People were talking about how “adult” Millie Bobby Brown, Eleven on Stranger Things, looked at the premiere last week. These are the photos and keep in mind she’s 13. My friends’ teen daughter and her friend knew about Millie’s makeover and brought it up to me. She had on hair extensions, makeup, a leather shirtdress (where can I get one just like that?) and white flats. Compare Millie’s look to the new girl, Sadie Sink, in Chanel below. Millie looks ten years older and yet Sadie is actually 15 to Millie’s 13.
Anyway Millie’s look does match her demeanor. She’s always been so self-possessed and confident in interviews and on the red carpet. Some of that might be attributed to the fact that she’s British and well spoken but there’s just something so adult about her, for lack of a better word. That’s a testament to her acting skill because she’s so believable as Eleven, trying to find the right phrases for words and just being otherworldly yet naive. (I’m three episodes into the second season and it’s just as good if not better than the first. I’m trying not to binge watch it although that may happen this weekend.)
Variety has a new interview with Millie and she speaks so assuredly about her career. I’ve heard rumors for ages that she has a very controlling stage father particularly. She speaks like this is her dream to act though and is exactly what she’s wanted to do for ages. My son is 13 and I can’t imagine him having a career already and talking about it like this. However everyone is different and Millie is clearly driven. The piece also quotes series creators The Duffer Brothers as well as Millie’s coworkers and they all rave about her professionalism and acting ability. Here’s some of what she told Variety, with more at the source:
On her drive to succeed
“I know this sounds crazy, but once I find something I want to do, nobody’s stopping me. If I don’t know how to sew, and I really had that passion to sew, that’s it, I’m going to sew. That’s also with acting. So here I am.“She almost gave up until she got the job on Stranger Things
“I felt at one point I couldn’t do it [anymore], but then I got this and everything changed.” Now, “acting is like breathing to me.”On playing Eleven with expression
“You can talk with your face. It’s very easy for someone to say, ‘I’m mad. I’m sad. I’m angry.’ I have to just do it with my face.”She’s conscious of being a kid
“To live in the moment and to make mistakes is a big part of being a person. I’m still just a kid. I’m 13, and making mistakes is OK.”She doesn’t want to show too much skin
“I don’t like showing off my skin. If I’m in a photo shoot and they’re like, ‘Can you wear a crop top?’ I’m like, ‘No. No, not yet.’ When that day comes I’m going to be, like, 18.”
Millie says she’s a perfectionist and that she doesn’t want to see the final results of the new movie she’s working on, a Godzilla movie called King of Monsters, because she’ll be 15 when it finally comes out and will be questioning her 13 year-old self. The article does mention the pitfalls involved in child stardom and how they hope Millie will be able to avoid that. David Harbour, who plays her father figure, Police Chief Jim Hopper, says “Everyone from Tennessee Williams to Sarah Paulson has warned of the perils of early success. There’s a piece of me that’s very protective of her and feels that we should all let her be brave and brilliant and turn our eyes away and not give her so much attention.” It’s hard though, when she’s so mesmerizing on screen. Millie is usually accompanied by her parents and also has a 23 year-old sister who travels with her and looks out for her, which is good to hear. I hope her sister doesn’t feel overshadowed by her success.
Oh and this is what Millie wore to Good Morning America yesterday. This whole look is Gucci, including the shoes. WhoWhatWear has a close up of the shoes and they’re crazy. Compared to her premiere dress this is slightly younger-looking but it’s also weirdly dowdy. Look at her, she’s giving face! I bet she’s been studying to do that, you just get that impression about her.
This is Sadie Sink, also from Stranger Things, at the premiere as mentioned.
Photos credit: WENN.com
Please god I hope there is someone watching over this child, very very closely.
This makes me uncomfortable. Her whole look makes me uncomfortable. Its like putting an adult filter on a childs photos.
I know, it’s unsettling. She’s so much more childlike in the show, and I like her short curls much better than this longer style.
