"Millie Bobby Brown"

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Speaker 1 Hey guys, hey guys, Well, everybody knows what mine is.

Speaker 1 What is?

Speaker 1 Favorite candy. Didn't you just say favorite candies? No.

Speaker 1 Oh, no. You were just thinking that?

Speaker 1 Oh, my God. Sean.

Speaker 1 Are you thinking all the time? Favorite candies? I thought you just said name your favorite candies. No, nobody said favorite candies.
Welcome to Smartless. Smart.

Speaker 1 So, listener, Sean is in England. London, England.
And what's, Sean, what you're doing there. This is the Edgar Wright.
This is just a little cameo in the Running Man movie directed by Edgar.

Speaker 1 You went to England

Speaker 1 to record some cameos? Uh-huh.

Speaker 1 Okay. Yeah.
How much you got? How much you got? Okay.

Speaker 1 Hey, it's Sean Hayes. Happy birthday.
Gary, congratulations.

Speaker 1 Sean, you've negotiated.

Speaker 1 Sean, you've negotiated very nice accommodations for yourself there. Yes, it's wonderful.
Thanks for watching. Good for you.

Speaker 1 Pictures, yeah. Oh, lovely.
So that's at least a one-bedroom suite you've got there for your cameo? Well, we get two bedrooms because there's snoring happening.

Speaker 1 You've come out of pocket is what you're saying. You're going to spend everything you're making just to keep Scotty out of your bed.

Speaker 1 You know, also, I know we talked about this before, but like the jet lag thing, I, it is unbelievable. What time is it right now for you? It's 5.30 and I like 20 minutes ago, my head was bobbing.

Speaker 1 I'm like, well, yeah, because it's 9.30 in the morning here in Los Angeles. So you just have spent all night awake basically.

Speaker 1 Let's just say this. It's safe to say, and I mean this with a tremendous amount of love.
Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
You operate your daily, your normal life is if you have jet lag. It's totally terrible.

Speaker 1 It's terrible. You should be sent away to a sleep

Speaker 1 i'm i mean it because no i did it i did a sleep study and all that i have apnea and all that you know something needs to happen because you're a candidate for dropping dead

Speaker 1 what do you mean wait are you saying because he's he's tired all the time well he just has no his his well i'm just i sleep three or four hours and i'm up then i sleep another three or four hours his sleep hygiene is yeah it's it's really bad and i mean this i don't i i know that i'm sort of joking around but it but it is true that it's it's a you know it's no i know it's serious i know but but i tried i listen i i did the thing i went to the you know got the sleep study i you know and then they say you have apnea it's really bad and so they sell you that machine so i bought the machine and you know i just i tried it for a month i just there's so i could talk for an hour about all the issues i have one thing i didn't tell you jason i think i told you wait so are you still using the hoses no i'm done i can't do it right so now you're just risking you're risking suffocating to death every year you're home yeah i sleep better without the machine no you don't i do i'm telling you all right i can't i can't do this but there is something funny that happens with that machine you know you you know what it is right you hook it up to your no your nostrils it goes through your nostrils and it covers your mouth and blah blah blah and so i'm all set up and scotty

Speaker 1 and scotty comes in this is like a few weeks ago to say goodnight to me and i have it on so you can't really talk because all the air is blowing inside of you know inside of your mouth yeah you're like in in the ER.

Speaker 1 Yeah, just like in the ER. And he goes, all right, babe, I love you.
Good night. And I go,

Speaker 1 true because

Speaker 1 you can't take it out of your mouth.

Speaker 1 But you're now Scotty's real, I mean, you're already his dream guy, but now you're his real, because now you've got a whole sci-fi look to you.

Speaker 1 You're scratching everyone like Prometheus. I look like Prometheus, the guy in PlayStation.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 1 God. So now, does that get him excited? Are you guys, are you having an increased physical life or a decreased one?

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 1 What are we, we're into sort of just like a seasonal touch-up? Yeah. What do you mean?

Speaker 1 It's like once in the spring, once in the winter, once in the fall. You want to know the rates of their sexuality? I do.
I do. Let's do that.
I'm sure that our guest will wait. Let's do that.

Speaker 1 I like hearing we get updates from Amanda when you guys do it. Yeah, right? Huh? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, right? Unsolicited.

