no idea I was British. I basically wanted them to know that I could hold an American accent for that long without them knowing. So they could rely on me. So then after the Skype… They were like, can you fly out to LA? So my dad and I flew out to LA. And this is kind of the weird part.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And I said this in my speech on the last day of filming. But we got on the plane. And at this point, I knew that my character's name was Eleven. And I was on row 11. And then we got to the hotel. I was on floor 11. Wow. And everything just seemed really, really weird. Like everything felt way too real and kind of positive and optimistic for the first time in kind of like years.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And then, you know, I went in and I met with them. And I remember it was really weird. They didn't have any lines for me. They just were like, here's a box of clothes. What would you do if you weren't like human? If you didn't know who you are, like... You weren't like, you know, a normal regular girl. What would you do with this? And I just like kept like putting the clothes like on my head.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And then like just kind of feeling them. And I think they were like, shit. She's crazy. We found her.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
It was very good. And then the next day, I got a call in the hotel room as I was leaving back to Heathrow. And then it was the directors and they said, do you want to be our 11 and can you shave your hair off? And I was like, yes and yes. And then literally three months later, I was shaving my hair off.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I think. You know what, though? I just feel like growing, like even grow, like that to me, like doesn't even like really scrape the surface. Like it's like growing up in the industry, I, you know, it can get like that. People see you as an adult.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
You're hired. So you're hired like an adult. You don't work the hours as an adult, but you're expected to be there like an adult. You're expected to do the job. Same responsibilities. Pretty much everything is the same, except you got to do school three hours a day, really. That's really it. And so...
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I was so lucky because for me, and I guess that maturity really paid off because I was really able to understand the weight of what I was doing. So I was never like, yippity-doo-dah, what am I doing next? I was always very like, okay, my cool time is tomorrow. I need to get eight hours. I was so strict with myself. My parents were always like, they always kind of knew I was like that too.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I loved school, would really prioritize school. I was just kind of annoyingly one of those kids that just loved work, loved school, just loved really being on set. I was so excited to be done with school so I could have more hours at work because I just loved it. I love that.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
That was such a huge thing for a minute. Like, my whole, like, I actually call it the accent gate because it's, like, so frustrating because that was, like, everywhere. Like, for a second, like, everyone was talking about my accent and they had a real problem about it. And I was like, guys, I'm married to an American. When I'm around his family, I immediately go into an American accent.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
But then I was just in England, and the second I hear my mom and dad's accent, I just go right back into it. It's really cool. And I'm like, you want me to be an actor. You want me to play these characters. But you expect me not to morph into... People, what I hear is what I do. I do that, you know, and it's like, it's all part of it.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
You know, like, I'll be honest. Like, I really think that, like, I am so glad, like, everything happened to me. Like, even the shitty stuff that I know kind of was hard at the time that I was going through, like, I needed to go through it. Like, because I really am, like, a different person from it. Like, I know it sounds silly, but I started this when I was eight years old, and I'm –
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Right, yeah, no, totally. I think for me, honestly, like the only thing I would say to her is like, your parents, you're good. Don't worry. They got you, no matter what. Lean into that as much as possible. Because when you're a kid, you try and... You want to do everything on your own and you're trying your best. But, like, no. Like, I am so reliant on my family and, like... That's nice.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Honestly, like, they have kept my feet on the ground. You can tell. And I just would probably say... I'd probably say to them, like... Or say to her that, like...
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
But no, what I was like, I feel like... She's going to absorb all that. I feel like what's cool, though, is that when I was younger, I was so afraid of becoming those infamous child stars that just go awry. Exactly, Jason. That's a huge story that I know is viral.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Exactly. No, but you know, and it's a deep fear because it happens. And by the way, you're constantly reminded of it. In an interview at like 12, 13 years old, people would be like, what do you think about this person and their journey? Do you feel like you can relate to that? And trying to trick me. And I would... go home and think, what if that happened to me?