I know too. I want to pretend it is ok because I like MBB so much but she worries me. She has so much talent and is a gift, but her parents treat her like slave labor. Millie looks exhausted all the time like she needs a nap and a vacation.
Completely! I saw her interview on the tonight show and I had to stop watching. The way she talks and acts makes me cringe so bad. I know teenage girls want to look and act like grown ups but there should also be a responsible adult to say when enough is enough. She’s being treated like a grown woman by the adults she comes into contact with too and I feel sick with the fact that this isn’t a bigger deal to people.
Isn’t it scary, with everything we’ve learned in the past few weeks? I’m glad she’s so self-possessed though.
Millie and Lorde need to star together in a movie where a thousand year old spirit lives within them, compelling them to manage a Talbot’s and Chico’s store, respectively, in their spare time.
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I’m still very apprehensive about the fact that this child is the financial support of her entire family but it does sound like she is carefully watched by them.
It’s not okay. The look in her eyes, the way she carries herself, her dress and makeup, she looks like a worldly 28 year old. She’s thirteen. She’s a child. Yes, of course she wants to look “older”. everyone at 13 (mostly) wants to look older. That doesn’t mean one should look older.
I’ve just seen this type of story way too many times–I’m too young for the young Drew Barrymore era, but I DO remember the young Haley Joel Osment, and all the Hollywood wunderkinds that came after him. These children, lauded and talented, who were everywhere, all at once. And then in five years, ten years, they’re struggling to find work, many dealing with substance abuse or real issues with rebellion. The moment these kids stop being useful to them, or beautiful enough to match their peers when they reach their 20s, they discard them. Charlotte Church had a number 1 cd and talked about wanting to sing classical opera at 13. Her life turned out very, very differently and the industry treated her quite roughly as she grew older. And of course there’s Lindsey and Brittany and Amanda Bynes, and so many others.
Some make it out of that atmosphere in tact (Natalie Portman, Emma Watson), but those who do seemed to have had a fierce guardian/protector in their life, someone who stressed the importance of education and self development outside of Hollywood. I fear for anyone whose that young, who looks and acts so much older. Hollywood’s a fickle bitch to many, and a predator to most everyone, especially children. I just worry for her, and for most child actors.
Well-said Fleur.
I know it’s probably fun and exhilarating for her, but it’s sad to think that there’s this huge rush to seem “grown up” especially in a culture as vicious as Hollywood 🙁
She looks like Kate beckinsale in the pic with the leather dress. Anybody else think that
Thought so to.
Mini-Kate Beckinsale was my first thought after seeing the top photo. She’s giving the exact open-mouthed, sexy, breathless look that Beckinsale has perfected.
I don’t know how to feel about her. There are always children who seem almost preternaturally mature and I feel Millie falls into that category. I don’t think it’s pushed onto her by producers or stage-parents. But most aren’t thrown into a world that will exploit that maturity into something dark for profit. I suppose my best hope for her is that she is as savvy as she is mature, that may be all that protects her from a “True Hollywood Story” episode.
I thought exactly the same. Sooo uncomfortable.
What?! She already being pressured to wear crop tops?
They do look a lot alike!
MTE
First thought that came to mind.
Mmm… side-eye to her parents/management team for styling her like this.
Her expression is worrysome, she poses like a veteran entertainment girl trying to “seduce” the camera. She seems to have lost her playfulness and to be taking herself way too seriously.
Also, she looks much older and not in a positive way.
I read an interview where she said what she wears goes first to her mom for approval, then the rest of her team and finally her dad who gets the final decision on if she wears it.
It looks like they are trying to avoid the adolescent slump that some child actors experience. But I’m pretty sure that turning a 13 year old into a world weary vamp isn’t the way to go. Her parents have been pretty blatant about trying to cash in on their child. It’s terrible.
In my opinion, she has a mature face, so regardless of how she dressed up I think she’d always look…older then she is. She’s beautiful and has a very striking face. When I was fourteen I had big hips and a big butt and I got harassed a lot by older men..sometimes women. I pray that someone is looking out for her.
