Duffer Brothers Say the Next Season of Stranger Things Will Move Faster
But the last episode will be “at least two hours” long and have “like, eight endings.”
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Netflix: Stranger Things Official Season 4 Discussion (Drops 4/28/22) (Season 4 Vol2 Trailer 6/21/2022)
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Duffer Brothers originally planned to kill [SPOILER] in 'Stranger Things' season 4
'Stranger Things' season 4 almost saw the death of another character, according to the Duffer Brothers.
6 Burning Stranger Things Questions We Need Answered In Season 5
From Max's fate to Vecna's return, the epic season 4 finale left so many unanswered questions. While we wait for the fifth and final season to drop, here are six burning questions we need answered.
Yes, this season was fire
Yeah loving season 4
I like the human form like demon. It made him more Sinister
Four Key Questions After Season 4 of ‘Stranger Things’
After a massive mythology reveal, the stage is set for the series’ final season—and a few major mysteries remain
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 4, Episode 9 Deep Dive
Mal and Joanna discuss what is going on with the California kids and with Joyce and Hopper in Russia, and talk about what happened in Hawkins
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 4, Episode 8 Deep Dive
Mal and Joanna break down each story line and what it means for the gang, starting with the adventure in Russia
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 4, Episode 7 Deep Dive
Jo and Mal discuss the finale of the new batch of episodes
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What’s Really at Stake in ‘Stranger Things’ After the Season 4 Finale?
The Season 4 conclusion brings both revelations and heartbreak … and a confounding commitment to one specific choice. What does that mean for the series going forward?
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‘Stranger Things’ and Streaming TV’s Indulgence in Overlong Episodes
This weekend’s ‘Stranger Things’ finale is slated to run 140 minutes, a move that has few precedents in the history of television. Our TV critics discuss the exacting task ahead, and a trend that’s increasingly prevalent in the medium.
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The ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Mythology Guide: Questions, Answers, and Theories
The first seven episodes of the new ‘Stranger Things’ season teach us plenty about Hawkins and the Upside Down. They also take a page from history that could be key to understanding the very fabric of the show.
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About time they acknowledged
Just finished season 4.
No need to repeat what has said, but I agree it was a great season and wrapped pretty much everything from the first 3 seasons nicely.
They handled El’s origin along with Vesca’s tie-in brilliantly. The way they presented the earlier seasons gave no clue that El was part of the problem.
They did Will’s character pretty good without going deep in his sexuality. They handled it well without it being noticeable and in your face. I know you gay agenda trackers were not happy with it, some of you probably didnt
I loved the Eddie character, but what threw me off was I was a teenager in the 80’s and went to school with guys like Eddie. They were not into Dungeons and Dragons. They also were not labeled geeks or weirdos associating with kids like Dustin. Cats like him were hardcore in Metal/Rock music and were considered “Bad Boys”.
I also liked all the references to some classic horror films. They did a good job with them.
Looks like next season will be the last. I have doubts El has the strength and power to take on Vesca now that he is in the regular world. I suspect there might be somebody else out there that has not been introduced that will assist her.
I also think Vesca is not the top dog from the Upside Down and there might have been a higher entity there that he partnered up with. Vesca most likely explained about the world he came from and a alliance was made. If there is another entity, it most likely is more powerful than Vesca and El….it might come to a point both of them might have to team up.
No need to repeat what has said, but I agree it was a great season and wrapped pretty much everything from the first 3 seasons nicely.
They handled El’s origin along with Vesca’s tie-in brilliantly. The way they presented the earlier seasons gave no clue that El was part of the problem.
They did Will’s character pretty good without going deep in his sexuality. They handled it well without it being noticeable and in your face. I know you gay agenda trackers were not happy with it, some of you probably didnt
I loved the Eddie character, but what threw me off was I was a teenager in the 80’s and went to school with guys like Eddie. They were not into Dungeons and Dragons. They also were not labeled geeks or weirdos associating with kids like Dustin. Cats like him were hardcore in Metal/Rock music and were considered “Bad Boys”.
I also liked all the references to some classic horror films. They did a good job with them.
