Millie Bobby Brown
Appearances
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like I just, I look back on those memories and we did just have so much fun. Like Noah and I once, it was season three, Noah Schnapp. He and I were the youngest, so we stuck together really close because we were silly. Like the other kids... They were older, they weren't like, we were really silly. Like we would pull faces, make noise, do like the fart jokes.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like we were the nightmares of the group and understandably. But we once, all the teachers were on lunch and we, and this is where I don't, I wasn't doing a rule following thing. We TP'd the whole classroom and then we hid all of the teacher's computers, like all,
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
and like and and and then we hid in the closet of of the classroom and when the teachers came in they couldn't find they couldn't find anything the other kids were like what happened in here they're on the radio like where's Millie and Noah we need to get them on set and we were just hysterical in the closet and I just look back on those memories be like you have to do that like weren't you like weren't you like yeah like my husband's like he used to TP um
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
like with his siblings, like before, like at Halloween. I wasn't doing any of that. I wasn't allowed to. So just like those moments you look back and you go, we were so silly. No, that is so cute.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
trees and everyone's like oh my god we're gonna get in so much trouble it's like but then when we came out the teachers were barely laughing at us and the ad's were rolling their eyes because they're like of course they would do that and they took pictures and we took pictures like in the tp classroom and all the kids were like you guys are nuts and we knew it wait that's cute okay who on the cast is most likely to make someone laugh during a scene
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Oh, gosh. I mean, for me personally, like, Noni makes, like, Winona makes me laugh, like, because she's just so, she's so wholesome sometimes. Like, she, and, like, I just, she makes me chuckle. And she knows she does. Like, so I think her or Noah, like, Noah knows how to get, like, Noah knows my weakness. Because Noah will, like, do the silly, we make fun of each other's, like, poses.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So, like, in Stranger Things, he always does, like, he always feels the demogorgon. And, like, he always goes...
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
like and I will do it with him behind the camera to sabotage him and then he does the same he'll be like and I'm like and like we just we sabotage each other like what can we like that's what we do that and then like he knows my weaknesses but they all make me laugh honestly like I am easily the one to break for sure you okay who gives the best advice Oh my gosh, Winona.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Okay, okay, okay. You know, like, and I'm not trying... Like, I listen to every episode.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Who does their own stunts? Me. I don't know. Especially that I do my own stunts. I do all of them, yeah.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Finn Finn I think Finn Finn is just so like he's just so like he's so funny and I feel like I feel like his fans also are a little bit more like you know he has a huge following because he's Mike like people love him like I know even so many of my like girlfriends growing up were like Finn basically posters on the wall so I think he probably would have I do have some some weird experiences but I think him maybe the most I don't know
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like, Jake, my husband, we... I'm on the drive and Jake's like, put the next episode on. Chelsea... So I just recently listened to... To the Chelsea Handler one. I was in bed and my husband's like, what are you doing? I was crying in fits like you trying to keep a straight face while she's telling the most absurd stories.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
One time I had a man bring me at an event a coffin with a doll of me in it. And I was like, oh, so cute. That's like your people pleasing tendency. I know. I know. Because I was like, I'm not going to like I was like, oh, my gosh, that's so that's so cool. And you worked so hard on it. And I was and then he wanted to give it to me. And I was like, no, no, no, I'm OK.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I don't want to take that with me. So I signed it and then I gave it back to him.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
How did you feel about that? I honestly did not, did not care. Like, like, and I'm saying that, like, like I really did not care. I didn't have anxiety. I wasn't sad when they shaved it off. I just thought, cool. Like now this is what I'm doing. Like, I think, I think it started to hit me months and months in where like,
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
you get at that age where you're 11 now and you're shaving it consecutively every three days because it cannot grow past a certain length because we're filming. So continuity wise, you're shaving it. So every time it started to grow and I'd get excited, we'd shave it again. So I think it became to the point where I was like 12, 11 or 12, where I was like,
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
the boys started liking girls and I was kind of like, maybe why are boys not liking me? And then I was like, oh, I'm feeling like insecure now. So then I would put wigs on and I did get really, really like bullied like, in public, people would like make comments and stuff. But I honestly, I still to this day, like loved the experience and I would do it again.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like I always tell Jake, like for my first baby, I want to shave my hair off. Like, I don't know. I just feel like it was really like liberating, would suggest it for anyone, any girl.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah. Like when you have the child or when you're- Like right, like maybe like right before I'm about to give birth. Like, cause I just think like, Hair is such an ordeal anyway to deal with. I'm gonna nurture my child, why deal with my hair? And I think it's such a liberating experience.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
To be a woman is, and I felt like I had that experience as a girl, but I'd like to have that experience as a woman.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah. I just don't allow like outside noise to influence something that meant so much to me at that time. Like I did love it. Like I would go home and my mom and dad like always supported me, always hyped me up, told me I looked amazing. And like, so that it was a fantastic experience. It's when I stepped out my door when I felt people were making me question if it was looked good or not.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But they didn't infiltrate my front door. That noise didn't. So for me, and I know I'm in a much stronger place now that I could deal with that noise.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I deal with it every single day. So for me, I'm like, that's nothing.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah. Honestly, I think it's again, like my parents put me, like when we lived in Georgia, so I didn't, like when I was like talking to boys, it was usually like either people in the industry or like that's kind of the only way, I didn't go to school, I didn't go to parties. So I didn't meet any, it was mostly online. Like I, like that's kind of where I was like, oh, that boy's cute.