I don’t think she can help..her face…though. Even without makeup, she looks..older than 14.
I agree. All I can think when I see her is these pics is NOPE…NO..NOPE.
Honestly, it’s just the makeup. Nothing about the rest of her look is inappropriate – the dress is quite modestly cut and a decent length, for all that it’s leather, plus her shoes are flats….but that makeup ages her by ten years and it’s disturbing.
That said, I don’t think she looks older than her age when she has a no-makeup look – her features are easily played up with makeup in photographs, but she looks positively childlike on Stranger Things.
Why are they styling her and hair-makeup to look like she’s in her mid 30s? My heart hurts for this child.
Esp. compared to Sadie her co-star!
Also kudos for Sadie’s stylist for getting Chanel!
Well done stylist.
Celebitchy, would you happen to know who the stylist was, is that info included with the photos?
She seems in good hands on Stranger Things. They dress, shoot, and treat her character like the child she is. The character’s little puppy love romance is not overdone and her closest relationship is with her super-protective “adoptive” father. All good.
So if this is her most famous character, who the HELL at a photoshoot is asking her to wear a crop top?!? Once again the rush to “show skin” and sexualize a child. Gross. Gross. Gross.
I does seem crazy-but I can speak to crop tips being a huuuuuge trend where I live. Our students have been wearing them so much we have changed our District’s dress code! Not defending that they asked her to wear a crop top, just sharing that it is not an uncommon “look” for kids her age(as insane as that sounds).
Oh it’s definitely not an uncommon look! But the context here where she talks about not wanting to show too much skin. The fact that it’s already something she has to think about …well…we all know that the photographer (and likely others) was looking for. Particularly after the past few weeks Hollywood gets ZERO benefit of the doubt!
So true, so yuck 🙁
I don’t think the producers of Stranger Things are the problem here. I think it’s her parents who rely on her for their family income and it’s all the stuff she has to do in between breaks for the tv show that are the issue. When you watch the Beyond Stranger Things episodes she is in, the vibe between her and the other kids is off. You are not an adult at 13 no matter how hard you try and it always comes back in the end.
She is being set up by her parents to be another Lohan. And it’s sad to watch.
I agree. I heard she gets no breaks for herself. What does she do during her breaks?
Lohan’s parents pimped her out as a tween so I hope and pray you don’t mean that. These underage kids worry me.
I don’t think the Stranger Things producers/Duffers are the real problem, because like you said the production keeps it appropriate onscreen and people seem to be quite protective of her off it.
The real issue is her parents, who allow her to get scheduled for so much ancillary stuff (not acting roles but appearances, fan conventions etc) outside the show that she gets no time off. And the gross Hollywood system where magazines think it’s ok to ask a 13 year old to ‘show skin’, if that doesn’t say enough about the mentality of these people then idek.
We’ve only had time to watch the first episode of season 2. It was so good. Hopefully we can bring watch this weekend.
That’s how far I am into it, too. It’s such a delight. Having been a teen in the 80s, I now better understand my mom’s nostalgia when the Grease movie came out. She was loving the throwback to the 50s just like I’m reveling in the 80s nostalgia.
This kid will burn out quickly. So full of herself and heady with “instant fame.”
agreed. this is sad. they push these kids into an adult lifestyle surrounded by money, fame and people. they dress them up as adults and they lose all sense of normalcy. you can always act as an adult but you never get a lost childhood back. you couldn’t pay me to give up a normal childhood for this . its sad
Exactly. All I can see is somebody who’s going to crash badly.
The only thing that worries me about her is her parents. Especially her dad. She’s already worked herself to exhaustion. So I’m weary of them.
Otherwise I think she is very mature but also still a kid. Also her rap on Jimmy Fallon was hilarious.
She’s quite a talent and I truly wish her well. I also wish I did not know about 5 decades worth of child star horror stories. Let us hope that times have changed.