Looks like next season will be the last. I have doubts El has the strength and power to take on Vesca now that he is in the regular world. I suspect there might be somebody else out there that has not been introduced that will assist her.
I also think Vesca is not the top dog from the Upside Down and there might have been a higher entity there that he partnered up with. Vesca most likely explained about the world he came from and a alliance was made. If there is another entity, it most likely is more powerful than Vesca and El….it might come to a point both of them might have to team up.
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Matthew Modine Doesn’t Think His Stranger Things Time Is Up
The actor on the “unforgivable crimes” of Dr. Brenner and whether “Papa” is worthy of redemption.
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Matthew Modine Doesn’t Think His Stranger Things Time Is Up
By Devon Ivie@devonsaysrelax
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Oh shit, this guy again? Dr. Martin Brenner is one of the first faces we see in Stranger Things 4, even if it’s just a flashback: He’s working on a crossword puzzle and shaving — the suburban minutiae that gets him through his morning. Except today is different. It’s 1979, the morning before the massacre at Hawkins Lab. But wait, flash forward. He’s been alive this entire time? As revealed in the fifth episode, Hawkins’s resident mad scientist not only survived his Demogorgon attack back in season one, but he’s now working on the Nina Project hidden deep in the Nevada desert with the aim of restoring Eleven’s powers. Brenner’s (excuse us, Papa’s) mystique keeps Eleven, and viewers, questioning his intentions every time he walks into a lab, and “Papa,” the penultimate episode, confirms all of our worst suspicions about the doc. For years, he’d psychologically and physically tortured Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) to try to find One (Jamie Campbell Bower), his first telekinetic child subject, in the Upside Down — the discovery of which he covered up by pointing fingers at the Soviets. When rogue Army forces descend on Brenner’s lab in the present day, not even a mortal wound and tearful monologue can garner sympathy from Eleven, who can only muster a “good-bye, Papa” as he begs for forgiveness.
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Despite Brenner seemingly perishing in the desert after taking a round of bullets to the back, Matthew Modine is hopeful that his character will return for Stranger Things’s final season; in his opinion, Brenner has defied death too many times to be a mere mortal. Modine wouldn’t mind a bit of redemption, either.
Brenner, a lot of people would argue, is the most diabolical character in the show’s history. What’s the most compassionate thing you can say about this man?
He loves the children.
You answered my next question.
I believe that 100 percent. The way I chose to portray him was as somebody who believed what he was doing had some benefit. How could he not love the children?
Did you always know you would return to the show after season one, or were you pleasantly surprised to find yourself being called back?
The Duffers always wanted Brenner to come back. There was going to be a big return for him in the second season. Writing a show like that — going through the creative process of the arc of the show and the seasons — it became clear as they were developing season two that there wasn’t a place for him. Then season three was quite a departure. I mean, they were in a mall. There was nothing about season three that really shouted “Hawkins.” That was a journey outward to get to the place where Eleven would lose her powers. Was there any other way to get her power back than returning to the person who was responsible for her having that power in the first place?
Were you presented with any story lines in the second season that were scrapped for the reasons you explained?
They didn’t go into detail about what the episodes were about. Even in season one, I was on a week-to-week discovery of who Brenner was. They never presented him to me as a diabolical character. They never said I was going to be responsible for the kidnapping or torture of a child. I didn’t have a character arc in mind other than what I, as an actor, create for the background of a character. What is the character’s education? What is his motivation? What does he do? Is he working for the government? Is he working for the military? These are decisions you have to make on your own as a performer, because none of that is explained in the story. You still don’t know who Dr. Brenner was working for or what his motivations are.
What background did you create for him?
Those are secrets actors should never reveal.
Interesting. Why is that?
I never liked going to museums and having an art historian explain to me the secret behind the Mona Lisa’s smile. I want to be able to look at it and experience it. If Leonardo da Vinci were alive to explain it, it would take all the speculation and adventure out of experiencing the painting as a viewer. I suppose I learned that from Stanley Kubrick. You don’t have to explain your creation. Let it speak for itself.
I’d like to explore Brenner’s logic, which takes up most of the action in “Papa.” With his dying monologue, he tells Eleven, “I’ve only ever wanted to help you and to protect you. Everything I did I did for you.” Do you believe him?