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But like, I don't know, like maybe, and maybe one day I'll meet him. And then I, you know, and that's kind of how that happened. It was never like I dropped my coffee and met, you know, a guy. Like that just wasn't the case to me. So I was like kind of, I never got to meet anyone. Everything was very monitored in terms of when I met a boy.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I 100% agree with you. Like, that's something I... Again, I actually just talked about it in my Vanity Fair cover. But, like, for me... yeah, I have trouble communicating even still with people my own age and I'm now 21 and I'm still like, okay, like I can't, I sometimes I find it hard navigating conversations or finding things in common.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And that I know is just due to like my lack of socialization with children. But I, if you put like a six year old woman in front of me, I could talk for maybe like four or five hours like that. And I just, I grew up with, people over the age of 30 all the time. And now I can have a conversation with, most of my friends basically are over 25.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah, no, I definitely think my vibe changes. Like I feel so comfortable talking to you. I have a 30-year-old sister. So we are like... Very close in the way I and I think also that has a lot to do with it. Like I have a 27 year old brother, a 30 year old sister. So we have very big age gap. So I grew up with a lot of adults in the house anyway. But I do have a 12 year old sister.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So I do love kids. I grew up having a baby in the house. So for me, yeah, I do. I do really connect with with kids. So that it's like, it's like really like under 10. It's in between 10 and like 21 that I'm just like, ah, I don't know what to talk to you about. And I'm really scared. I don't have TikTok. So I really don't know what you're talking about.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
If you're like making a joke about something that that's where I struggle.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
The other day, something was just said about, Oh gosh. And my husband was like Millie. And it's just like the, the, yeah, the golden white dress. Like I'm, I'm just realizing what that is. Like, so that's where I, that's where I'm at.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
We met through a mutual friend. My friend was going to college where he was going to college and I wound up getting his number but never actually called him. Okay. I was single and was just kind of like, I'll put it in my phone. I don't even know why I had it in my phone, but I just put it in my phone. She ended up not going to that college.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah, I mean, yeah. I mean, hopefully one day we can actually be like real, real friends. Like that would be epic. I don't know. I think I feel that way, I guess. Gosh, that's really that's really tough. I'm friends with Ray, who is like the most iconic celebrity. singer of all time. And she, I sometimes think like, wow, like I can't believe I'm friends with her.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So then they like, we were like all kind of like, I don't know. We wanted them to like be friends. And like, I really wanted her to find a group. And then we, it was four months later. And then I just came home from work and I was in my room and I thought, I'm just going to cold call people.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
casual yeah I was like I'm so bored and the first person I called called was him and I and I was like hi my name is Millie and he was like hi I'm Jake and I was like um and the first thing I said so like gross I was like are you single and he was like yes and I was like okay and then I was like um where are you and he was like I'm at college and he was at college at the time And I was like, okay.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Um, I was like, I'm single too. And he was like, great. Like he, we were friends for a while. Like we text back and forth and called and we watched like shows on zoom and stuff like together, but we, he did not flirt with me. Like,
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
once like when I tell you I'm really good when I can sense that like had no clue and I said to my mom you're gonna have to sit in on a conversation I have with him and tell me are you getting that because I don't know if he's flirting with me or not and I went down to my parents after a phone call one night I said he's either gonna be the maid of honor at my wedding or the groom I don't know which one it's like I don't know he's either gonna be my best friend or like my husband I cannot tell and um she sat in on the conversation and she said
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
he isn't flirting with you like he isn't like he doesn't show any signs of interest and he was he's just so respectful like so like and I and basically one night I just said to him I really like you and I really don't want that to ruin our friendship because I really like our friendship but I do really like you and I just want you to know and then he was like wow you're so bold I was like
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
what do you mean um and then the next day he was like I really like you too we should we should meet and so we met and then like the rest is history men I know it took him that long though to be like yeah no I do like you I was like wow you're so so bold had to fall asleep wake up the next morning to thinking oh he actually despises me to him being like no I do actually really like you like you falling asleep on zooms together yeah you're like I
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But again, he was like just he that's him like through and through like even like he's just that kind of guy. Like he is so friendly, so nice to everyone. He could literally have a conversation with a brick wall. I cannot. So like I literally like cut to the chase. Do you like me? And he's like, wow, you're so bold.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I was like, are you seeing what's happening here? We have a great connection. We're good friends. Like, and I knew his favorite color, like favorite food, all the things before I met him. And then when I met him, I walked through the airport. And usually this is a huge ick for me, like just like men picking me up from an airport.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
make me feel sick like I can't I refuse I had it's just like I've had bad experiences where they get me flowers and I'm like I cannot interact with you ever again um it just freaks me out I just think it's like weird he picked me up and I was like in love like I was like oh my god you've broken the cycle how have you broken the cycle really this is the most random ick I have ever fucking heard from anyone on this show what I'm coming from you don't see what I'm coming actually
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Did he have flowers? No. He had a little sign. No, no, no, no, no. Are you kidding me? I would have turned back into TSA and gone, check me. Like, actually, get me a boarding pass. Get me on the next plane. Never speaking to you ever again. I'm sorry. I can't bear it. A sign. A sign. Are you a chauffeur? No. No. Like, actually, no way. No, I can't. I can't. I really can't.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like she's just such a cool, yeah, she's such a cool girl. And Tom Cruise, but that's.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
It's so accurate, though, of them standing there. So he fully broke the cycle. No, he actually did something even worse. He picked me up and spun me around, which, again, could add to my ick. And I loved every second of it. I was like, like, loved it. I loved it so much. It was epic. But yeah, no, any other man that did that, I would have...
