At just 18, Millie Bobby Brown has already learned the power — and the perils — of fame. For Allure's September 2022 cover story, The Stranger Things and ...
Be the people that you want to be and achieve the dreams that you want to achieve.’ That’s my message.” She knows she has tens of millions of people hanging on her every word and she is ready to acknowledge that responsibility. One day, fueled by boredom, Millie and her brother, Charlie, who works as a cinematographer, re-created the “Cool Rider” sequence from Grease 2, which she refuses to post online because it’s “the worst thing.” So it was kind of nice to be able to just deal with that myself and no one else knew. We don’t know what that means.” She adds, sincerely, “I need to know more. In 2020, Millie found herself in what she calls an “unhealthy situation” with TikTok star Hunter Ecimovic. It took all her strength to walk away, which she did in January 2021. And I know our generation needs to know more.” A powerful casting director said she wasn’t going to make it in the industry because she was “too mature.” Millie, then just 10 years old, was in tears. I could really change the world with this.’ There was something about acting that made me feel powerful, impactful, and like I could inspire people.” And if you commit to it, you have to commit to it. “I like quiet places,” she explains of the setting. She remembers singing the unlikely holiday tune “Grown-Up Christmas List” in a show, alongside much older students (she was the youngest one onstage), and instantly realized how happy she was while performing.
Brown has had a rough time with social media from almost the beginning of her child acting career.
So it was kind of nice to be able to just deal with that myself and no one else knew. “It was a year of healing,” she explained. She has an assistant who manages her Instagram and Facebook pages and when she does want to communicate directly with fans, she tends to do so through more formal blog posts so “nobody can comment.” She had split with him in January of that year, but having her privacy further violated was incredibly difficult. In a new interview with Allure, Brown talked about how cyberbullying and the exposure of her personal relationships sent her into retreat for a year to heal. It helped to be able to understand that I don’t need to be anything they said that I need to be.
Millie Bobby Brown opens up about her decision to delete social media from her phone: “It's really hard to be hated on when you don't know who you are yet.”
“I think it can also be an incredible tool for education and the empowerment that comes from knowing your worth, particularly for young women.” Under the “Blogs” subsection on the site, MBB writes “Mills Musings,” offering skincare hacks, mantras, and highlights of her evening routine. “It helped to be able to understand that I don’t need to be anything they said that I need to be.
In a new interview with Allure, Millie Bobby Brown opened up about the casting director that told her she wouldn't make it in the industry.
’Cause I don’t know who I am.’” It seemed like everything she did or said was met with vitriol, leaving her to wonder who she was meant to be. It helped to be able to understand that I don’t need to be anything they said that I need to be. “I always knew that I was mature and I couldn’t really help that," she added. “So I liked [playing] characters that people understood [and] people could relate to because I felt like no one could relate to Millie.” I got really down about that,” she said. “I enjoyed being different people because I always struggled with self-identity and knowing who I was,” she said.
Before landing her role on “Stranger Things,” Millie Bobby Brown revealed she had a “disastrous audition” that almost discouraged her enough to quit acting.
“Being told that it wasn’t, that I wouldn’t make it in this industry, it was so hurtful. “My parents told me, ‘Just do this one last audition on tape and then you can go outside and play with your friends again.’ So I said, ‘Okay, yeah, I should do this one because it looks cool.’” That audition, of course, was for the Duffer Brothers. She was “too mature.”
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“People push things on you — ‘This is what we’re doing, this is what’s selling’ — and I was like, ‘I don’t care what’s selling.'” “I was on a [long] plane ride, and I brought makeup to keep me busy. And I know our generation needs to know more.”
It's really hard to be hated on when you don't know who you are yet.”
It helped to be able to understand that I don’t need to be anything they said that I need to be. I’m going to try being this today.’ ‘Oh, my God! I hate when you do that.’ Then you just start shutting down because you’re like, ‘Who am I meant to be? “It’s really hard to be hated on when you don’t know who you are yet,” the actress shared in a new interview with Allure.