Speaker 1 And then Jason, I'm like, hey, Amanda, I honestly, you got to know that I don't want to know this. Yeah, don't want to know about anybody, by the way.
Yeah. Oh, she loves to share.

Speaker 1 I know. That's sweet.
God bless her. It is sweet.

Speaker 1 Will, thanks for combing your hair. You started a little bit rough.
It's just sweaty. I just worked out.

Speaker 1 You don't need to scream. Okay.
We're all exercising. All right.

Speaker 1 What are you doing for workouts over there in New York?

Speaker 1 Are you outside? Are you inside? No, no, no. I'm inside.
I'm mixing it up. I've got a few different things that I'm doing.

Speaker 1 And Downey put me in touch with these guys who've opened a new facility that I'm going to go look at next week that apparently they do all sorts of cool stuff. Oh, really? Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 And I'm in touch with a guy and I just. Like,

Speaker 1 what kind of new stuff? Like stuff we don't know about? Yeah, just like new stuff. Like how to kill a guy with a ballpoint pen.
Well, that, yeah, it's just more like street fighting.

Speaker 1 you know but you get hot looking while you're doing it yeah yeah all right who are you guys are you guys ready yeah i mean i guess so do you have a whole intro well uh the our next guest uh grew up in england okay oh okay um

Speaker 1 but you know what she's a real whipper snapper she's uh this is this 20-year-old has already done a lot she's yeah she's received multiple nominations for emmys and sags she's produced and starred in her own franchise she's written a new york times bestseller, now being adapted for the screen by an Oscar nominee.

Speaker 1 She's got her own global beauty product line. She's a star of one of the most successful shows in the world.
And still at just 20 years old, she's the proud mother of 10 children.

Speaker 1 What are you talking about? They all have four legs.

Speaker 1 It's all one of his

Speaker 1 weird intros. Go ahead.
Who is it? Yeah, they've all got four legs, but she doesn't love them any less.

Speaker 1 Oh my God.

Speaker 1 Guys, please welcome Miss Millie Bobby Brown. No way! You guys.

Speaker 1 No way. Oh my God.

Speaker 2 It's very hard to stay quiet while you're taking the piss out of each other. It's really hard.

Speaker 1 Now, Millie,

Speaker 1 it's Millie. It's not Millie Bobby.
It's exciting. Right? It's Millie.

Speaker 2 Yeah, Millie.

Speaker 1 And we're not doing, are we doing the Bon Giovie as well?

Speaker 1 You did take his name.

Speaker 2 Yes,

Speaker 2 I am, like, legally, but like stage name staying the same.

Speaker 1 So you're, how are you introducing yourself?

Speaker 1 My name is. When we sue you.
Yeah. We want to get it right.

Speaker 2 It'll be Millie Bobby Bon Jovi if you sue me. Oh, sure.

Speaker 1 What do you mean, if? Now, Will,

Speaker 1 Will, you're fairly close to her father-in-law. Is that correct?

Speaker 1 I want to say fairly close. I've known him for a number of years.
Yeah, he's a great dude. The best.
Great dude. A past guest of the show here.
Past guest of the show. Great guy.
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 We've had John on here. He's a great musician, talented guy, great guy.

Speaker 1 What kind of father-in-law is he?

Speaker 2 Fantastic. Like, yeah, like, it's been so great because I grew up, obviously, in the public eye.
And

Speaker 2 he started, you know, so young. Like, so it was, it's really nice because he,

Speaker 2 you know, obviously us being, he's a man and I'm a woman.

Speaker 2 So we, we, we, we deal with our separate things, but to be able to come together sometimes and when I need him, he is very much there for me in like the best ways. Like, always, like,

Speaker 2 making sure I'm okay there's anything that's ever going on I'm always like can you help me out in this situation?

Speaker 1 And he's talking about the weirdness of the business.

Speaker 2 Yeah, informative like I mean just yeah, it's like his wisdom is ridiculous.

Speaker 2 Yeah, and just like but also like such a great person. So for me, it's like, yeah, we talk about the whole fame thing, but it doesn't really come up in conversation.
It's more about like

Speaker 2 the kind of person he and his like his wife, my mother-in-law is. Like they are just

Speaker 2 they're just really good people. And, like,

Speaker 2 they just do good and they're good people. And so I just strive to be like them.
Yeah, I love that.