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
My family, we don't like to fly anywhere. We like to drive. So we've literally, my whole life, we get in a car and we drive. We've driven from LA to Vancouver. We've driven from Florida to LA. We do road trips everywhere. So we go to the South a lot. That's just what we do. And it's kind of like his initiation. If he can't pass that, then... You know what I mean?
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like, yeah, he's just like, he's like epic. Cause I love stunts. I love doing my own stunts. So he is like a huge, huge inspiration to me because he does, of course, all his own stunts. So for me, like he is like, I love, I love kind of being the girl, the girl version. Just so casual, your life. Yeah.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
If you can't sit in a car and sing songs with my family, that's going to be a huge issue. So I invited him on a family road trip. We got in an RV. He had never been in an RV before, which I was like, what? What do you mean you've never been in an RV? This is my favorite.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
and we got in and he just fit right in like my family were like kind of scared they were like we're gonna we're gonna traumatize him for basically 16 hours but he loved it like he got out the gas station brought us all snacks we all sung songs and I and then from then on I was like oh if my family my dad who like when we first met he when he first met my dad my dad was driving
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
to pick him up and I was mortified. I couldn't even believe we were all getting in a car together. We picked him up from the airport and my dad stopped at the airport side pickup. And as Jake's getting in, my dad started driving as he's getting in the car. And I was like, dad, stop, dad, stop. And he hopped in and Jake swung his hair back and was like, hey, Mr. Brown and closed so suave.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
It was unbelievable how he killed it. And I looked at him, I was like, dad, you didn't stop the bloody car. And yeah, no, Jake killed it. And I remember thinking like, oh, if he's gotten through that, like that's the hard part.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
he got in and was like, hey, Mr. Brown. And I was like, oh my dear God, get me out of this car. Not only have we picked you up from the airport, you're now meeting my father who hasn't stopped the car. And you have all your luggage that we now have to get in the car while you're moving. I was like, I'm getting hot.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And then we got in the, he walked in the house and my mum was watching The Impossible, like the most, the saddest movie of all time. To which my mum is bawling her eyes out. Jake's like, hi, Mrs. Brown. And my mum's like, call me Kelly. Call me Kelly. And I was like, oh, this is horrific. No, it was really bad. I'm red.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
No, and like seriously, my parents, like when he went to bed that night, my parents looked at me and they were like, he is like fantastic. Like we love him. And I was like, really? After everything you put him through? Yeah, I think he is great. Are you joking me?
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Thank you. Tell me about this outfit. Okay, so this is Florence by Males. This is my company. This is a t-shirt. These pants belong to Pamela Anderson. You're lying. I'm not lying. She gave me these pants for the press tour and they fit and I just couldn't really even believe that she... Yeah, she gave them to me.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
No, no, no. They are so different. They are so like, you know, everything's put together. My fam, they were not watching the impossible. They did stop the car when they picked me up. Like it's very different. Um, no, they're just like the sweetest. Like we had dinner, we talked, um, I was really nervous to meet them.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Of course, like you don't, you don't, you never know what's going to happen if they're going to like me. Um, But yeah, I was just, I'm very like, I try to keep, I don't want to like, you know, catfish you. So I'm going to show you who I am, like from the very beginning, you know? So I am like, I am crazy and nuts and fun, but like, yeah, I think they really liked me at the very beginning.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And it was like getting to know each other and really like talking out everything. And I think they saw how much Jake liked me. So I think, yeah, they got to see that. Whereas my parents like to be in the relationship and they're very much like, let's all
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
go out together let's all go on vacation you're like mom yeah i know no but i do love having them around like they are so like my husband will be like mill like let's go out to dinner with them and i'm like we haven't been out to dinner you and i they're like they're so funny and they they get like toothpicks stuck in their teeth at dinner like they're just that they're just that they're those people yeah they're those yeah when did you realize like okay i really actually see a future with jake hmm
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I guess we've been together for four years. So I guess maybe like when we moved in together and I saw like we had dogs together and we were taking care of our animals and we started living this like day-to-day life. I thought, oh, I really don't think I could ever see you like as anything else. I really want, I don't want to be with anyone else ever again. I don't want to date.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I don't want to meet anyone. Like I want you. And I think when we started talking about politics and how we want to raise our kids and like, we started talking about really, really bigger things that I'd never spoke, obviously never spoken about. And I'm already very young. So I've never spoken about that with like boys anyway.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But to be able to even think about those things, I was like, shit, like, Okay, maybe I do want to be with you forever. But I obviously didn't know if he felt that way. Like we talked about marriage, but I didn't know really when it was going to be. And then when he proposed, I was like, it makes sense. Like everything aligns. And like his parents got...
