Millie Bobby Brown started in the entertainment industry when she was quite young and gained recognition for her role as Eleven in Netflix’s Stranger Things. However, over the years, the actress has grown up to be one of the most scrutinized young actors in the industry, with trolls criticizing her on everything from her clothes to her personality. While recently, the actress criticized the media for scrutinizing her over her appearance and her choices, she has found herself once again being scrutinized over her career choices.
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Being labeled by fans as less ambitious, un-inspired, and working for just money, the criticism closely mirrors what her Stranger Things co-star, Winno Ryder, once warned her young co-stars about.
Millie Bobby Brown is “the least ambitious” according to fans
Millie Bobby Brown is at the center of online debate once again, and this time, it is her career choices that are being discussed. Propelled to fame with her role in Netflix’s Stranger Things, the actress’s other works have not been as acclaimed as the fantasy TV show.
While Enola Holmes is an exception, the films where she played the lead, like last year’s Damsel and recently released The Electric State, are some of the worst-reviewed films of their time. While Damsel did seem to fare a bit better, The Electric State is her lowest ranking film of all time, at just 23% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Her recent career choices, thus, have led to fans labeling her as the least ambitious among her peers. Discussions among fans on social media suggest that Brown lacks a genuine passion for acting, instead, she has been making decisions based on external factors like paycheck instead of personal artistic ambition. Some even blame her family for pushing her into the industry at such a young age, leading to intense bullying and scrutiny that ultimately ‘ended’ her creative aspirations.
Meanwhile, others claim that while she has talent, she fails to choose projects that would showcase her potential, another sign that her decisions are driven by other factors instead of creative ambitions. As the debate about her lack of ambition, lack of creative flare, and more continues, one cannot help but think about her Stranger Things co-star Winona Ryder and what she once warned us about.
Winona Ryder on the young actors in the industry
Winona Ryder is a Hollywood veteran known for movies like Beetlejuice and Heather and has also been part of Netflix’s Stranger Things. While Millie Bobby Brown gets scrutinized for her career choices, an old interview of Ryder comes in mind, where she expressed concerns about the changing attitudes of young actors in the industry and their reluctance to watch movies.
During an interview given last year to the Los Angeles Times, Ryder revealed that while she loves to interact with the up-and-coming generation of film lovers who remind her of herself… she gets frustrated when there is a lack of curiosity among her more junior colleagues.
I don’t mean to sound so hopeless. There are a few that are just not interested in movies. Like, the first thing they say is, ‘How long is it?’
The Beetlejuice star had remarked. In another interview with Esquire, Winona also commented about the fact that young actors today weren’t interested in the history of film, something she wished they would explore more.
Even though she did not take any names, people linked her statement with an interview Millie Bobby Borwn had given the same year. In the said interview with The Sun, the actress had remarked,
I don’t watch movies. People come up to me and say, ‘You should definitely watch this movie, it would change your life’. And I’m like, ‘How long do I have to sit there for?’ Because my brain and I don’t even like sitting for my own movies.
Well, if anything, Brown’s comment only seems to point toward her alleged business-focused career choices, a phenomenon that Ryder warned about. The Beetlejuice star’s comments also highlight the lack of passion young actors have for the film industry, indirectly reiterating what fans have been saying lately about Millie Bobby Brown.
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