The time after the end of "Stranger Things" was significantly harder for Millie Bobby Brown (22) than previously expected. The role of Eleven not only made the young actress a star, the character also accompanied her for a good half of her life.
"They probably thought I was crazy"
Brown fell into a low period, reports the US trade magazine "Variety" from an as-yet-unreleased live recording of the podcast "Happy Sad Confused", in which the British woman spoke about it. According to her own statements, she fell into a "mild depression". "It was very difficult for me. I didn't expect that after the show. I'm actually a very carefree person", she reportedly told Josh Horowitz in the conversation.
The streaming service released the finale of the fifth and final season of the popular Netflix series around the turn of the year. The actress spent January talking to her former series co-stars and clearing up any possible existing tensions. She reportedly wanted to ensure that the personal relationships would continue to exist in the future.
"They probably thought I was crazy", Brown explained. The actress reportedly asked things like: "We're still friends, right? You're not going to stop talking to me?" She was sorry if she had ever upset her counterpart. "Ten years have passed, and I really want us to be friends", she also reportedly said - and that her co-stars were like siblings to her. At some point she sat on the beach and just cried.
Will no one ever understand Millie Bobby Brown?
Brown believes that no one will ever be able to understand her in this regard. "I started the series when I was ten years old and this character was me, and these people were more present in my life than my own family", the 22-year-old recalled. She reportedly saw the other actors more often than, for example, having dinner with her own family. "Saying goodbye to that after ten years was a very, very emotional matter, and I will miss Eleven more than anything else."
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