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
married really young they're high school sweethearts my parents got married really young um they got married when they went like they well they met when they were 19 so they're just like they're like love stories we had just like really young marriages we had really great um role models growing up so we didn't see any different we didn't get like jaded by like all the other stuff you know because i feel like that's i'm sure people have asked you like oh like did you ever consider waiting or were you nervous get married young but i think when you grow up and you have like a really good example in front of you you just don't see anything else exactly yeah
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like I filled like the back of a pickup truck with like duvets and like I got snacks and candles and we like, like, yeah, we like watch TV and we talked and I had a little picnic. So like that, that, that stuff is my vibe.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I. No. I'm not embarrassed of anything. I know I don't get embarrassed. I know it's really, because I don't know if it's like a problem that I really need to take up with my therapist, but like, I really don't get embarrassed. I'm like, yeah, that's just who I am. Like my parents, again, if I did like stupid shit, like as a kid, my parents would just be like laughing. That's Millie.
Call Her Daddy
Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like never, ever took the sparkle of like out of me. So for me, like, yeah, like I, we were on a road trip and we were in Alabama and it was just me and Jake and our friends and I needed a wee. So I just hung out of the car and peed like in a swamp in the middle of Alabama. Our friends were like,
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
what the hell and and I peed in this cup and I emptied it and then the lid was like a pee cup and then we kept it in the car and we called it the pee lid and like for the whole trip we were just like don't touch the pee lid and Jake's like Millie like you couldn't have like done anything we could have stopped you could have waited I was like I'm gonna pee in a swamp I grew up basically peeing in swamps like are you kidding me like that's just like on the road trips like it's like you need to pee let's go just pee on the side of the road so like that's kind of what we what we did I love
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
No, no, no. This is not. This is definitely not my day to day. I moved to Atlanta to film Stranger Things. And then that was like that was 10 years ago. So then we filmed Stranger Things there. And my parents didn't want me to stay or live in L.A. They didn't want to live in L.A. They really wanted to kind of shelter me from...
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
gosh um that I'm I mean that maybe I'm pregnant like I was I was caught buying diapers for my lamb I had like a baby like lamb in my bed and I needed diapers for him so I kept buying diapers for him but people were taking pictures of me buying diapers and like bottles and like I actually tried like pacifiers with him and people were like Millie Bobby Brown's pregnant I was like no no it's my lamb the next week he grew so big I had to go get adult diapers and then they were really confused they were like what the
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
hell is going on here Millie yeah so that's the weirdest one because I really had a really good excuse for it only you only you okay who is more likely to apologize first if you guys are like in a little Jake yeah who's the more sensitive one me I mean Jake can be sensitive but it would have to take a lot for him to be like feel like that like he takes like I am obviously like crazy so
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I, for me, I am sensitive when it comes to like, like I will notice something and I'll be like, you didn't touch my finger. Like when I was sitting on the couch just then, like you hate me. That's it. Okay, got it. Like I understand. Okay. But like, you know, like, you know, when you're just like, it's my period. And he knows that. He's like, you're coming. It's okay, babe. Like, he knows.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I am like a pretty stable part. We go like, I go to therapy. Like, I try to like regulate my emotions. But when I'm on my period, like, no, I see hell. It's game over. It is game over for him and me. Yeah, yeah. For him specifically. For him. Yeah, exactly.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah. Like Jake has more stamina. So Jake can like last the whole night when it comes to partying. I am good for a good three hours. And then I am midnight and I'm like, peace up. Like that's it. Like cannot, cannot lie. It's just really hard. All of our friends, like they went to college. So they can't. You're like, have you ever played beer pong? Yeah. And I'm great at it.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I just learned beer die. What is that? Do you know what beer die is? You know what that is? It's impossible. You have to throw basically dice in the air. It lands on the table. You have to catch it. If it lands in the beer, you gotta drink the beer. Like, It's a whole thing, but we just played it and I'm terrible at it. But beer pong is like great. You're good. I am good at that.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
What did you do for your 21st birthday? We went to Texan Caicos with all of our friends. We had just like the best time. Went on a boat, hung out, played mermaids. You know what a mermaid is? Wait, is that where you like swim to the bottom of the pool? It's like when you just swim in the pool and play like house, like moms and dads. But as mermaids, you pick your color, tail.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
