The actress, who first gained recognition on the hit Netflix show in 2016, will end her time on the series with her castmates on the show's forthcoming fifth and final season.
"I'm ready to say, 'Thank you, and goodbye,'" Brown, one of Glamour's Global Woman of the Year honorees, said in an interview with the outlet published Monday.
Millie Bobby Brown told Glamour magazine (in an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike began) that she will not mourn the end of “Stranger Things,” which is set to film its fifth and final season once the strike is resolved.
“When you’re ready, you’re like, ‘All right, let’s do this. Let’s tackle this last senior year. Let’s get out of here,’” Brown said. “’Stranger Things’ takes up a lot of time to film and it’s preventing me from creating stories that I’m passionate about. So I’m ready to say, ‘Thank you, and goodbye.’”
Brown noted that starring as Eleven in “Stranger Things” has given her “the tools and the resources to be a better actor,” adding, “When it ends, I’m going to be able to still see these people.” These comments echo similar ones Brown made to Women’s Wear Daily in August, where she said she was ready for “Stranger Things” to end.
Brown is endearing and a little unnerving in her willingness to share her struggles, not just her successes. During our conversation (before the SAG-AFTRA strike), she speaks candidly about the basic discomfort of trying to love the parts of yourself that feel the least lovable. She feels no need to hide her vulnerabilities from her fans (of which she has more than 63 million on Instagram alone)—it’s an honor to share herself so fully with the audience of young people who have come of age with her.
“We understand each other,” she says. “We’re just on the same journey.”
As a streaming-era child star, Brown was one of America’s favorite young girls. Like Eleven on Stranger Things, she appeared seemingly overnight, a mesmerizing talent whose extraordinary abilities were ineffable and misunderstood. The role was the kind that is rarely written for women or girls: an ultrapowerful protagonist. Her face was plastered on magazine covers; her legs dangled from chairs on late-night shows, where she held her own, rolling her eyes when Jimmy Fallon asked about her first kiss—which was on camera, in Stranger Things.
Lately, Brown, who is currently engaged to Jon Bon Jovi’s son, 21-year-old Jake Bongiovi, has been busy with wedding plans. However, in a September interview, she said that the wedding planning process itself hasn’t been that stressful, as “Jake is very involved”.
“He’s very helpful during the whole process. I’ve never felt alone in it, which is very nice. I’m always like, ‘Is this a good idea, is this a good idea?’ But ultimately, it’s just a very intimate day for the both of us and we’re both very excited,” she said.
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