I do believe that, as a father, that’s what we do for our children. Dr. Brenner aside, there are going to be things your children are angry about and things your children are disappointed in. If you provide them with everything, they’ll complain about having been provided with everything. If they grow up without opportunity, they complain about their parents not being able to provide for them. It’s a process young people have to go through. It’s a trope; it’s a genre. It’s something religious and biblical — of having to leave the place you’re born and the people you come from to venture out into the world and slay your dragon. Like Dorothy when she leaves her home and travels away. The power was always within her; all she had to do was click her shoes. Or Joseph Campbell saying the force was always within us.
In the story Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse, he joins all the different religions trying to find the spiritual truth. Then one day when he’s sitting under a Bodhi tree, he realizes everything he’s been looking for was within himself.
How does that type of pursuit relate to Brenner?
I believe the powers the children had exist within those children. It sometimes takes a person like Dr. Brenner to extract those abilities and knowledge. Maybe that’s what season five is going to be about — Eleven realizing she never, ever needed Dr. Brenner. Hopefully, what she’s going to discover is that she doesn’t have to use anger in order to summon her ability. Through love and forgiveness, which she doesn’t give to Dr. Brenner in that final moment, she doesn’t have to reach to an angry or painful place to become even more powerful. Love is more powerful than hate.
Eleven calls Brenner a monster — a pretty big blow given that Vecna is still around and terrorizing people. In your eyes, is he worthy of empathy?
There’s something called a “flea in the jar” experiment. If you put a flea in nature, the flea can jump seven feet. If you take the same flea and put it inside of a jar and put the lid on it, the flea, believing it can jump seven feet, will jump and bang its head against the lid. After several jumps and banging its head against the lid, the flea begins to believe that’s all the world is. When you remove the lid and put the flea back in nature, it will never jump seven feet again, because it’s been conditioned to believe it can only jump a few inches. This is a good metaphor for Dr. Brenner and the children. While he’s doing things to expand their abilities through telekinetic powers, he’s created an environment that has the children inside of a jar in order to control them. This is what I would define as mental slavery, and it’s an unforgivable crime. Somebody that would create this environment is not, by any means or any stretch of the imagination, a good person.
These scenes you share with Millie Bobby Brown are emotionally fraught and at the core of Stranger Things lore. How has your acting partnership evolved since the first season?
Millie was 11 years old when we began working. The thing about children is the best thing to do is leave them alone. [Laughs.] When we watch a child playing with a dump truck in the sandbox, they believe the dump truck is a giant truck that’s moving the earth and picking up tons of sand and they’re inside the Tonka driving it. It’s all a very real world. So the best thing to do with a young actor is to allow them to be. What you want to avoid is gimmicks and tricks the parents can impose on them. The good thing is that Millie’s parents and family understood that. They are so grateful for Millie to be able to have a scene partner like myself, because all I wanted her to do was succeed and be the best actor she could be.
For instance, if I’m Björn Borg, John McEnroe, or Rafael Nadal, if my partner can’t hit the ball back over the net, I can’t show you how good my game is. What you want to do is make the person on the other side of the net, your scene partner, be the best performer they are capable of being. So you work with them and you learn the dialogue — you understand the idea behind the dialogue, why the character’s saying this, why the character’s doing this, and what kind of physical behavior is important to represent to the audience, so they can understand what’s going on emotionally. These were all conversations I was having with a young child. The gift that Millie has is a tremendous intelligence and understanding of what I was talking about and the ability to take a very specific direction.
There were times this season when we would check in with each other, especially during scenes where we’re being harmful to one another. We would begin by saying, “I love you.” We would wink at each other before a scene started so we knew what we were doing, especially if it was saying something painful. It was a way to connect with one another and lift each other’s game. By season four, using the tennis metaphor again, I was playing with Serena Williams. I was playing with an expert at her craft. There were times I would look away and turn around, and all of a sudden I was working with Judy Garland. I’d turn away again, and all of a sudden she looked like Natalie Wood. There’s something “old Hollywood” about her.
Were the child actors afraid of you when the cameras stopped rolling?
I’m very happy to tell you the children loved me.