Speaker 1 They're like, they're like

Speaker 1 really,

Speaker 1 really admirably normal people.

Speaker 2 Well, yeah. Like,

Speaker 2 you know, yeah. But also, they did everything together, like, which is so beautiful.
Like, everything, they, they, they start their high school sweethearts.

Speaker 2 So to be able to go through that all together as a team, they make such a wonderful team.

Speaker 1 Such great parents, obviously. Dorothea, right? That's his way.
Dorothea, yeah. She's amazing.
She's really cool.

Speaker 2 She really is. So I've been really lucky.
Like, never, you know, I have my parents are

Speaker 1 English. My dad's amazing.
Please tell him hello.

Speaker 2 Love that guy.

Speaker 2 You know he loves you so much.

Speaker 1 I know her dad, Jason. Guys, easy.
Don't worry about it. Okay.
Wait, wait, wait. Millie, how does your dad know, Jason?

Speaker 1 I'm asking her, not you.

Speaker 2 We were at an award show party. My dad, like, of course,

Speaker 1 him. That's where you'll find my father apparently.
No, no, it's

Speaker 2 oh Jason. Oh no, Jason, you were, I think you were.

Speaker 1 I've got a catering company. Never mind.

Speaker 1 No, I think they're just to deliver nuts.

Speaker 2 I think you, I want to say you were nominated.

Speaker 1 Something like that.

Speaker 1 That doesn't sound right.

Speaker 2 And I was too, I think. So we were together at this party, and my dad never does this.
He came up to me. He's like,

Speaker 2 do you think that you could go up to Jason Bateman for me? Because I love him. And I was like,

Speaker 2 I was like 14. I was like, sure.
So I go up and walk over and I'm like, hi, like, this is my dad. And anyway, my dad is like the sweetest person, but he is, and he's so personable, so funny.

Speaker 2 He's so English. Like, you would know.
Like, he would be, the banter is endless with him. And so he kind of just makes friends with really anyone.

Speaker 1 Like, hey, yeah, I mean, he's really great.

Speaker 2 Like, he got a coconut cake from Tom Cruise this year.

Speaker 1 Like, do you know what I mean?

Speaker 2 Like, he's just that kind of guy. Like, makes friends with everyone, loves everyone.
And you have to, you just happen to be one of his favorite people.

Speaker 2 And yeah, that's kind of like that's up until he met him.

Speaker 1 Of course.

Speaker 2 And then he said, wow, never meet your idols.

Speaker 1 So since you started so young, he must have been on set with you a bunch. And then once you passed 18,

Speaker 1 now you no longer get to share

Speaker 1 full days with them like because i remember that transition in my life with my parents it's like you you you miss them a bit yeah yeah well it's really interesting because

Speaker 2 when i turned 18 it was this really weird like well what do we what do we do now and do Do you still want to come?

Speaker 1 Like, do you, because it's also like, you know. I can drive now, dad.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 And also just like, I know it's boring.

Speaker 2 Like, I know what you're doing is like it's sat there boring but he now is just my manager and like we do everything together we we sign deals together figure out my next projects together i talk to him

Speaker 2 literally maybe like six hours a day like on the phone like if he's not if he's not with me we are

Speaker 2 we are talking to each other on the phone and we're just basically like yeah we he kind of helps me run my production company and we

Speaker 2 yeah we just are developing developing new stories stories every day but it's it's very it's he's just like a very he's a very creative man really creative is he mainly out here in the UK or so he usually follows me everywhere because he's we hate we have separation anxiety me and my parents like it's really bad but like we have really bad separation anxiety and he is the worst for it he doesn't like to admit it but he he really is so anytime I'm not in England, like they'll, they'll basically follow me around.

Speaker 2 This is the longest time and he'll get out his calendar like in his office, and he'll be like, not with Millie, not with Millie. And he's like, okay, I'm not with you for three weeks.

Speaker 1 Like, what are we doing?

Speaker 1 That's going to be

Speaker 1 when my girls leave.

Speaker 1 Yeah, so.

Speaker 1 Well, when they go to college, you know, because I like my daughters. Do you? Don't look so confused.
Sorry, no, I'm really, this is, this is, this is news to all of us. Sorry, Millie.
Yeah.