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Like, what if I lost touch of reality? And, you know, that's so scary. And it really was a deep fear. And, like, honestly, like, I just, again, would tell myself, like, you're not going to be like that. Like, you have your family to guide you.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, but everything else, I think I'm so grateful I went through. Because, like— Oh, great. Yeah, you know, and I know that there are some things I wish I could maybe change and stuff, but honestly, like, I'm happy I went through it, and, like, now I can just use that as reference.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Hey, no, no, no. I will say this. And actually, it's so interesting because Ariana Grande, I think, just talked about it. But like, I feel that I can't remember a lot. of my childhood.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, sometimes people will say things to me and I'm like... oh yeah, like I did meet that person. Like I forget who I've met.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, no, no, no. But like seriously, like I, and like I know people forget things when they're like, you know, older because they have kids like, or when they're a kid, they forget things.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
But I think you're right, Sean. Like, I definitely, you know, I went on a vacation right before Stranger Things came out. And I had 25 followers. And, like, I don't even remember, like, what my fucking username was. But, like, I remember I didn't even really know what Instagram was. And I just had it, I think, just to post, like, videos of my dog. Right. And then...
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
The next night, so we were driving to, I think, Palm Springs or something. And then I woke up from the nap. And I woke up and I had a million followers. Wow. My phone broke. And I looked at my dad and he was driving. I was like... what happened? And he's like, I think this show is going to be really, really big.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And, like, I remember I, like, turned my phone. I was asking my mom, like, can you turn this off? Like, I don't know how to even work this. And we got to the Palm Springs Hotel, to which the whole staff started freaking out because I still had, like, a shaved head and, like, I still looked, like, 11. And, like, people were freaking out. And I was like, oh, my God.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
It is strange. I think, I'll be honest, the kids, because there's so many boys... It was so great because I know that they had such great camaraderie in their kind of brotherhood of growing up and being teen boys in this huge hit show. For me, my journey was a little bit different.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I feel like as a woman and as a young girl, I just went through it a bit differently in terms of the things that I was wearing and the kinds of things I was kind of...
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Subject to experiencing, but just a bit more like people would ask me very different questions than they would ask them. Or, you know, they would, I would kind of, yeah. It just, that's the way it felt. It was very much like... they could just be them. And I kind of had to put some, like, put a show on a little bit more. Right, right, yeah.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Which was just a bit, it was just my different experience. But again, not like a bad experience, but just different. And I was, I am so close with the boys. Like, I love them. And I have been really lucky, again, to have that experience with them. And saying goodbye to them was really, really emotional.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Thank you. It was a lot longer than what I put on Instagram, but I really wanted to, you know, I love the boys and I love the cast, but the crew, like, I grew up with these people and most of them were like my parents.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
David, so David and I, he played my dad in the show. And like, I, like, he and I had, I would say, I would honestly say this, the most real relationship.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
He and I had a really, really transparent relationship where we're very, very honest, can be brutal with each other, but really good friends. And I think what is so amazing about him, everything's about your heart. He sees your heart. He knows what you want. He wants to find the beauty in everything and the beauty in the scene, and he wants to find it. And he always gave me that platform.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
These guys. No, I honestly like... You know, I walked onto that set and it's like a well-oiled machine. Yeah, I mean.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, I mean, Pratt's a different story. Pratt is like, I don't even understand. His thing, which I love, is like he always says, and I love this, he'll go like, If you come to set in a bad mood, like, what are you, having a hard time living your dream? And, like, I'm always like, I love that. Like, he comes to set and he is truly so grateful and honored to be there and to, like, fulfill that role.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And he taught me a lot. Because, like, I love work. But, like, you know, you go through your days where you're like, for fuck's sake, like, I'm having a bad day. But he saw... And he brought sun every day. It was always positivity. It was always funny. It was always, like, just so... And the Russos also are so great at that, like, keeping such a great-spirited, like, set.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Thank you. Thank you. I mean, the movie, like immediately I was so excited to do it because I had never done anything like this. And also my dream was to work with the Russo brothers. What did Joe Russo call you?