Oh, good.
I think it’s because they loved Matthew Modine and they could go, “He plays a scary person, but in actuality, he’s a nice man who jokes around with us and is interested in our lives and asks us questions.” I was taking photographs of all of us goofing around behind the scenes. An interesting thing happened that wasn’t scripted: When I come into the room to get their attention and focus, I say, “Good morning, children.” The children didn’t have any dialogue and were just supposed to stand there. And yet they would respond, “Good morning, Papa.” The editors could have easily cut off those pieces and gone without it, but they used it. It reemphasizes Dr. Brenner’s love for the children.
Brenner’s death seemed pretty conclusive to me, but I’ve learned not to assume anything about Stranger Things. Would you say he’s dead?
No, I wouldn’t. Because I wouldn’t want him to be dead. Three things are curious to me: How did he survive the Demogorgon? How did he survive One? And when Eleven tries to use her power against Dr. Brenner after blowing three guards in the air, he unflinchingly thwarts her and says, “You didn’t think it was going to be that easy, did you?” She couldn’t get it to work on him. Is there something more to Brenner than meets the eye?
I could be led to believe he possesses some sort of superhuman ability.
Yeah. I don’t want to believe it’s over, because I love the Duffers. I don’t want to believe it’s over, because I can’t wait to work with Millie again. I say Millie, because I don’t really have anything to do with the other cast members — except for Paul Reiser.
I love the power of redemption. I love the what it represents. I’m not a religious person, but my favorite parable from the Bible is that there was a woman who had committed adultery. The law of Abraham was to stone this person to death. And Jesus comes along and says, “Those among you that are without sin, cast the first stone.”
This idea of forgiveness is so powerful. I remember when President Obama went to that church where the congregation members had been murdered, and he sang “Amazing Grace.” It was really the first time in my life that I understood what grace is. Grace is the ability to forgive. In this world we live in — this cancel culture — that stands in judgment so quickly of other people and condemns people for mistakes they’ve made in their lives, I think the power of forgiveness and the beauty of grace are two of the most powerful things in the universe.
If Brenner returns in some capacity in season five, how would you like to see him redeem himself?
That’s a good question. Obviously, the only children he tortured who are alive, that we know of, are Eleven and Kali. I guess Vecna, if there’s any saving One. It would be that moment of them forgiving Brenner and giving him their grace. I’m reminded of the film Full Metal Jacket, when my character, Joker, pulls the trigger. At the end of the film, Joker stands over a young Vietnamese girl who’s begging him to end her life, because she’s in so much pain and bleeding to death. She’s just been shot by some of the other Marines. He says, “We can’t leave her here.” And the other guys say, “If you want to kill her, go ahead. Kill her.” Joker is faced with this existential decision. What is he going to do? He makes a decision to end her life. That’s the horror of war.
And the horror of what Brenner did is accepting and understanding his culpability in the death of all those children because of what One did. So if Eleven and Kali, or just Eleven, forgave him and sent him off, he would spend the remaining days of his life knowing he had been forgiven but having to accept responsibility for what he did. Do you think Donald Trump is able to sleep at night with a clear conscience? Or does he have to sedate himself and become a psychopathic liar in order to justify the behavior and the things that he’s done? Well, maybe he is. That’s a bad example. [Laughs.] I think Dr. Brenner is a more moral person than that, and he’d have to spend his final days acknowledging and accepting responsibility for the pain he caused. That’s the real nightmare — not being able to escape your thoughts and the things you’ve seen or done.
A lighthearted final question: What would be the song that saves you, as Matthew, from Vecna?
It would be something really silly.
Try me.
“Hickory Dickory Dock.”
All right, that’s silly.
I’ll go with something more ominous. “Sympathy for the Devil.” I love the Rolling Stones.
I did the entire season a few weeks ago.
So I'm kind of late in posing this
Provided it already hasn't been mentioned somewhere else in this thread.
But when The Kids were all making their weapons,
Did anyone else here have a sudden "WHAT THE FUCK?" thought when Eddie screamed to Lucas and Erica,
"HEY SINCLAIRS! HOW'S THOSE SPEARS COMING ALONG?" (op something to that effect)
And there the BLACK Siblings are.
