The British star in line for £3million a film aged just 12
STANDING at only 4ft 10in, she isn’t the most imposing figure. But British actress Millie Bobby Brown is well on her way to becoming one of the biggest names in Hollywood at the age of just 12.
She was praised for her stand-out performance in Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things, a role which required her to shave her head.
And now, after being tipped as Teen Vogue’s breakout star of 2016 and revealed as one of movie website IMDB’s most searched-for celebrities, insiders say she will be able to command upwards of £3million to appear in films.
Millie, whose parents Robert and Kelly sold everything in Britain and moved to LA to pursue her dream, is signed up for a second series of the 1980s-set Netflix drama. And according to industry bible Variety, she has ‘the kind of presence some actors take a lifetime to acquire [and] is about to be cast in a lot of projects’.
Last night a production source said: ‘Millie has that unquantifiable star quality. She is also extremely talented and hard-working but,
‘This will shoot up once she hits 16’
above all else, exceedingly driven, ambitious and determined. She may only be 12 but Millie and her team have a very focused career plan in place, and the world really is her oyster.
‘As of 2017, Millie can expect to earn in excess of £3million per film – and this will shoot up once she hits 16.’
Comparisons to Harry Potter actress Emma Watson have already been made and, like Miss Watson, who appeared on the cover of Teen Vogue aged 15, Millie is already very fashionconscious. Although her mother still chooses her outfits, she names Burberry and Stella McCartney as her favourite labels.
Earlier this year she sat front-row at New York Fashion Week alongside her ‘great friend’ and Stranger Things co-star Winona Ryder.
The sci-fi drama, about a boy who goes missing, attracted an estimated 8.2million viewers in the first 16 days after it was released in July. Millie plays Eleven, a telekinetic runaway from a sinister government agency.
But her path to fame was not without obsta- cles. Born in Spain to British parents, Millie moved to Bournemouth at the age of four, and later relocated to the US with her family. She landed a succession of minor TV parts, but in summer 2015 the Browns were forced to move back to the UK on the brink of bankruptcy.
Millie carried on auditioning, and was left in tears after being told by one casting agent that she was ‘too mature’. But later the same day, she landed her role in Stranger Things. Of her success, she said: ‘It’s crazy. I never in my wildest dreams thought this would happen.’