I read her family sold up and moved to LA to support her acting career and Millie is the family breadwinner, that is not going to end well at all. I hope someone who does not have a monetary stake in her career is looking out for her, not her career, just her as a kid.
she’ll turn into the next justin beiber- shes paying the mortgage so the family will let her do whatever she wants the word NO will become extinct in that family. typical stage parents selling out their kid for $$$ and to live vicariously through them. i dont believe in kids acting at this level.
The only hope children stars have is solid parents who don’t bank the entire financial security of the family on them. MBB’s parents are not those people. This will absolutely not end well at all. Poor kid.
The best case scenario for this is Kirsten Dunst (who was also supporting her family financially as a tween/teen), Millie like Kiki is incredibly talented but even if KD is happy and balanced now, it’s known she struggled for years in her twenties.
This is so sad, she looks dead in the eyes. And like a child playing dress- up in mommy’s clothes.
So it seems to me as well. Everybody knows what usually happens with child stars, and yet, nobody seems to learn – parents, agents, no-one.
aw girl be natural or at least not cake the makeup on. u r only young with young skin that needs nothing once in life.
no need to pretend to be old or sophisticated because it is just that, pretend, and we all know it. you will be those things soon enough.
what’s the rush? enjoy your fabulous life
Exactly. What’s the rush? Im sure she does want to look mature as she lives in an adult world now and that’s the age … you can’t wait to be “older”. But she is in a mature world and you see her at the opening of an envelope. It’s not a childhood. But hey, she’s driven! And earning for the family, so there’s her life mapped out. Waiting to see her at 20.
She has to be driven. She’s supporting her whole family and has been for years. And unlike some child stars who only realise later that they’re the source of the family’s money (which is its own issue), she’s very, very aware of it and has said many things that show she fully feels that pressure. It’s really sad, especially as she seems to think it’s totally normal for her to be the family breadwinner at 13.
Oh, and her parents were trying to make her a star for ages before she booked Stranger Things. She was just a little kid when she started. She might think this is her dream now, but she was too young to make those choices on her own when she started acting.
I really like her and all of the kids. May they all be able to live happy, healthy lives doing what they love, whether that’s acting or anything else.
Too much shoe for a 13 year old.
This little lady is my latest obsession. She’s brilliant!
No, no, no, please. She was so smart and funny and like a kid just a year ago.
I don’t get this girl’s appeal. The boys stood out more for me. But I didn’t understand the popularity of the show either. I mean, it was ok and had a nice nostalgic feel to it, but it was not as special as I thought it would be based on all the hype around it.
I only made it through a couple of episodes. Frankly, I hated the Reagan trickle down greed is good Eighties.
I was hesitant to say anything, but I don’t get it either.
Usually kids in acting who are held up as the best thing ever kind of annoy me. Though now that I’ve realized she is the breadwinner of her family, I understand why the hype machine is big on this one (and I do feel bad for her).
And whenever they appear together in an interview, the other kids can’t get a word in edgewise.
I love the little patriotic dress (Without the awful zipper) and the shoes are cute(sy)
It looks very vintage mod secretary.
Suited more towards a Zoey Dashinell than a 15 year old child.
Yeah I don’t get the criticism of her outfit? I think it’s kinda cute.
I’d wear the hell out of those shoes if they came in black.
She’s giving off ScarJo and Natalie Portman vibes.
There is nothing childlike about her, nothing that says 13. I don’t find that appealing at all. Have we learned nothing from the Bynes’ and Lohans and whoever else crashed and burned? I’m so over “child stars”, this sh*t should be illegal. Period.
The only way child stars should be handled is by having a regulated professional whose sole job is to look out for the welfare of the child. They should be appointed by the union and licensed by the state with oversight. Children in the entertainment industry should be monitored for their emotional and mental welfare and have an onset advocate to make sure child labor laws are enforced; the child doesn’t work if they are sick and they are provided with private space and food.
The Professional should make sure by law a large percentage of a child’s earnings should automatically go to a trust fund with a board of trustees. It can’t be touched until the child is 18 and then funds should be released in increments.
It can’t be anyone who benefits monetarily from how much she makes per year. The studios and other guilds should have to pay for it.