Speaker 1 Yeah, their names are.

Speaker 1 There we go. Hey, Millie, how old were you? We know, JB.
I know. JB is like,

Speaker 1 you've been worrying about them going to college since they were eight. I know.
Which is true. You're the first guy whose kids have gone away.
Shut up, Bateman. Hey, Millie, can I ask you a question?

Speaker 1 He has been. He's been like teary-eyed for 10 years.
I know. It's very good.
Millie, how old were you?

Speaker 1 What was your first foray into performing? Like, whose idea was it? Was your mom and dad going like, all right, we've got a real hot ticket on our hands here. We need to put her into something?

Speaker 1 Or were you like, I got to go do something? Like, who, what was that process?

Speaker 2 No, my my parents are like, you know, my dad worked on a fruit and veg stand. Like, he worked at a market, a fruit and vegetable market.
So, my dad did that the majority of his life.

Speaker 2 And it's, and that goes back, like, actually, we have pictures of our family in like the 1800s, like, doing that same thing.

Speaker 1 No kidding.

Speaker 2 Yeah, so it's like Florida.

Speaker 1 What part of the UK was that in?

Speaker 2 In Dorset, so in the countryside of England.

Speaker 1 Okay, nice.

Speaker 2 And so

Speaker 2 that's what my dad did. My mom, you know, she had four kids.
She had her last daughter when she was 41.

Speaker 2 So she's been like, you know, the best, most present mom ever and been very lucky to have that time.

Speaker 1 Where are you in that, in that order?

Speaker 2 I'm third. Third, okay.
So my older sister's 30. My older brother is 27.
And then my younger sister is 13.

Speaker 1 Wow. Wow.

Speaker 1 Amazing.

Speaker 2 Yeah. They had gaps.
It was really weird.

Speaker 2 Yeah. And yeah, so basically I.

Speaker 1 um I JB you have a gap right like 88 to 92 is that a big fruit this one this one between my teeth I go 88 I remember you said 88 to 92 is a big gap for you yeah

Speaker 1 so so you're so there you are you're in the UK your dad's selling working selling fruit and veg amazing

Speaker 2 and I've always been I always loved dancing and singing like it was never like acting I didn't really even know it was a job like I didn't know it existed

Speaker 2 and then we moved to Orlando Florida from from England kind of randomly. Really?

Speaker 1 And

Speaker 1 not for you, not for people.

Speaker 2 No, just because, because my family, I would like to say, and even now, we're still very, like, we're like, we're nomads. Like, we kind of just,

Speaker 2 we never take a plane, we always drive. We all, like, we're always just like that kind of family.
If we don't, if we want to go somewhere, we'll just get in the car and go.

Speaker 2 Like, we've always been like that, never kind of, we don't need a lot to plan.

Speaker 1 My dad was in search of a better orange. And

Speaker 1 it took him

Speaker 1 to

Speaker 2 nice connection do you think and then you thought that was a really great i just that took so much longer for me in my head i'm so sad

Speaker 1 oh i'm sad too but for different reasons hey so so orlando you guys were like hey what's the most beautiful idyllic city in the world we went no no no no we went to we went there a lot as like growing like growing up i went there a lot on on vacation yeah and then My dad was like, I love, it's, I just love it here.

Speaker 2 I love the weather. I love like the vibe.
I love the people. So we were like, okay, so we moved there for about maybe six, eight months.
And then

Speaker 2 how old were you when you moved? I was eight. Wow.
And my little sister was probably like,

Speaker 2 oh my gosh, maybe like,

Speaker 2 I want to say like nine, nine weeks old. Like it was like, she was really, like, it was kind of a crazy decision.
But we moved. And then I went to school in Orlando.

Speaker 2 Again, not performing at this, at this point.

Speaker 2 And then on like, we heard this thing on the radio, me and my dad, and it was like, come to this, this workshop where you can dance, sing, and act.

Speaker 2 My dad was like, that's good. That's cool.
Like, you should go. Cause I was driving him insane on the weekends to basically just keep me busy.
I didn't have any friends or anything.

Speaker 1 Singing and dancing.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 2 And then he took me, and then I started going for a bit. And then I came back home and I was like, you need to take me.