Brown said online bullying and vitriol as a result of her mega fame has made it hard for her to figure out who she is. “It's really hard to be hated on when you ...
“Then I started to grow more, and my family and friends really helped,” she said. So I liked [playing] characters that people understood [and] people could relate to because I felt like no one could relate to Millie.” “I deal with the same things any 18-year-old is dealing with, navigating being an adult and having relationships and friendships, and it’s all of those things,” she said. I always felt quite alone in a crowded room, like I was just one of a kind, like nobody ever really understood me. I’m going to try being this today.’ ‘Oh, my God! I hate when you do that.’ Then you just start shutting down because you’re like, ‘Who am I meant to be? ’Cause I don’t know who I am.’ It’s almost like, ‘Okay, I’m going to try being this today.’ [And then they say], ‘Oh, no, I hate that.’ ‘Okay. Forget that.
The "Stranger Things" star spoke about the "blip" relationship and how it led to a "year of healing" that ultimately felt empowering.
Now, speaking with Allure, Brown described the experience as an "unhealthy situation" that happened in 2020 before she walked away in early 2021 — and then "Stranger Things" season four began filming. So it was kind of nice to be able to just deal with that myself and no one else knew. Walking away and knowing that I'm worth everything and this person didn't take anything from me, it felt very empowering."
When you get publicly humiliated this way, I felt so out of control and powerless,” the actor says.
Instead of engaging in a public discourse with him through the press or on social media, we are taking action to ensure that he stops this behaviour once and for all.” “I’m not this perfect person that is selling skin-care products and [who is] in Stranger Things. I absolutely have made wrong decisions.” “I know, I groomed her,” he said, via The Los Angeles Times. “You guys do not know the story of anything. ... You guys do not know a single thing at all.” Walking away and knowing that I’m worth everything and this person didn’t take anything from me, it felt very empowering.” So it was kind of nice to be able to just deal with that myself and no one else knew.
Millie Bobby Brown has opened up about the negative impact that commentary on social media had on her as a child star.
She went on to say that she believed her experience was a “good representation of what’s going on in the world and how young girls are sexualised”. In July of that year, Ecimovic appeared on Instagram Live and gave descriptions of he and Brown’s alleged sexual relationship, referred to himself as a “groomer” and said he “groomed” her. “I felt very vulnerable,” she says in the piece. Walking away and knowing that I’m worth everything and this person didn’t take anything from me, it felt very empowering,” she said. She added that she went to therapy to deal with the bullying she had faced online. It helped to be able to understand that I don’t need to be anything they said that I need to be.
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I always felt quite alone in a crowded room, like I was just one of a kind, like nobody ever really understood me. So I liked [playing] characters that people understood [and] people could relate to because I felt like no one could relate to Millie.' When asked how she manages being in the public eye, Millie said: 'It's really hard to be hated on when you don't know who you are yet. 'Even as a young person, I always felt like I didn't quite belong in every room I was in. She continued: 'Then you just start shutting down because you're like, 'Who am I meant to be? If you haven't binge watched the new series of Stranger Things, then firstly where have you been?
When you get publicly humiliated this way, I felt so out of control and powerless,” the actor says.
Instead of engaging in a public discourse with him through the press or on social media, we are taking action to ensure that he stops this behaviour once and for all.” “I’m not this perfect person that is selling skin-care products and [who is] in Stranger Things. I absolutely have made wrong decisions.” “I know, I groomed her,” he said, via The Los Angeles Times. “You guys do not know the story of anything. ... You guys do not know a single thing at all.” Walking away and knowing that I’m worth everything and this person didn’t take anything from me, it felt very empowering.” So it was kind of nice to be able to just deal with that myself and no one else knew.
"It's really hard to be hated on when you don't know who you are yet," the "Stranger Things" actor said.
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