Parents are covered for necessary living expenses, but if a home is bought, it is legally the child’s property and held in trust. If a parent is a manager of some sort, then they get a fair percentage as a salary. Any abuse or neglect by the parents should be reported to CPS.
Otherwise, it is risky, and not all parents have scruples.
this is awesome. If only, eh?
Yeah I wish. 🙁
They give up their childhoods and barely make it to adulthood unscathed while adults pocket the money. It is wrong.
If it’s a union production, there are SAG representatives on-set who in theory monitor who the child is being looked after while at work, and the union does mandate a fixed percentage of wages be set aside into a trust. https://www.sagaftra.org/content/coogan-law It’s not a lot, but it does prevent a child actor from losing everything before they even reach legal age.
Perfect. Also, a very VERY limited number of promotional appearances. None of that convention stuff, no free goodies, i.e. clothes etc. that go beyond what is required for said appearances. Children are not billboards. They get to have fun with it but no Blake Lively-esque outfit changes.
Also, they can’t be alone in a room with anyone without their guardian/advocate/goddamn nanny.
I also think children should be banned from fashion weeks. On the runway and off. You’re under 18? No, sorry. It’s not necessary in any way, shape, or form. They need a childhood and an education, not Tom Ford.
I agree with everything littlemissnaughty.
The fashion business should be monitored similarly, and no one under 18 should be near a runway. It is a recipe for low esteem and abuse. Not to mention teenagers should not be required to maintain precise measurements for fashion weeks. They won’t do it responsibly, and it can push them over into eating problems. It is an adult world they have no experience and maturity to handle.
These looks are a little mature for 13, she looks dead on Kate Beckinsale in a few of those pictures. She’s a gorgeous child though, and very talented! We were watching season 2 last night and I told my husband I think she’ll have a long career because she has hella talent for 13, but I worry about her parents, especially her father. There’s no reason for her to be financially supporting 3 adults, one parent can accompany her to sets/auditions and get manager fees or whatever, but the rest need to go to work, period.
Watching her interviews, she gave me Emma Watson vibes, which isn’t a bad thing. I think she’s alright. I just worry the adults around her exploiting her.
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I read another article from Variety, and frankly, the whole MBB situation is worrying. Kid’s done 25 ComicCons, wants to work for UNICEF (“Working with UNICEF is a really big dream of mine. And hopefully I get to do that in the space of my relaxation. My time off should be dedicated to other people who need help.”), do Broadway (“They told me their schedule, and I was like, whoa, that’s crazy,” she says. “But that’s why I would like to. I think Broadway’s such a tough kind of routine.”) and apparently she “argues” with Duffer brothers a lot (“It’s quite ridiculous,” she says. “We argue all the time and we make up the next day. But I wouldn’t want anything else.”). She’s 13, but she sounds like a 30-y.o. theatre company executive. This is sad and I’m afraid it’s going to get sadder 🙁
“Nobody ‘s stopping me ”
Well, until you meet the casting director who doesn’t chose you and pick the next flavor of the moment. Lots of teen stars probably thought of themselves as unstoppable and were tipped to be the next big thing.
A quick glance at any “They’re the future of Hollywood” edition of some industry mag of past years will have you utter a big “Who?”.
So, fingers crossed for you, kid, but yeah, some thought their ship was unsinkable …
It’s not really her choice at this point, is it? She could just be getting started, or this could be the peak of her career, depending on what happens after Stranger Things ends and how she she ends up looking like after puberty. Many former child stars who were on the cover of every magazine have a hard time finding a follow-up gig that launches them to superstardom. It happens for a few, but it seems like the vast majority fade away, or go on to do less lucrative projects. And frankly, many who were cute as children don’t look as cute when they are adults. Recently, there has been a wave of reboots that are reintroducing some of these former child stars to the world (Girl Meets World, Hollywood Darlings, and Fuller House), but these actors are nowhere near A-list, and many of them had to go to college and get normal jobs prior to the reboot. If Millie believes that nothing will stop her, she is in for a rude awakening after Stranger Things goes off air. Given how predatory this industry is, and how casting directors are always looking for new blood each year, there will always be a new IT girl waiting in the wings. No one’s career is guaranteed.