Speaker 2 I actually said, which I don't remember saying this, but my parents are like, you said it.

Speaker 2 I said,

Speaker 2 if you take me to Hollywood, I'll make it. And my dad was like, what do you mean? And I was like,

Speaker 2 I want to go to Hollywood. And

Speaker 2 I remember having like dreams, like, I wanted so badly to be in LA and

Speaker 2 to be an actor. And so the next week, we packed up the car.

Speaker 2 And we drove from Orlando to LA. We didn't have a house.
We didn't have anything planned. We stayed in a motel on the side of the highway.
What?

Speaker 2 And I just went to auditions and agents the whole, the whole time.

Speaker 1 And were your siblings like, I don't want to go to Hollywood. I want to stay.
We hadn't.

Speaker 2 Well, you know what's crazy is

Speaker 2 no, my brother, my brother didn't like school in America. He had a hard time adjusting because he was like 16.
So it was a little harder for him.

Speaker 2 I found it even difficult, like making friends there, just being able to kind of like have common, you know, ground, especially when you're 16. Like all these people know each other.

Speaker 2 They all go to the same kindergarten, the same, you know what I mean? And like they all know each other. And this is a small town in Florida.

Speaker 2 So for my brother, it was, I know it was hard for him to adjust. And then

Speaker 1 what was the plan for mom and dad to do in Hollywood

Speaker 1 and the other kids? You guys just loaded up the van and went across the country and we'll just figure it out when we get there?

Speaker 2 Yeah, pretty much.

Speaker 1 It was like, we'll figure it out.

Speaker 1 Family. I mean,

Speaker 2 to figure it out. And like everything was like, if we're together, we're okay.
Like, we're always going to be okay.

Speaker 1 And so.

Speaker 1 And then you crushed it. And did your parents, did your parents have jobs lined up along the way?

Speaker 2 So, no, like my dad, my dad, my dad actually, he, because I was born in Spain, which is.

Speaker 1 Marbella.

Speaker 2 Marbella. And that's, so I, my dad was a really successful real estate agent there.

Speaker 1 That's what he got into.

Speaker 2 So, so he, he was always like, my dad, again, like, he's like kind of a Jack Voltrait.

Speaker 2 It's like like always been like kind of knowing of everything and and every like it's always been like his very he's very talented in that

Speaker 2 So when we moved that it was literally it was like we have to kind of now we have to figure this out So I went on auditions and you got it you got an agent you got an agent right away that got an agent.

Speaker 2 Yeah, I actually weirdly I like maybe like the first two weeks, I was going to agents and like went to a bunch of different people and and I went to mel's drive-in for lunch yeah and james woods was there yeah okay

Speaker 2 and he was like

Speaker 2 and i i grew up watching like i didn't watch animation like i watched casino i watched mulan rouge i watched like these were like i never ever believe like i never i was never one of those kids like right right i I loved Disney channel.

Speaker 1 You knew who he was.

Speaker 2 But I did know who he was.

Speaker 2 He wrote on like the thing, like,

Speaker 2 you know, I knew you before you were famous. And it was like the two weeks that I got to LA.
And I kind of, I, I got an agent and did the whole thing.

Speaker 2 Then I, then I basically just auditioned after, and I, and I was going up for jobs, like,

Speaker 2 you know, I went for commercials, but I also went for the BFG. I went, you know, I, I, um, I did Steve Jobs, like I, the Jobs movie, like, I really went up for everything

Speaker 2 and got really close. I mean, yeah, yeah, like I kind of was with no training.
No, no, I've never, never been trained. Like, even when I was going in Orlando, it was never training.

Speaker 2 Like, it was always like, do you know what I mean? It was like, they taught me how to sing, they taught me how to model, which was terrible. Like, I am not a model.

Speaker 2 And then they taught me how to dance. And I loved it.
But of course, it was like me just shaking ass. Like, I had no idea what I was doing.

Speaker 1 Right.

Speaker 2 But the acting thing, I really got, I could, you know, the monologue stuck in my head and I would think about it for a while. And like, that stuck for me.
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Speaker 1 Well, what's so amazing to me is, first of all, Nerd Alert, like the rest of the world, I'm such a huge Stranger Things fan.

