Millie Bobby Brown, one of the biggest stars in the history of Netflix, has revealed she refuses to pay for the streaming service as she still uses her parent’s account.
Brown, 21, shot to fame after playing Eleven in the hit science-fiction series Stranger Things. She has also starred in the movies Enola Holmes, Damsel and The Electric State, all of which were produced by Netflix.
Despite this, Brown, who reportedly earned $10m for starring in Enola Holmes 2, is still using her parent’s account as she is part of their family deal.
Speaking to Jimmy Hill on the Capital Evening Show on Monday (17 March), Brown was told that One Day and Bridget Jones star Leo Woodall also doesn’t have his own Netflix account.
Hill asked: “You’ve done so many great Netflix projects over the years: Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel, and now The Electric State, of course, which we are talking about. But my question to you is, Millie, do you get a free Netflix account as part of this, or do you have to pay? Because I was chatting to Leo Woodall the other week – do you know the actor Leo Woodall? He said he’s still using his mum’s account.”
Brown replied: “Yeah, do you know what? I’m like that too. I’m still using my parent’s account.”
The British actor went on to explain: “I’m still using my parent’s account. I kind of refuse to pay for the subscription, because my parents pay and I’m still a child in my eyes, and in their eyes. So yeah, I’m part of the family deal.”
Brown also addressed rumours that she is being lined up to play Britney Spears in a forthcoming biopic about the pop star.
Remaining coy on the subject, Brown said: “I respect that, I love that. I know I think that everything is in the talks, but for me personally I, you know… If it’s done basically with or without me, I’m so, so, so excited for it, and I think it’s going to be a brilliant story with a brilliant core, which is, you know, Britney.”
Meanwhile, Brown’s new £248m film The Electric State continues to be hit with bad news after being panned by critics.
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The film has achieved a paltry rating of 23 per cent on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 22 critic reviews.
However disappointing this sounds, it is still a marginal improvement, after the film previously debuted with a rating of 10 per cent.
The number will fluctuate in the coming days as more reviews are submitted, but as it stands The Electric State will almost certainly rank among the lowest-rated films by directing duo Joe Russo and Anthony Russo.