Making and polishing Spears.
Maybe I was being a bit sensitive.
So I'm kind of late in posing this
Provided it already hasn't been mentioned somewhere else in this thread.
But when The Kids were all making their weapons,
Did anyone else here have a sudden "WHAT THE FUCK?" thought when Eddie screamed to Lucas and Erica,
"HEY SINCLAIRS! HOW'S THOSE SPEARS COMING ALONG?" (op something to that effect)
And there the BLACK Siblings are.
Making and polishing Spears.
Maybe I was being a bit sensitive.
Stranger Things fans SLAM TikToker over Natalia Dyer surgery video
Aesthetic nurse practitioner Miranda Wilson went viral across multiple social media platforms on Sunday after app users reacted in shock over the now-deleted clip.
I was just like
, but overall Lucas' role was good. I didn't like that they made Erica the angry black girl with the bad attitude the whole damn show.
Millie Bobby Brown is back on the case in 'Enola Holmes 2' exclusive look
The game is afoot, as Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill return in this exclusive first look at 'Enola Holmes 2,' debuting Nov. 4 on Netflix.
Millie Bobby Brown is back on the case in Enola Holmes 2 exclusive look
The sequel is afoot.
By Devan CogganAugust 18, 2022 at 09:00 AM EDT
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Millie Bobby Brown is heading back to Baker Street.
The Stranger Things star headlined 2020's Enola Holmes, a delightful whodunit that followed Sherlock Holmes' teenage sister as she sleuthed her way through Victorian England. Now, Enola and her deductive skills are back, this time facing a conspiracy that could prove to be her most dangerous case yet.
EW has an exclusive first look at Netflix's Enola Holmes 2 (out Nov. 4), which once again stars Brown as the corset-wearing, fourth-wall-breaking heroine. After successfully solving her first case, the young Enola is now following in the footsteps of her famous brother (Henry Cavill) as she attempts to open her own detective agency (and hopefully get out of Sherlock's shadow).
Millie Bobby Brown is on the run in 'Enola Holmes 2'
| CREDIT: ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX
Enola's newest adventure begins after a young girl working in a match factory hires her to locate her missing sister. Before long, Enola finds herself drawn into a high-stakes chase across London, journeying from the city's seedy industrial underbelly to the glitzy galas of high society.
In other words, the game is most certainly afoot.
"We set the film in the hustle and bustle of London, which is something that we didn't really get to see as much in the first one," Brown teases. "We got to really see what this young girl is doing in this crazy city that surrounds her night and day, and we get to explore these places in great detail."
"I wanted this story to be a grittier one," adds director Harry Bradbeer, who returns after helming the first film. "I wanted to introduce her to working-class girls in a working-class world. I wanted it to be a completely new world for Enola, so she was more out of her depth."
Enola Holmes has long been a passion project for the 18-year-old Brown, who helped bring the first film to the screen after her sister introduced her to Nancy Springer's original book series. Here, she once again serves as the film's producer. Bradbeer says her insight was invaluable as she helped him and returning writer Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials) shape the sequel.
"She understands an adult story, but she also understands the instincts of a younger person, so all those things are vital," explains Bradbeer, who's also known for directing Killing Eve and Fleabag. "She's very trusting of us as we put the story together, and she gives input as each draft comes along. That's the most important thing: She has a tremendous instinct for who Enola is."
Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes, and Louis Partridge as Tewkesbury in 'Enola Holmes 2'
| CREDIT: ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX
As Enola investigates her new case, she crosses paths with faces both familiar and new — including Helena Bonham Carter as her free-spirited mother, David Thewlis as a shady cop, and Louis Partridge as Enola's kind-hearted love interest Tewkesbury. (Dune actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster also joins the sequel as a mysterious new character with ties to the case Enola is investigating.) But much of the film centers on the taut family relationship between Enola and her elder brother Sherlock, played by a returning Cavill. Both Holmes siblings are brilliant, of course, but they often find themselves clashing — especially when their individual cases overlap.
