Millie Bobby Brown, now a Hollywood sensation, once came very close to the point of quitting acting. The actress is arguably one of the most sought after young stars in the industry, but this fame wasn’t built overnight. But acting is a relentless grind, filled with rejection at every turn, and even the toughest can feel like throwing in the towel.
While it might be difficult for her fans to imagine why Brown could ever face rejection, she confessed to reaching a point where she doubted her acting potential. Brown’s confession came during an appearance in 2020 on ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon‘. Here’s what the actress said.
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Millie Bobbie Brown Remembers Getting Disheartened By Rejection In ‘Game Of Thrones’
Millie Bobbie Brown, the beloved ‘Stranger Things‘ star, recently revealed that she had lost all hopes for her career in acting after being rejected for this particular role that she lost to another acclaimed child artist at the time.
Talking of a rejection in particular that basically pushed her over the edge, Brown revealed that she was sent back from an audition for ‘Game of Thrones‘. “I think I was just very disheartened by the rejection, which is something that I always tell everyone—it’s like, ‘this industry is full of rejection 24/7.’ You get no’s—a lot of no’s—before you get a yes,” she said.
Brown said she auditioned for the role of Lyanna Mormont, the badass Lady of Bear Island. “I was auditioning for commercials, for anything really. When I then auditioned for ‘Game of Thrones’, I got a no for that and then that’s when I was kinda like, ‘Oh, probably I wanted that role really hard,'” she shared.
As we now know, she lost the role to Bella Ramsey, who plays Lyanna Mormont, the fiery leader who met a heroic end by taking down an undead giant, on ‘Game of Thrones’.
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Fate Had Better Plans For Millie Bobbie Brown
Though the rejection from the ‘Game of Thrones‘ casting directors came as a huge heartbreak for Millie Bobby Brown, fate had other, better plans for her. Shortly after the disappointment, Brown received a callback for a Netflix show initially named ‘Montauk‘ but much later became globally successful as ‘Stranger Things‘.
As we know now, she was chosen for the lead role in the sci-fi show. Brown shot up in her career with the role of Eleven on the show, garnering two Primetime Emmy nominations and landing gigs in blockbuster movies like ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters‘ and ‘Godzilla vs. Kong‘ among others.
The experience that may have felt harsh at the time was nothing more than a stepping stone for the amazing actress we now know her as.
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