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I love when he does that. So he'll be like, you know what? Once he said to me, I come into his tent and I'm like, hey, guys. His tent. His tent. And I'll be like, hey, did you see that? And he's like, yeah. And then he goes, we're getting cannolis. Yes. If you do this take, you get a cannoli. And I was just like, fuck yeah. Because he's so Italian.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And I just remember like he gets like his assistant, their assistant comes in with just like basically a box of cannolis and everyone's just eating.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
On Electric State, he was addicted to TikTok and we actually had to have a sit down talk about it.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, I don't have TikTok. I do not like TikTok, so I am not a fan of TikTok. Interesting.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I just, I have a hard time with social media. I don't like social media, which is actually bringing it back.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I don't have Instagram. I don't have Instagram on my phone. Someone else does it for me and I'll take a picture and then I'll send it to someone and then they'll post it for me.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
But I'm not like, it's not like just TikTok. Like TikTok, I think, is a platform where I see, I used to see more negative than I did positive. So I was like, okay, I'm out. I don't want to be a part of that.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So I felt the same thing with Instagram. So I deleted that. So now I have no social media on my phone, so I don't get notifications about what's happening in the world, who's dating who. That's amazing. And I just don't enjoy it. So I am out of the loop.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
He had a problem, and I had to bring it up to him. He knew that his scrolling for hours was becoming a huge issue, and his algorithm was so weird.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, never that bad. But like, it was like, we would be setting up a shot and he's just like in there in his amazing chair and just scrolling away, chuckling to himself. And I was just like, dude.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So, okay, so basically I have Bobby, Marley, Max, Winnie, Agnes, Rigby, Pookie, Juno. Did I say Dorothy yet?
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, Dorothy, and I'm missing one, Jimmy. Sweet, sweet Jimmy. So I have 10 dogs, but then I have- But you've got a couple of turtles and a donkey. So I have, so I live on a farm, so I take care of, I have a horse, four ponies, two cows- So you have more than 10 children. Five goats. Yeah, I mean, and they all- Are you in the UK?
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, so the 10 dogs are in the house, and then I have, so I have the farm animals, but the farm animals, I didn't, I only got farm animals, really. I only got a donkey because I had a coyote problem, and coyotes are terrified of donkeys.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So I got a donkey. Then I basically started rescuing farm animals. So basically like there would be a farm like and here in Georgia, like there's like goats on the side of the street and you're like, what the hell? Like who can take these? And I would just basically take these animals and then I bottle fed them.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So I would bottle feed like these farm animals that a goat came onto set of Electric State every day. I had to bottle feed my goat Eminem. for like every four hours.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No. It's a donkey. It is a donkey. A donkey, they actually are quite aggressive, which sounds kind of weird. But if a donkey saw a dog... the donkey would try and kill the dog. Like, it is very, very much like, if you Google it, like, you will see that, like, donkeys, like, are very serious.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah. But Jake had to kind of draw the line at some point because we were bringing in these... that sleep in our bed and they're in diapers.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, they sleep with me at night because I have to take care of their babies. Girl, are you so crazy? They were basically babies and so I would sleep with them and Jake, they would be in the middle and they are so cute and I basically, Jake would get up and do a shift and then I would get up and do a shift. Yeah, she would do that actually. I had it, I had like Norman, Lammy, Eminem,
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah. Well, and then people started in my community. People started thinking I was pregnant because I was buying bottles and nappies and all the things.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So then... They reach around like eight weeks old and then they're, you know, they're full grown and they have horns and they're wanting to go outside. So then I have to put them outside. And then we put them outside and then basically... It's not a good combo.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, so to go on to, so then I have 20, okay, you're not actually going to, I have 25 dogs, but on top of the 10. So the 25 live outside, but they have, I have a shed, and I rescue dogs off of the street. Jake is on board with all of this nonsense. Yeah, I mean, I kind of, like, this is, like, he knows how much I, like, love animals.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, so we drew the line. Actually, he said no more, but I have to obviously have my dog Winnie in the bed. Like, that's, like, we're not compromising on that. Yeah, for Geodecker. It is a deal breaker. But he does allow farm animals. And he enjoys it as much as I do. Like, we just had two babies, two baby puppies, neonatal puppies, come to us right before Christmas. And their mom got taken away.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So they needed to be bottle fed. They weren't taken to the bottle. So Jake and I, every four hours, would tube feed these babies.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, I actually wouldn't do that at all. But I would do a lot for animals, but that is where I would do it.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
It's really, I just have, like, no, I do not think that. Like, when I think of an animal, I am just like... Like I get in my car and I'll go on Facebook because I have a fake Facebook of a different person.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, right before I drive, I go in and I see in my community if there are any stray dogs that have been left, been dumped. And then I go and I pick them up and I put them in my car and then I take them to animal control and get them registered. Then I bring them back to my house and I microchip them myself and I vaccinate them myself.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And then groom them. I give them usually their first night will be in my house. And then I build kennels outside and I have a full staff. And recently I just got my rescue license. So now I'm actually a rescue. Wow, that's incredible. But now we've found over 250 dogs homes. Oh, that is lovely.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Actually, like, yeah, like in the rural parts of Georgia, it's really, really bad. And there's a lot of dog fighting rings. And I have a lot of that situation. I see that a lot. But Jake is amazing. Like, he loves seeing the animals come in and out. Like, he'll be like, Mill, like...