"Enola and Sherlock's relationship has evolved to a place more in line with equals in this sequel," Cavill explains. "While Sherlock has the experience and his second-to-none mind, he doesn't have the same emotional wherewithal as Enola, nor does he have the same heart. Whereas in the first film Enola may have learned from Sherlock, in this the tables may have turned."
Enola and Sherlock may not see eye to eye on screen, but in real life, Brown says she and Cavill quickly formed a familial bond.
"Despite our humongous age difference — and he's going to hate that I said that — Henry and I had such a great chemistry on set," Brown says with a laugh. "Being able to play his younger sister, it's quite easy. I have an older brother, and I know how easy it is to annoy him, get on his nerves, make him laugh. I know his weaknesses. I know his strengths. I basically just use that with my brother, so I actually used that on Henry, too."
Bradbeer remembers filming one scene early in Enola Holmes 2, where a bickering Enola and Sherlock each show off their powers of deduction. "The first thing I said in rehearsals was, 'Henry, you are going to have to talk faster than you have ever talked before. This is going to go like a rocket,'" the director recalls. "He had no problem with that. He said, 'Of course,' and off they went. They were on fire."
Sharon Duncan-Brewster in 'Enola Holmes 2'
| CREDIT: ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX
Brown is no stranger to high-profile projects, especially having starred in the Godzilla films and four seasons of Stranger Things. But she tells EW that Enola Holmes "may be the most important moment in my career so far because it's something that I developed." In her role as a producer, she had input into everything from story beats to production design. For the sequel, she took a particular interest in the film's costuming, helping to create not just Enola's outfits but some of the other characters', too. (Even in the drab, dirty streets of 19th-century London, Brown wanted to include pops of color in the costumes to help capture the city's lively spirit.)
"It's rewarding," the British actress adds. "Obviously, it can be tiring, and when you look back on it, you're like, 'Gosh, I can't believe I didn't fall asleep.' But there were so many things that I got to be a part of, and I was really grateful for that. My age and gender has never defined [my job], so everyone on set really respected me and heard me. It was such a nice environment to be able to experience."
Nov. 4
Millie Bobby Brown is back on the case in 'Enola Holmes 2' exclusive look
The game is afoot, as Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill return in this exclusive first look at 'Enola Holmes 2,' debuting Nov. 4 on Netflix.ew.com
Millie Bobby Brown is back on the case in Enola Holmes 2 exclusive look
The sequel is afoot.
By Devan CogganAugust 18, 2022 at 09:00 AM EDT
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00:54
01:24
Millie Bobby Brown is heading back to Baker Street.
The Stranger Things star headlined 2020's Enola Holmes, a delightful whodunit that followed Sherlock Holmes' teenage sister as she sleuthed her way through Victorian England. Now, Enola and her deductive skills are back, this time facing a conspiracy that could prove to be her most dangerous case yet.
EW has an exclusive first look at Netflix's Enola Holmes 2 (out Nov. 4), which once again stars Brown as the corset-wearing, fourth-wall-breaking heroine. After successfully solving her first case, the young Enola is now following in the footsteps of her famous brother (Henry Cavill) as she attempts to open her own detective agency (and hopefully get out of Sherlock's shadow).
Millie Bobby Brown is on the run in 'Enola Holmes 2'
| CREDIT: ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX
Enola's newest adventure begins after a young girl working in a match factory hires her to locate her missing sister. Before long, Enola finds herself drawn into a high-stakes chase across London, journeying from the city's seedy industrial underbelly to the glitzy galas of high society.
In other words, the game is most certainly afoot.
"We set the film in the hustle and bustle of London, which is something that we didn't really get to see as much in the first one," Brown teases. "We got to really see what this young girl is doing in this crazy city that surrounds her night and day, and we get to explore these places in great detail."
"I wanted this story to be a grittier one," adds director Harry Bradbeer, who returns after helming the first film. "I wanted to introduce her to working-class girls in a working-class world. I wanted it to be a completely new world for Enola, so she was more out of her depth."
Enola Holmes has long been a passion project for the 18-year-old Brown, who helped bring the first film to the screen after her sister introduced her to Nancy Springer's original book series. Here, she once again serves as the film's producer. Bradbeer says her insight was invaluable as she helped him and returning writer Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials) shape the sequel.
