Despite being one of the stars of the film industry and having starred in hits such as “Stranger Things” AND “Enola Holmes”the young actress Millie Bobby Brown He surprised and sparked controversy by revealing that he doesn’t watch films, not even those he’s part of.
“I don’t watch movies. People come up to me and say, ‘You should watch this movie, it will change your life.’ And I say… ‘How long do I have to sit and watch it?’ Why I and my brain can’t stand it sit down and watch my films,” he said in an interview with The sun for the first of Bridesmaidhis latest production for Netflix.
“My boyfriend (the actor and model Jake Bongiovi, son of singer Jon Bon Jovi) is a great cinema enthusiast. He sits and watches movies all day. I can not do that“added the 20-year-old Marbella-born artist.
As he explained, he needs to “do something else” in order to watch a movie. “I eat a lot because I’m bored, or I have to do something else, cook, pet my dog or have the computer in front of me. “If I’m not doing something I can’t sit and look at the screen for that long,” she said.
His statements generated a wave of criticism on the networks. “It’s sad that someone who has the opportunity to be a part of the film industry “I don’t seem to appreciate art very much.”. “This is what happens when you watch too much TikTok,” another added.
Some have pointed out that his words are disrespectful to his followers. “If he can’t be bothered to see the end result of a project he’s been working on for months, why does he expect us to?” they said.
From cinema to literature
In addition to her success in the “seventh art”, Millie Bobby Brown has ventured into writing “Nineteen Steps”a historical novel inspired by the biographical story of his grandmother Ruth during the Second World War.
Published by VR Editoras in its narrative guise, the novel is based on the history of Brown’s family and is inspired by an experience lived by his grandmother, who survived the Bethnal Green tube tragedy in 1943, which caused 173 deaths and dozens of injuries , after the panic. in a staircase caused an unprecedented accident due to the large crowd of people.
Despite this dramatic and familiar fact, “Brown’s book takes a less harrowing approach and follows the personal life of eighteen-year-old Nelly, one of his fictional characters, who comes of age during World War II,” they explain from the editorial.
The actress herself emphasized that this book is “very personal and close to my heart”: “I grew up hearing stories about their wartime. It’s an honor for me to keep their story alive,” said the actress, entrepreneur and UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
Source: Clarin
