By Chris Snellgrove | Published
While trying to meet new franchises like Enola Holmes, it's fair to say that Millie Bobby Brown's entire career has been defined by. Stranger Things. It's hard to see her as anything other than that little girl with enough mental strength to deal with monsters from another dimension. However, we are dangerously close to knowing this character as something else entirely. As it turns out, we almost knew him as the star of the best X-Men movie!
Over the years, many fans have compared Brown's Stranger Things the character of Jean Grey, an X-Man with both amazing psychic abilities and a hidden dark side (Dark Phoenix) with the power to destroy everything. In retrospect, it seems clear that the Duffers were inspired by the old stories of Uncanny X-Men. However, it was not the Jean Gray that Brown almost portrayed on screen. Instead, it was another one A mutant near and dear to Wolverine's heart: X-23!
The IX-Man That Never Was
This amazing information comes to us courtesy of her Entertainment Weeklywho invited Millie Bobby Brown to take part in one of their “Lie vs. Lie” videos. In it, Brown shared a crazy story, too Enola Holmes 3 The costars had to guess whether he was telling the truth or not. What Stranger Things The star told them, “I auditioned with Hugh Jackman when I was like, 11 or 12.” He then gives them something more to go on, saying the interview is “for the Wolverine movies.”
After saying this, the actor Louis Partridge took part in a draw worthy of Sherlock Holmes. He did the math and decided that Brown would be the one complete years of playing X-23 in 2017 Logan. “It's true,” Brown confirmed. “And it was because Logan. I thought about throwing you away with the Wolverine movies. ” During the game, he also revealed that the interview didn't go well and how he felt afterwards. “It's broken,” he said. “I felt like I didn't get it, because I think someone else was better.”
Lean, Mean, and Keen
That person is, of course, Dafne Keen, who played X-23 to perfection Logan before repeating that passage Deadpool and Wolverine. As for Millie Bobby Brown, Keen did such an amazing job as the character that it's really hard to imagine anyone else playing her. This is especially true because Logan was an emotional rollercoaster that revolved around X-23's relationships with characters like Wolverine and Professor X. Although the bad writing didn't help, Brown was notoriously callous most of the time. Stranger Things' in the final season, so it's understandable that he didn't get the role.
While Brown sounded like he was frustrated that he didn't get that sweet role Loganhis career changed quickly. One year before the revolutionary film premiered, he starred as the main character in Eleven Stranger Thingsshow that became a hit. That series was originally designed as an anthology that would focus on a new character each season, but the cast of Season 1 (especially Eleven) proved so popular that the series ran for almost a decade. As for Keen, outside of the Marvel movies, his biggest role was playing Jecki The AcolyteThe controversial Star Wars franchise has been canceled after one season.
Now, the best movies like Enola Holmes 3 (now streaming on Netflix), Millie Bobby Brown hopes to stretch her chops and prove she's not. completely explained by Stranger Things. With that in mind, we wouldn't be surprised if Marvel calls him one day and offers him a role, perhaps in an upcoming X-Men movie. Depending on if they bother to re-release Wolverine, this could give him a chance to finally work alongside Hugh Jackman. If that happens, we can only hope that the screentest will be better this time!