"She understands an adult story, but she also understands the instincts of a younger person, so all those things are vital," explains Bradbeer, who's also known for directing Killing Eve and Fleabag. "She's very trusting of us as we put the story together, and she gives input as each draft comes along. That's the most important thing: She has a tremendous instinct for who Enola is."
Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes, and Louis Partridge as Tewkesbury in 'Enola Holmes 2'
| CREDIT: ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX
As Enola investigates her new case, she crosses paths with faces both familiar and new — including Helena Bonham Carter as her free-spirited mother, David Thewlis as a shady cop, and Louis Partridge as Enola's kind-hearted love interest Tewkesbury. (Dune actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster also joins the sequel as a mysterious new character with ties to the case Enola is investigating.) But much of the film centers on the taut family relationship between Enola and her elder brother Sherlock, played by a returning Cavill. Both Holmes siblings are brilliant, of course, but they often find themselves clashing — especially when their individual cases overlap.
"Enola and Sherlock's relationship has evolved to a place more in line with equals in this sequel," Cavill explains. "While Sherlock has the experience and his second-to-none mind, he doesn't have the same emotional wherewithal as Enola, nor does he have the same heart. Whereas in the first film Enola may have learned from Sherlock, in this the tables may have turned."
Enola and Sherlock may not see eye to eye on screen, but in real life, Brown says she and Cavill quickly formed a familial bond.
"Despite our humongous age difference — and he's going to hate that I said that — Henry and I had such a great chemistry on set," Brown says with a laugh. "Being able to play his younger sister, it's quite easy. I have an older brother, and I know how easy it is to annoy him, get on his nerves, make him laugh. I know his weaknesses. I know his strengths. I basically just use that with my brother, so I actually used that on Henry, too."
Bradbeer remembers filming one scene early in Enola Holmes 2, where a bickering Enola and Sherlock each show off their powers of deduction. "The first thing I said in rehearsals was, 'Henry, you are going to have to talk faster than you have ever talked before. This is going to go like a rocket,'" the director recalls. "He had no problem with that. He said, 'Of course,' and off they went. They were on fire."
Sharon Duncan-Brewster in 'Enola Holmes 2'
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"It's rewarding," the British actress adds. "Obviously, it can be tiring, and when you look back on it, you're like, 'Gosh, I can't believe I didn't fall asleep.' But there were so many things that I got to be a part of, and I was really grateful for that. My age and gender has never defined [my job], so everyone on set really respected me and heard me. It was such a nice environment to be able to experience."
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'Stranger Things' star Caleb McLaughlin calls out racism from fans
'Stranger Things' star Caleb McLaughin opened up about the racism he's experienced from the fandom over the years.
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Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin calls out racism from fans: 'It definitely took a toll on me'
"Sometimes it's hard to talk about and for people to understand, but when I was younger it definitely affected me a lot," the actor shared at the Heroes Comic Con Belgium convention.
By Nick RomanoSeptember 27, 2022 at 12:09 PM EDT
Amid the conversations about racism shown to actors from specific genre fandoms, like Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings, Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin has opened up about what he experienced as a child star joining the show in season 1.
McLaughlin appeared at the Heroes Comic Con Belgium convention on Sunday and spoke from the stage about the racism he was shown by some of the Stranger Things fans.
"It definitely took a toll on me as a younger kid," the actor said, as seen in video shared by one of the panel's attendees. "My very first Comic-Con, some people didn't stand in my line because I was Black. Some people told me, 'Oh I didn't want to be in your line because you were mean to Eleven.' Even now some people don't follow me or don't support me because I'm Black. Sometimes overseas you feel the racism, you feel the bigotry. Sometimes it's hard to talk about and for people to understand, but when I was younger it definitely affected me a lot."
McLaughlin, now 20, has portrayed Lucas Sinclair — a member of the core Dungeons and Dragons crew with Finn Wolfhard's Mike, Noah Schnapp's Will, and Gaten Matarazzo's Dustin — since season 1 of Stranger Things, which debuted in 2016 when he was 14. After the two-part fourth season, which streamed on Netflix this summer, the actor will return for the fifth and final season.
