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Comparing her feeling ahead of the show’s final season to the way a senior in high school feels, Brown toldGlamour: “When you’re ready, you’re like, ‘All right, let’s do this. Let’s tackle this last senior year. Let’s get out of here.’”
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According to Brown, she was called “an idiot,” “stupid” and “a brat” when she was just 13 years old — and was accused of “trying to steal the thunder” from her costars duringStranger Thingspress tours.
“We’re kids — we talk over each other,” Brown said. “I was just penalized for over-talking and oversharing and being too loud.”
“It’s hard to hear that at 13,” she continued. “You’re like, ‘I don’t want to ever talk again. I don’t want to be the loud person.”
However, she said the backlash she’s received has inspired her to take initiative to protect other child stars in the industry.
“You cannot speak on children that are underage,” she toldGlamour. “I mean, our brains physically have not grown yet. To diminish and practically stunt someone’s growth mentally, strip them down, tell them, ‘Hey, listen, you don’t look that great. Why are you wearing that? How dare you think you can wear that? How dare you say that?’”
The actress said that while she ultimately creditsStranger Thingsfor giving her “the tools and the resources to be a better actor,” she isn’t mourning the show ending as she’s “going to be able to still see” her costars.
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She is already working on expanding her portfolio with the Russo Brothers’ filmThe Electric State, in which she’s set to brush shoulders withGuardians of the GalaxyactorChris Pratt. The experience is something she described to the outlet as “a very exciting opportunity I never thought I’d be able to have.”
“It’s in me. It’s in my blood. I can’t sit still,” she said, describing her passion for her work. “It’s just a part of who I am.”
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Stranger Things’first four seasons are currently streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
