Millie Bobby Brown shows that she is one of the great actresses of her generation by carrying the weight of the film practically alone
There is no doubt that 2024 is going to be an unforgettable year for Millie Bobby Brown. The young actress has already married her boyfriend, Jake Bongiovi, in a most intimate ceremony and, although they still want to hold a larger celebration, the couple can now say that they are husband and wife. Furthermore, this 2024 Millie Bobby Brown has been very dedicated filming the last season of the series that brought her fame and for which he feels a special predilection, Stranger Thingswhile just a few months ago a new movie was released on Netflix.
Directed by the Spanish Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Damsel It premiered in more than 250 countries last March as the streaming platform’s big bet on the fantasy genre and fortunately it managed to be a success among viewers.
In her, Brown would demonstrate once again that she is one of the best actresses of her generation, carrying the weight of the film practically alone. The protagonist of Stranger Things plays Elodie, a young princess who marries a handsome prince who seems perfect for her but who soon discovers that she has been the victim of a terrible deception: not only does a prosperous and happy life not await her, but she is about to become food for a huge dragon that lives in a cave. When she finds out about it, the young woman begins a fierce fight for survival in which everything seems to be lost.
Although the protagonist of Damsel is Millie Bobby Brown, the actress shares a cast with two great stars such as Robin Wright and Angela Bassett, who play the young prince’s mother and her own stepmother, respectively.
Netflix closes the door to the ‘fairy tale’ that we know in ‘Damsel’, its fantasy film with Millie Bobby Brown: “I have never felt so challenged”
With a score of 57% in Rotten Tomatoes, Damsel It has been the subject of quite varied criticism, but the truth is that it offers a different point of view to the classic fairy tales. and its less than two hours long make it perfect for an afternoon at the movies. And a lot of people must have thought so, since in just three months the film is already in the Top 10 most viewed English-speaking films in the history of the streaming platform.
Millie Bobby Brown’s film, in which she also serves as executive producer, It took five years to make, but it only took a few months to be among the most popular on Netflix. Currently in eighth place, behind superkids of Robert Rodríguez -who is hot on his heels, but having overtaken Mother by Jennifer Lopez.
“It has been 5 years of gestation process for this story, which, like any fantasy film that has the ambition that this film has, is a complex process that requires a lot of time, a lot of preparation and a lot of design. But I think that in the end “The wait has been worth it,” Fresnadillo told SensaCine. “I’ve never done anything on this scale before, it’s a true blockbuster movie and with a woman as the protagonist. I’ve never felt as challenged as I have in this movie,” Millie Bobby Brown would say.