McLaughlin acknowledged at the panel that he was getting into a "deep conversation," but said his kid self would feel like, "Why am I the least favorite? The least amount of followers? I'm on the same show as everybody from season 1."
"My parents had to be like, 'It's a sad truth, but it's because you're the Black child on the show… Because I was born with this beautiful chocolate skin, I'm not loved," he said. "But that's why with my platform I want to spread positivity and love because I do not give hate back to people who give hate to me."
Caleb McLaughlin opens up about the racism he's felt as an actor playing the only Black kid on 'Stranger Things' for years.
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Black actors from other franchises, like Steve Toussaint and Ismael Cruz Córdova, have also recently addressed their experiences with racism among fandoms.
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon reimagines the seafarers of House Velaryon as wealthy Black conquerors, instead of the pale skin and purple eyes described in George R.R. Martin's books. Toussaint, who stars on the show as Lord Corlys Velaryon, had said, "It seems to be very hard for people to swallow. [Fans] are happy with a dragon flying. They're happy with white hair and violet-colored eyes, but a rich Black guy? That's beyond the pale."
Córdova, in turn, revealed his DMs were filled with "pure and vicious hate speech" since becoming the first person of color to portray an elf in a fantasy franchise with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. "I fought so hard for this role for this very reason," the actor said. "I felt that I could carry that torch. I made sure that my elf was the most Elven, the most incredible, because I knew this was coming."
"Sometimes it's hard to talk about and for people to understand, but when I was younger it definitely affected me a lot," the actor shared at the Heroes Comic Con Belgium convention.
By Nick RomanoSeptember 27, 2022 at 12:09 PM EDT
Amid the conversations about racism shown to actors from specific genre fandoms, like Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings, Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin has opened up about what he experienced as a child star joining the show in season 1.
McLaughlin appeared at the Heroes Comic Con Belgium convention on Sunday and spoke from the stage about the racism he was shown by some of the Stranger Things fans.
"It definitely took a toll on me as a younger kid," the actor said, as seen in video shared by one of the panel's attendees. "My very first Comic-Con, some people didn't stand in my line because I was Black. Some people told me, 'Oh I didn't want to be in your line because you were mean to Eleven.' Even now some people don't follow me or don't support me because I'm Black. Sometimes overseas you feel the racism, you feel the bigotry. Sometimes it's hard to talk about and for people to understand, but when I was younger it definitely affected me a lot."
McLaughlin, now 20, has portrayed Lucas Sinclair — a member of the core Dungeons and Dragons crew with Finn Wolfhard's Mike, Noah Schnapp's Will, and Gaten Matarazzo's Dustin — since season 1 of Stranger Things, which debuted in 2016 when he was 14. After the two-part fourth season, which streamed on Netflix this summer, the actor will return for the fifth and final season.
McLaughlin acknowledged at the panel that he was getting into a "deep conversation," but said his kid self would feel like, "Why am I the least favorite? The least amount of followers? I'm on the same show as everybody from season 1."
"My parents had to be like, 'It's a sad truth, but it's because you're the Black child on the show… Because I was born with this beautiful chocolate skin, I'm not loved," he said. "But that's why with my platform I want to spread positivity and love because I do not give hate back to people who give hate to me."
Caleb McLaughlin opens up about the racism he's felt as an actor playing the only Black kid on 'Stranger Things' for years.
| CREDIT: NETFLIX
Black actors from other franchises, like Steve Toussaint and Ismael Cruz Córdova, have also recently addressed their experiences with racism among fandoms.
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon reimagines the seafarers of House Velaryon as wealthy Black conquerors, instead of the pale skin and purple eyes described in George R.R. Martin's books. Toussaint, who stars on the show as Lord Corlys Velaryon, had said, "It seems to be very hard for people to swallow. [Fans] are happy with a dragon flying. They're happy with white hair and violet-colored eyes, but a rich Black guy? That's beyond the pale."
Córdova, in turn, revealed his DMs were filled with "pure and vicious hate speech" since becoming the first person of color to portray an elf in a fantasy franchise with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. "I fought so hard for this role for this very reason," the actor said. "I felt that I could carry that torch. I made sure that my elf was the most Elven, the most incredible, because I knew this was coming."
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