It's the most pathetic game known to man. But I played it as a child and I said my dream for my 21st is to play it with all my friends. So all my girlfriends and I, we like picked our tail colors and we all basically just found our own homes and shells. And we were just like aerial for, yeah, a couple hours.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
the society out here just because it can be overwhelming for child actors. So they kept me in Georgia and then I lived with them up until I was 18. But then at that point I had like two dogs in my room and a rabbit and they were like, no more animals. And I was like, that's going to be a problem. So I ended up moving. I bought a house right next to them.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like he'll just like, if he sees something, like I'll be like, oh, I need socks. And he'll be like, let's go to Prada. And I'm like, let's go to Target. Like what? Like he's just like that kind of guy. Like he loves to like, he loves to go shopping. And he will refuse to pack a suitcase because he likes to go shopping in the place we're going. That's what he does. Whereas I'm like Amazon basics.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like I love that. Like that I never ever, when I do spend money on something like, I have to call my parents. I have to think about it. Like I go back. I don't just buy it right away. Right. You're like praying about it. You're like, I need to see if I need this in like a month and then maybe I'll get it.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And I try to help Jake through that. But he does get like buyer's guilt. Like I think so. Like sometimes I'll be like, no, I shouldn't have fucking bought it.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I bought a pair of Chanel sunglasses, and my parents were like, you should buy them. You like them. And I was like, like, cause I really like to be transparent. I grew up with no money, like did not grow up with any money. So like we, we never owned a house. Like, so we, I have a bit like, I have like a money like thing, like where I get like, I'm just like very conscious about money.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So, and my parents like, like they say it's important for me to keep that. It's just good to know like about money and, you know, and not splurge. But I remember buying a house,
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
like with my parents and being able to do that because for the first time we were able to actually not be like scared about renting and like the landlords and you know like usually like the dog shit on the carpet when we have to then hide it from the landlords and all that you know we're a crazy family so we usually always lost the deposit on a rental.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So it was nice to just buy a house and be like, let's paint the walls. Like, you know, it was really nice.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
so stunning and it's I am so happy for you and I can just I am so happy for you and I like I listened to you before you like met Matt so like I like I like I felt like and I'm sure like listeners feel the same way just like you going through that love story and seeing you fall in love and like you were so like you know like like afraid and like to fall in love and like that and to see you happy just makes my heart so happy
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So I have a house next to them in London and a house next to them in Georgia. So I live across the street, but I do live, I live on a farm next to them.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Hold on. I think that I was good. I didn't stress. I wasn't stressing. I'm just a planner. So like, I'm not like yelling at people or anything. Like I'm not bridezilla, but like I knew every second of that schedule. Like every second. Like I apparently, which I don't really remember this because I think I blacked out right before I walked down the aisle.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But I apparently, like I knew the second of the song that people would go down the aisle to. So I had a really big wedding party. And I knew- that right before I would go, okay, you guys go. And I knew the second that the song would go, right? So I'd go, you guys go, you guys go. Like I was ready because they were walking down the aisle and I had forgotten to put my veil on. I'd forgotten all.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So by the time that everybody went, I went, oh shit. And my dad went, Millie, it's your turn. And I was like... It's my turn. And like, I put my veil on and I was like, oh my God, now I've got a cue myself. And like, that's like the AD in me, like to be like, I have to be. So I, and Jake said at the end of the aisle, he saw my arms waving around, trying to like make sure everything was perfect.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
It's the actor in me. I cannot help it, but, like, make sure everything's perfect. And Jake literally, like, after, on our honeymoon, Jake was like, you're gonna come, like, you're gonna have a come down, like, because every single day I'd have meetings and I would, like, to the point where, like, I had everything engraved, everything thought about. And so...
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah, I think for me, like after the wedding, did you have like a really bad kind of come down?
