Millie Bobby Brown nearly quit acting after being rejected from major GOT role

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Millie Bobby Brown has revealed that she considered quitting acting after she was rejected from a Game of Thrones role. At the age of just 16, Millie has already featured in a number of iconic roles, like her most recent stint as Enola Holmes and Eleven in Stranger Things.

But when she was rejected for a part in HBO's hit show Game of Thrones, she was "disheartened", and almost never pursued acting.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Millie opened up about rejection in the acting industry and how much it affected her when she'd just started out.

Early on in her career she auditioned for the part of Lyanna Mormont, the head of House Mormont, but the part was instead given to Bella Ramsey who played the character