True, I mean look at the Fanning sisters. Dakota was everywhere a decade ago, and now she’s a mid level actress, not getting called for the work that her a-list peers get. Even Emma Watson, who had the HP series to carry her into her adulthood, has struggled getting truly good roles; she’s said so herself. She said everyone felt like they “knew” her and that when it came to casting people wanted someone who was fresh and new and could be seen as lots of different things (I think she meant Jennifer Lawrence). That’s one of the reasons why child actors , especially girls, struggle to get roles as women in their 20s. Hollywood LOVES a 20 something, brand new ingenue, and will usually take that over the familiar child star. I mean, gosh, Brooke freaking Shields, the face of the 80s, the most beautiful teenager of her decade, struggled getting work in her 20s (Ditto Diane Lane, another world’s most beautiful preternatural beauty who struggled to get prestige roles in her peak years). Natalie Portman and Emma Watson had to fight HARD for the roles they got in their 20s. It’s not easy.
anyone seeing Bella Haddid in her look ??
I’m not really concerned about her appearance in these photos. Yes, she is styled in a mature manner but she’s not dressed in an overly sexualized way. If she were showing up in bra/crop tops and shorts/skirts that didn’t cover anything then I would be worried in a styling aspect but these outfits look quite nice to me.
I’m more concerned with her being the breadwinner of her family and her parents working her to the point of exhaustion. I remember she posted a very emotional video on Instagram several months ago about how she was completely exhausted and had to cancel some appearances. Seems like way too much responsibility for someone her age.
I don’t find it ‘sexualized’ either. Or even immodest. I see a girl playing fashionable & sophisticated dress-up on the red carpet. It’s mostly the face that’s throwing people off (that might be make-up though).
She’s her parents work horse and bread winner… they are going to milk every penny out of her! Never understand parents who push this type of work on their children. Yes, kids do love acting but be a parent and consider what success at that age can do to your child! She probably has been seen and been spoken to as an adult and dealing with things she shouldn’t have to. She is not enjoying life as a child and being pushed to the world as a woman. Horrible disgusting parents…. When your child is now responsible for financially supporting the family it NEVER ends well. The power dynamics change and never will be the same. Shame on them and God help this little girl… it will not end well.
Ok so I did some googling and I’m shocked at the amount of pressure this girl has on her!! She talks about how they were so broke before stranger things that they had to move back to the U.K. And live with her aunt, why the hell don’t either of her parents WORK!! A 13 year old shouldn’t be supporting her entire family, and her father tried to demand 100k from agents looking to represent her, one of her older sisters left….it’s too much. I only read a few articles so I’m sure it gets more horrifying. i feel bad for her. She does seem to be close with the other kids from the show, so at least she has bonds with people her own age.
I don’t think I can keep watching this show in good concience. I didn’t know anything about these kids. The stories about this girl supporting her whole family are very upsetting. She’s being exploited, I’m not okay with that. All of her money should go into an untouchable trust fund for her care alone. Her parents sound disgusting, why don’t they work?
Did they immigrate to become citizens or are they only here on visas? Because if it’s the latter, depending on the type of visa, the parents not be able to work.
It’s just makeup and posture.
Considering what girls her age are steppin out with.
Milie’s look is classy, not trashy.
I can’t place her face tho’, a bit of Beckinsale and a bit of Portman maybe?
She looks like Elizabeth Perkins to me.
Oh yeah, she does!
I’ve seen her compared to Natalie Portman, but I don’t see a resemblance there.
It is more the expression than the clothes I think.
yea I can see that – the slightly open mouth, come-hither look (reminded me of Lena Dunham does that on carpets too lol)
Given all the stories we’re hearing right now about children being preyed upon I hope for the love of god someone isn’t protecting her. She’s a beautiful girl, she’ll grow up to be a beautiful woman. I just really hope we don’t read one day that she was harmed but the gross men in charge of hollywood.
