Millie Bobby Brown On Playing Heroines In Her Career: “There’s Enough Men Heroes Out There”

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Millie Bobby Brown, much like her characters, is not one to back away from a righteous battle — especially if it’s the fight for equity in on-screen representation.

The Electric State actress recently appeared on Alex Cooper’s popular Call Her Daddy podcast amid her press tour for the Russo Brothers/Netflix flick, explaining why she gravitates toward strong, leading female characters in her career. “I think there’s enough men heroes out there,” she said, “like I feel like we’ve seen enough, do you know what I mean?

I love that for them, love that for them, but I feel like we need young girls to be able to see heroes as females and to be able to feel like we’re able to save the world too, and it’s bigger messaging on girls being able to be decision-makers, be in politics, change the world for the better.

So why not see heroes on screen that they can resonate with?” The Stranger Things star continued, “Of course, I want to branch out and work on different things, but, for me, there is a must in that if a young girl is watching, how will she feel watching this?