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
This one comes in for 24 hours and then gets adopted the next day or sometimes the longest, you know, some of them have been with us is like around two years.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
It's joeysfriends.com and you can view the available dogs we have, all of them.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, J-O-E-Y, joysfriends.com. And they're all vaccinated, microchipped, fixed, house trained, leash trained, and crate trained. Wow. Yeah.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, well, all of my own, like I would never get rid of any of my own. But the ones I bring in, I realize like if I don't find you a home, I cannot find the next one a home. So it's like the faster I find you an amazing home, the quicker I can get in my car and go and pull from another animal control and basically lower the euthanasia list.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I mean, that is like— You're still very young. I'm still really young, but my mom actually had her first child at 21, and my dad was 19. Wow. And they— You know, it's been my thing since before I met Jake. Like, since I was a baby, like, I told my mom, like, baby dolls. Like, I wanted to be a mom just like the way my mom was to me and my nan.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Like, my grandmother is, like, a huge... She was a huge part of my life. And so, yeah, I mean, Jake knows how important it is to me. And, like, of course I want to focus... on really establishing myself as an actor and as a producer, but I also find it's so important to start a family for me personally. It's a huge thing. Jake was like, we cannot do that until we get married.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So that was his thing. And my thing was I really want a family. I really want a big family. Like I'm one of four, he's one of four. So it is definitely in our future. But for me, like I don't see having your own child, you know, as really any different in adopting. So I feel like anything's out because for me, like my home is full of love for anyone and anything.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
And so that is like what kind of we stand by, Jake and I, is like our energy in the house is like the door is always open and we want everyone to feel really comfortable.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
The door is unlocked. No, and so, yeah, so that's kind of where we're at. We're very much like we are always going to be, you know, wanting to start a family and it just doesn't really, it doesn't matter in what way or when, but it will happen for sure.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
I'm going to call him right now. He's going to be very pleased to hear that you even remembered him, to be honest with you.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Thank you so much, guys. It's been really nice to be able to talk to you guys.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah. Thank you, guys. I hope to see you in person. Yeah, I'll be there in two weeks. All right. See you there. Exactly. Bye, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. Bye.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
You guys, it's very hard to stay quiet while you're taking the piss out of each other. It's really hard.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Fantastic. Is he? Yeah, like, it's been so great because I grew up... Obviously in the public eye and he started so young. So it's really nice because he... Obviously us being... He's a man and I'm a woman. So we deal with our separate things. But to be able to come together sometimes and when I need him, he is very much there for me in the best ways. Always making sure I'm okay.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
If there's anything that's ever going on, I'm always like... Can you help me out in this situation? And he's just so informative. I mean, just, yeah, it's like his wisdom is ridiculous. Yeah, and just like, but also like such a great person. So for me, it's like, yeah, we talk about the whole fame thing, but it doesn't really come up in conversation. It's more about like...