I like her confidence. I hope it sticks around.
I do wish they’d stop making her up to look ten years older, though. She’s 13 and surrounded by enough predatory behavior if the last few weeks have taught us anything. No need to blur the lines further.
Wow…someone is already pressuring her into wearing a crop top…
The barrage of concern-trolly comments dooming her career and claiming that she will become the next Lohan really don’t sit right with me. She’s f*cking THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD FFS. Let’s give her another 5 or 6 years at least before we write her off as yet another ill-fated child star like DAMN, people smdh.
@Kitten – well said, though I think a lot of the worry stems from her being the sole financial support of her family and already overworked for comic-cons at freaking 13 years old.
As for this look, as I said above, it’s only the makeup that’s aging her here. Her dress+shoes are perfectly appropriate. I’m taken aback by the nature of some of the concern trolling though, I remember in a past post about her people were clutching their pearls over her wearing a strapless dress (that showed no cleavage or chest ). I mean, the girl can’t win.
“I’m taken aback by the nature of some of the concern trolling though, I remember in a past post about her people were clutching their pearls over her wearing a strapless dress (that showed no cleavage or chest ). I mean, the girl can’t win.” Agreed. The sort of “Have people learned nothing from the recent discovery of Hollywood abusers lately? This means we need to be extra careful about signals and the way girls and young women dress” tone is troubling.
This narrative has always been a problem- both with girls who develop early/ look older and for girls and women in general. But unfortunately, girls and women’s choices are going to be under more and more of this kind of ‘scrutiny’ now- from both the well-intentioned and from opportunists.
I am concerned about how much pressure this family is putting on a 13-year-old girl though.
I don’t understand the concern about her look at all. She likes fashion, and she is 13 and wants to look cool. I have never seen her in anything revealing or sexual. I think people go overboard with this narrative. She said something made her uncomfortable, and she refused to do it, so she is aware of her comfort level.
The overworking is the issue here not her awesome shoes. lol
I don’t know much about her family/parent’s situation so I can’t comment on that.
However I don’t have a problem with her look. Nothing she is wearing is revealing or cut in a “womanly” way. If that black dress were in a different fabric, say chambray, I don’t think anyone would criticize it as much. And I wore more makeup than she did at 13 and turned out just fine. I think it’s nice she can try out different styles and have fun with her look. She is young and still figuring out what she likes. As long as she isn’t dressed inappropriately I’m willing to give her a pass. Lord knows I made many many style faux pas in my youth, the only difference is that no one was photographing me and commenting.
The over-sexualization of this kid is really troubling.
I was just going to say the same thing. Let her be a child..geez.
I think, honestly, she’s just a teenager trying to look older and enjoying it. I think she’s absolutely 13 still inside. I looked at her Instagram the other day (whoa that sounds creepy!) and she’s totally a typical 13 year old who seems to adore her co-stars and is BFFs with the other girl (Sadie Sink) in real life. She also LOOKS 13 in those photos. I think this is just a special occasion, red carpet type affair when she dolls herself up for publicity work. She seems lovely and down to Earth.
If she almost gave up before being cast in Stranger Things at such a young age, it tells me that her parents placed an immense amount of pressure on her to make it big, and that she has been groomed to believe that she wants to act without really knowing what she wants. She has talent, but so do a lot of other children. She lucked out with Stranger Things, but will she continue getting parts? And if not, how will her parents treat her? Is it all or nothing where if she doesn’t live up to their expectations long term, she’ll be made to feel like a failure because no other options (an education, a different career, hobbies, etc.) have been presented to her? Everything about her look and attitude at the age of 13 is troubling. I don’t know why people think maturity is all that great for someone under 18. Children should be allowed to grow, make mistakes, look awkward, and grow into a mature adult. I predict that she will either have an A-list career, or she will go down a very bad path that many child actors before her have gone down.
sadie sink….. YAYA
millie bobby NONO