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People can’t get over Millie Bobby Brown ‘struggling’ between British and American accents

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Published 17:25 10 Aug 2024 GMT+1

People can’t get over Millie Bobby Brown ‘struggling’ between British and American accents

There's a reason why Millie Bobby Brown sounds like that

Simon Fearn

Simon Fearn

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@milliebobbybrown

Topics: Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown, Celebrity, Fashion

Simon Fearn
Simon Fearn

Simon is a sub-editor at LADbible. He studied journalism at City, University of London, and has written for Digital Spy, The Stage and The Drinks Business. He's a big fan of low budget horror films, regular caffeine hits and extended arguments about Oxford commas. You can contact Simon at [email protected].

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Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown was trying to promote underwear from her fashion brand in a new video, but instead had fans asking: what exactly is going on with her accent?

Millie, who’s been playing Eleven for a decade now, has gone on to star in a bunch of hit films including Enola Holmes, Damsel and the Godzilla franchise - and has also found time to launch fashion brand and beauty brand Florence by Mills.

The 20-year-old actor took to Instagram last week to share some new products, but while Millie wanted the attention to be on her seamless thong, baby tee and bodysuit, fans were more concerned with how her accent seemed to be leapfrogging across the Atlantic with every phrase.

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You can see for yourself how Millie seems to go from sounding very British, before immediately going for more of a West Coast drawl, in the video below:

This didn’t go unnoticed by fans, with one writing: “Millie Bobby Brown struggling between her British & American accent.”

Another quipped: “Just pick one and stick with it it can’t be that hard.”

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A third accused her of trying ‘so hard to sound British’, but Millie actually is British... but also spent a lot of her childhood in America too.

She was actually born in Marbella in Spain to British parents, Robert and Kelly Brown.

They moved back to the UK when Millie was four, then when Millie was eight the family moved to Florida, where the Browns set up a teeth whitening business.

There's a reason why Millie Bobby Brown sounds like that. (Instagram/@milliebobbybrown)
There's a reason why Millie Bobby Brown sounds like that. (Instagram/@milliebobbybrown)

Then, in order to support Millie’s burgeoning acting career, the family moved to Hollywood, but Millie struggled to nab anything beyond small TV parts.

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The family eventually moved back to England and Millie was about to throw in the towel, when she landed Stranger Things.

Starting to understand why her accent is a bit all over the place now?

It turns out Millie is very aware of her wandering accent.

She told TikToker Max Balegde: “I grew up in the public eye. I grew up in America. I come to set and I’m an actor and I adapt, and so I want to mimic other people!

“I can’t help that when I’m around my fiancé, or when I’m with people like Jimmy Fallon who have a very American accent, I wanna replicate it!

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Millie Bobby Brown is done with answering questions about her accent. (Arturo Holmes/WireImage)
Millie Bobby Brown is done with answering questions about her accent. (Arturo Holmes/WireImage)

"And now I’m in England, I wanna replicate that [accent]! I don’t do it intentional, and I’m sorry if it offends you, OK? But listen, I’m trying my best! I’m trying my best.”

Millie’s upcoming projects include Enola Holmes 3 (in which she’ll have a British accent) and - eventually - Stranger Things season five, in which she’ll have an American twang.

Is it any wonder she ends up speaking with a mixture of both in her downtime?

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