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
The kind of person he and his wife, my mother-in-law, is, they are just really good people. And they just do good. And they're good people. And so I just strive to be like them.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Well, yeah. It's amazing. Yeah. But also they did everything together, which is so beautiful. Everything. They're high school sweethearts. So to be able to go through that all together as a team, they make such a wonderful team, such great parents, obviously.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
And I was too, I think. So we were together at this posse, and my dad never does this. He came up to me, he's like... do you think that you could go up to Jason Bateman for me? Because I love him. And I was like, I was like 14. I was like, sure. So I go up and walk over and I'm like, hi, this is my dad.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
And anyway, my dad is like the sweetest person, and he's so personable, so funny, he's so English. He is awesome. He would be, the banter is amazing.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
endless with him and so he kind of just makes friends with really anyone like he yeah i mean he's really great like he got a coconut cake from tom cruise this year like do you know what i mean like he's just that kind of guy like makes friends with everyone loves everyone and you have to you just happen to be one of his favorite people and um yeah that's kind of like that's up until he met him oh but yeah of course and then he said wow never meet your idols now
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah. Well, it's really interesting because... When I turned 18, it was this really weird, like, well, what do we do now? And do you still want to come?
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
Yeah, and also just like, I know it's boring. Like, I know what you're doing is like, it's sat there, boring. But he now is just my manager. And like, we do everything together. We sign deals together, figure out my next projects together. I talk to him...
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
maybe like six hours a day like on the phone like if he's not if he's not with me we are we are talking to each other on the phone and we're just basically like yeah we he kind of helps me run my production company and we yeah we just are developing developing new stories every day but it's it's very it's he's just like a very he's a very creative man really creative
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
So he usually follows me everywhere because we have separation anxiety. Me and my parents, it's really bad, but we have really bad separation anxiety and he is the worst for it. He doesn't like to admit it, but he really is. So anytime... I'm not in England. Like, they'll basically follow me around. This is the longest time. And he'll get out his calendar, like, in his office.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
And he'll be like, not with Millie, not with Millie. And he's like, okay, I'm not with you for three weeks. Like, what are we going to do? I'm going to be like that.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
No. My parents are, like... You know, my dad worked on a fruit and veg stand. Like, he worked at a market, a fruit and vegetable market. So my dad did that the majority of his life. Wow. And that goes back, like, actually, we have pictures of our family in, like, the 1800s, like, doing that same thing. No kidding? Yeah, so it's, like, florist.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
In Dorset, so in the countryside of England. Okay, nice. And so that's what my dad did. My mom, you know, she had four kids. She had her last daughter when she was 41. So she's been like, you know, the best, most present mom ever and been very lucky to have that time with her.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
So my older sister's 30. My older brother is 27. And then my younger sister is 13.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
Amazing. Yeah. They had gaps. It was really weird. Yeah. And yeah, so basically I... JB, you have a gap, right?
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
And I've always been, I always loved dancing and singing. Like, acting, I didn't really even know it was a job. Like, I didn't know it existed. And then we moved to Orlando, Florida from England kind of randomly. Really? Yeah.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
No, just because my family, I would like to say, and even now, we're still very, like, we're nomads. Like, we kind of just, we never take a plane. We always drive. We're always just, like, that kind of family. If we want to go somewhere, we'll just get in the car and go. Like, we've always been like that. Never kind of, we don't need a lot to plan.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
And then you thought, like, what's a... That was a really great... I just... That took so much longer for me in my head. I'm so sad. I know. That'll be fast.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
We went there a lot. Growing up, I went there a lot on vacation. And then my dad was like, I just love it here. I love the weather. I love the vibe. I love the people. So we were like, okay. So we moved there for about maybe six, eight months.
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"Millie Bobby Brown"
And my little sister was probably like, oh my gosh, maybe like... I want to say like nine weeks old. It was kind of a crazy decision, but we moved. And then I went to school in Orlando. Again, not performing at this point. And then we heard this thing on the radio, me and my dad, and it was like, come to this... This workshop where you can dance, sing, and act. My dad was like, that's cool.