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yes, yes, I have. So I have 25 farm animals. So that's like the goats, Cardi B, Slick Rick, Eminem. I have Frank, I have Betty. Like they're all named, so the donkeys are like bee names, the cows Barnaby, Bessie. So they're all just like that. I do kind of think like, what name do I? And then I've realized I've named them all after names I actually really like for kids names.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
get like be in it even lightning in a bottle like the feeling is unmatched like i i will say as much as i did like control every factor of it i i enjoyed like i remember everything about the ceremony the vows like i remember the feeling i remember like not caring like you know um my guests were stood up for like the most of our ceremony because like we forgot to dance Sit down.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So like, and even that I'm like, I just don't care. Like, I love it. Like, it's just like, it's just part of it. It's the story you get to tell. Like, and, and after I let the reins go and I was like, I'm whatever happens now is just fun.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So we did a six minute choreographed routine. Millie? I know. This is also, and I can't believe Jake actually did it. We did a Grease medley. So it started with you're the one that I want. It went into summer nights. It went into we stick together. Like we did, it was a medley of Grease. We dressed as like Sandy and Danny.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah, but it was epic. It was like unbelievable. People could not believe. what they were hearing. And that was the only thing that I looked at Jake and I was like, if you let me down on this, like we have been practicing for a year and a half, like, and we, we went to dance lessons like that. It was very, very strict for me. I've always wanted to do that.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I was like, I'm either like going to do that or I'm going to dance down the aisle. So it's you choosing. And Jake was like, okay, we'll do the other one. But he loved it. He,
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
absolutely loved it how did it go he got into it oh we did not miss one beat like it was any and after you know practicing for a year and a half I thought wow and it was it was really and I don't regret that one bit like everyone was like it was like we put on a show and it's like he also is an actor so we just loved being able to like do that for everyone and for
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Honestly, he had so much fun. He definitely danced the night away. We had moments where we danced. Jake's mom is such a dancer. Really? Yeah, she loves it. So we danced the night away. Honestly, I am so happy that he was just able to be the father of the groom. And I was really happy for that.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Non-traditional thing, both of my parents walked me down the aisle. Cute. Traditional... Oh, non-traditional. We slept, we stayed in the same bed the night before.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like, so it's like, I am like Winnie, like my dog Winnie. I love that name for a kid. Like I wish I, but I cannot because Winnie's truly ruined the name. She's a psycho dog. She's the best dog ever. But you know when you have the dog that's just like emotionally dependent on you? I'm like, I can't now name my child that. I have Winnie, these are my dogs. So now I have 10 dogs.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah, like, it's very traditional. I'm planning my older sister's wedding now.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
You're back at it again already? Yeah, I know. I love it. And she's like, I don't want to cut a cake. And I'm like, I keep telling her, like, Paige, like...
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
write your own vows yeah mine were like six minutes like mine were people were like when's it gonna end I'm an actor I cannot help it I had to say everything you're like end again and I was like end one more thing I'm obsessed and Ray performed at my wedding And she performed at Samore while we were cutting the cake. So I do think it was like, it was a moment.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like, but I do like, and she performed her music, like Frank Sinatra. It was like beautiful. Very Italian.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Well, the directors, the Russo brothers, I had met them when I was young. They came on to Stranger Things. They are obviously legendary directors. And I already work with brothers on Stranger Things, the Duffer brothers. And they're twins, but the Russos are just brothers. But it was really interesting because we got to see those... They are very similar in the way that they work.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And they came on to watch Stranger Things. And then I actually was... I went on to Avengers to watch them film Endgame. And I sat next to them, watched them direct. And I remember thinking to myself, my dream is to work with them. So when they brought me this project...
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
honestly it couldn't have it could have been anything I would have taken it but the fact that it was electric state just made it all the better like it was the most original concept I have ever ever heard of it was 90s themed futuristic um such a beautiful messaging behind technology versus reality and the character I'd never played anyone like her before um and I just thought like what
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
this is fantastic. And then when I heard that Chris Pratt was obviously gonna work alongside me, I have heard such amazing things about working with him. And I thought like, that's a huge factor of like, who am I gonna work with for the next four or five months? And what kind of energy are they gonna bring every day? And let me tell you, that man brought the best energy. Never had a bad day.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And he never had a bad day. He came to set, made everyone smile, made everyone feel important, knows everyone's name, just like a pro, like an expert at his craft.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So 25 animals that live outside. Then I have 10 dogs that live inside, four cats. And then I have 23 dogs that live outside, but in a sanctuary, in a rescue building that's outside my house that I built to save stray dogs.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And that's all I want to know. You're like, thank you. I'm going to go back and look at it.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
as females and to be able to feel like, you know, we're able to save the world too. And it's bigger messaging on girls being able to be decision makers, be in politics, you know, change the world for the better. So why not see heroes on screen that they can resonate with? Of course, like I want to branch out and work on different things.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But for me, there is like, there is a must in that if a young girl is watching, how will she feel watching this? Will she feel empowered? Like, will she feel like she can kind of,
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
okay who is your ultimate moving forward in life who's your ultimate dream co-star margot robbie oh my god can you imagine i would just love to work i'm ready to buy the ticket yeah no i would love to work with her i think she's just like she's a pro like she and she too just feels like she made me like she like when i watch her i feel inspired
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Cause I feel like she's like, she leads her movies with, you know, drive with this sense of like being, feeling like a badass and like, yeah, she works alongside men, but I can't keep my eyes off of her. So I think that's like, you know, that's huge. I would love to work with her. Obviously like, you know, Meryl Streep, like, you know, I, that would be. Have you met Margot?
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I have never met Margot. I've met Meryl Streep, which was also like the blacked out, you know, when I met Margot,
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I guess I think that the press, they love to go in on me sometimes with certain things. I know that obviously people say that I look a lot older. That's a thing that I get a lot is like, oh my God, she looks like 40. And I'm like, well, yeah, you did meet me when I was 10. So I'd understand now I'm 21. It's been 10 years. She grows. My face grew. I don't know. What do you want me to do about that?
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Okay, so it actually became a problem. It was on electric state where Jake said, like, no more. Like, Mill, like, it's becoming a real issue. We were in the car and he was like, I can't anymore. And I was like...
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Um, that and like my accent thing and like, you know, I think people like to pick on certain things that I say and do. And I think, you know, obviously I don't want that for any person growing up in the industry, but it really actually doesn't bother me. Like, and I, I wish I could be like, you know what? It does get to me. Like it used to get to me. It did. I grew up feeling really, really, um,
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I was, I got, it got to me and I remember trying to change myself to please the masses. And actually now I'm in a place where like, yeah, like my accent does change. My face does grow. Like I do wear a lot of makeup. Like it's just the kind of person I am. I like that. Like it's fun for me. And like, you're not going to tell me how to be a girl. Like you're not going to tell me how to be a woman.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Like that is not, that is not the world I live in. It could be the world you live in. It's just not the world I've built for myself. So I think like, yeah, I think that that's what people don't know about me in terms of like what they say and the outside noise really doesn't phase me.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
No, absolutely. It should never be okay. I feel like when that stuff comes out about me or about other women and other young girls in the industry, I'm disgusted. I can't believe it still happens. And if I can do anything to change it, I would. I always say if I had a genie wish, I really would wish that no one ever had to go through that kind of scrutiny because it is...
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
this is actually an argument we're gonna have right now because i was like i love having all of my dogs in bed with me but when he's away i have all the dogs in bed with me but um party but we've now it's only winnie like it's only winnie in bed and i'm yeah livid about it but i'm picturing jake leaving on a trip and you like whistle and they all run into your room the rottweiler the great they're all in the great dane i have a great dane barbie
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
it changes the kind of person you are. It changes the way you perceive the world and you see the bad in everyone. You don't see the good. You're like, what are your intentions? What are you gonna say about me? And I think the press just need to be taught manners again.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And I think they need to go back to school and learn how to speak to people, be kind, and just understand that we're all growing people. We all make mistakes. And ultimately, the standards and stigmatism or the stigmas against people
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
um girls um it's ridiculous especially i feel in hollywood just like i've seen it a lot you know in the world but in hollywood i see it with young young actors and it's just it's it can jade you and it can make you so different and i hope no one ever has to go through that no i know like we're we've now like obviously we're at time but i just wanted to say like
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I actually, I actually think I will because I want to. This is fun. Yeah, it's so fun. And I want Jake, I want to watch Jake listen to the stories I've told.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Which I named her Barbie before Barbie was a thing. And everybody was like, oh, my God, such a cute name. And I was like, I hopped on that train a lot. Yeah. I love that name so much. But I have to say Barbie to Americans because they go Bobby. And I'm like, no, it's Barbie. And then they're like, Barbie? And I'm like, Barbie. Oh, it's the most annoying thing ever.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
So, yeah, no, I have, oh my gosh, an abundance of animals. I'm obsessed that you have a Great Dane.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
We did she just like randomly reach out and be like, so the whole like the whole film Electric State is based in the 90s. So I was like, okay, everything I want everything I really wear in this press tour to be 90s archive. So I was like, who were the major blondes in the 90s? And I was like, okay, Tammy. So we found out, I had a mutual with her.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I get it. I understand why they would say that because I am actually, I have chickens, I get the eggs. I know what it looks like from afar, except I could not be, and I did get married young. It's all really veering in that direction, except I am a really, I don't know. I love my job. I love being untraditional and unconventional in so many ways of my life.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But I don't think like, yeah, like me just being, I just think I'm, I love being on a farm and Jake does too. So like that would then make him a trad husband.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I cook every night. I love cooking. Cooking is like, that's where I find I can put all my anxiety into cooking. And I'm really good.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
He loves, I make steak frites. I make paella. I make roast dinner, which is like an English Thanksgiving dinner, but I make that every Sunday. Yeah, like I do take my cooking very serious. I make, we do like a taco Tuesday night. We do, I make the, every Sunday I make what the next week looks like.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
The only thing I do not, I cannot, I hate going grocery shopping. I always send Jake.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. I just finished that. I'm obsessed. I cannot with that show. Picturing you, that is incredible. I know. I just feel like, yeah, no, that show is epic. I just finished Love Island. Are you a Love Island girl?
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah, I know. And I also think I would be voted out immediately. I'd probably be so boring because I hate drama. So, like, if I'm in, I just immediately, like, retreat. No, but you're a bombshell.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I'm a blonde bombshell no I know we I actually just was in Turks and Caicos with all my friends and we played Love Island like but as if it was like like it as if it was like murder mystery like we all had different characters it was so fun Jake and I like immediately coupled up together I was like he was doing in the English accent it was epic it was so epic but I was like that's the closest thing I'll ever get to being in Love Island
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I, you know, I've, I've been blonde before. I don't, people are like so shocked about it. The only difference, cause in electric state I was blonde, but the only difference is that we just, we did go to like my roots. So I am now like platinum, platinum blonde. Whereas before I was leaving out quite a lot of like the dark, my dark, like darkness and next I'm naturally quite dark. Um,
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But yeah, I think, yeah, Jake's like, you look totally different to me. And so does my dad. I sat in the chair for 13 hours getting my hair done, walk into the room. My dad's like, oh, I was like, that is not. No. Dad, I'm going to do this again. I know. We're going to do this one more time. And this time I'm going to need a gasp. I'm going to need an applause.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Apparently they say you're five degrees from every, you know that thing? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was like, I must know someone who knows her. Ended up getting in touch with her and she was like, oh, let me just look in my closet and I'll pull some stuff for you. And she pulled me a whole rack of clothes that were just like,
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But no, I just think I look really different to what people are usually seeing me as. It's fun.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
like having too many dogs or something terrible like there would be like Millie it's just too many dogs no um maybe like maybe like in like trying to like like I have been in situations where if I feel like dogs are being mistreated like I would you're going to steal a dog
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
yeah if I needed to like if I thought a dog was being mistreated I think I'd probably just saving a dog like in general that would be what I go otherwise like I am I am you have no idea this is what leads back into the trap I am so like straight and narrow like do not I'm never ever yeah I'm I follow every single rule I am a rule follower I love that for you yeah um okay what is something the Brits do better than Americans
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I don't want to get in trouble. I would say, um, I think the banter is just a lot better. I do love America. Like I do like my, like my husband, his friends, my friends here in the States, like, and even Jake's family, like have great banter. So I'm not taking that. They do have really good banter and actually Americans can have quite like English banter, but my family is just, it's another level.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
See, that's the thing. I don't like drama. But if you like come at me with something, I am I will confront you because I just feel like I'm not the I'm not the kind of if you met my mom, we are not the kind of family that like takes bullshit. Like we will just tell you right then and there. Like we don't wait a couple of days to simmer. We're like, no, no, no. This is you wait.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
And then I'm like- And then you question if you're in the wrong. No, you can't have time for that. No time for that. No, you have to be like, no, these are the facts. And also, I never wanna forget. You know when they're like, but when, what happened? And I forget. I wanna know right in the moment. So for me- That's a good point.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah, I don't like, maybe what pisses me off, I mean, obviously lying is so annoying. And I'm an actor, so I can also see when people lie. Like I can see when people are fibbing. But I would say-
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Gosh, maybe just like when people, but this makes me not just pissed off, this makes me like leave a room, like I don't see you really, it's like loud, loud slurping, loud chewing, loud anything like that, I cannot bear like it.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
hurts me it really really hurts me it sends shivers down my spine like that bad oh wait do you have tiktok no oh good for you because i was gonna say what are you doing do you ever go on like youtube where people do eating videos no ever no i couldn't do that i mean i was watching a show the other day i'm not even gonna say what show it was but i was watching a show and i was in bed and and he was eating and i went disgusting disgusting put on mute put on mute i couldn't jake was like calm down i can't why would he like that on a show do you get grossed out by your own eating no
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
But that's this is the problem. I'm deaf in one ear. So when I chew, I can't hear anything else. But like, I can't hear anything. So if I'm in a room with someone chewing, I eat something really loud. So I can't hear them. Interesting.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
No, actually, he already likes to sit next to each other on date. He doesn't sit opposite. What about your opposite?
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
Yeah, no, but he, he, I'm not like, I'm, I'm just, I'm just kind of bad enough where like things are just like very, very like muffled underwater to me. I miss a lot of things he says. He calls it selective hearing. I disagree. But, but I miss like action and cut. Like I do miss very important things in my life. Like, cause I can't hear. It's great.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
It's, yeah, I was born with it and I just, they've never, they kind of gave up. She said she's broken.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Not Eleven Forever
I mean, honestly, there was like as much as it, you know, we grew up on the show and we were so young that like we had so much fun as kids. Like I will say that like we, as much as we worked and like our schedules were crazy, us kids, we were, we stuck together like glue. We did everything together. We laughed like all the time.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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
SmartLess
"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?
SmartLess
"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...
SmartLess
"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
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
So my older sister's 30. My older brother is 27. And then my younger sister is 13.
SmartLess
"Millie Bobby Brown"
Amazing. Yeah. They had gaps. It was really weird. Yeah. And yeah, so basically I... JB, you have a gap, right?
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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.
SmartLess
"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.