Speaker 1 And when I watched the first season, I mean, I was just blown away, not only by the show, but of course, by you.

Speaker 1 And I had that thought. I was like, how does this little girl know how to be such a brilliant actor? And without even speaking that much, right? I mean, wasn't there.

Speaker 1 That's why I said no training, because it's like, how are you, A, so comfortable in front of the camera?

Speaker 1 B, how did you learn how to do that at such a young age when it takes years and years for other people to do that? Yeah, she's so young and so much better than you already.

Speaker 1 Like, that must have been for you, Jarin. What? Right.

Speaker 1 It was very Jarin. So that I read before one of the kids as well on Strangers.

Speaker 1 No, I, I, um, I,

Speaker 2 I, I'll be honest, like, you know, when we like I started auditioning and I got like jobs, like I was like, you know, did NCIS and Modern Family and like, I was kind of just doing these like bit roles, but like still had just so much fun.

Speaker 2 But when we moved back to London, because we eventually couldn't afford to live in LA anymore and like we couldn't, we basically was just like, we can't do this anymore.

Speaker 2 So we moved back to London and then

Speaker 2 I had an audition where I got told like basically I wasn't going to make it. And, like, in person, this person told me this.

Speaker 1 Wait, wait, wait. Who was the person who you don't have to say their name, but what was their position?

Speaker 2 They were a costing director.

Speaker 1 How old were you at the time?

Speaker 2 Maybe,

Speaker 2 gosh, 10.

Speaker 1 Imagine saying that monster said to you,

Speaker 1 you know, you're not going to make it as an actor.

Speaker 2 That I was too mature. So I couldn't,

Speaker 2 I wasn't going to make it because I was too mature.

Speaker 1 I didn't have that kid-like kind of like a one-kid-like thing, right?

Speaker 2 And so I went home and I cried and I cried and I said, I'm not going to do it anymore. Like I don't want to, I don't want to act anymore.
My parents were like, my parents, my dad, actually.

Speaker 2 My mom was very much always like, whatever you want, we love you, whatever you want, you know what I mean? But my dad,

Speaker 2 your accent is actually not too bad.

Speaker 2 Thank you, Adam.

Speaker 1 Yeah, thank you.

Speaker 2 But yeah,

Speaker 2 my dad

Speaker 2 saw something and he, you know, he

Speaker 2 always saw that drive in me and was like never letting like would never let me you know slip on that and so he was like there's this audition in my inbox let's do the last one and then we're done like we don't have to shoot anymore and that last audition was stranger things wow and so you auditioned from uh in england on that same day i was so upset from from what on the same day it was the same day and my dad just like we set it up and i just went on a blank wall read the script and was like what like she doesn't have any lines.

Speaker 2 She just cries. And she blinks.
And then, like, from her nose. And she, yeah, but it didn't even say anything.
It didn't say like she had superpowers. Her name was Levin.
Nothing like that.

Speaker 2 It was just like, girl, confused, like comes to, like, doesn't seem like she's kind of human. Like, very, very, and I was really vague.

Speaker 2 And I just did what felt natural, but also used so much of the emotion that had been happening earlier on in that.

Speaker 1 You were in a really raw place.

Speaker 2 Really raw. Like, my, yeah.

Speaker 1 And did you have long hair then? And then, of course, excuse shaved for the first season.

Speaker 2 Yeah. I had long hair and then didn't hear from them for three months and kind of stopped auditioning.
Like didn't audition three months and then I got an email saying, hey,

Speaker 2 you know, the directors of that show that you audition for really like you.

Speaker 2 Can we Skype?

Speaker 1 So

Speaker 2 I Skyped with them.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 2 I Skyped with them. Yeah, I know.
I said that the other day and people younger than me were like, I don't know what you're talking about.

Speaker 1 And I was like,

Speaker 1 it used to be like, yo, can I Skype you real quick? Do you remember that? Yeah. Sorry, Sweden.

Speaker 1 So you did a callback

Speaker 1 video, yeah?

Speaker 2 Yeah. And then they, and I did an American accent the whole time because I didn't want them to know I was British.
So they had no idea I was British. I basically wanted them to know

Speaker 2 that I could hold an American accent for that long without them knowing. So they could rely on me.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 So then they were after the Skype, they were like, can you fly out to LA? So my dad and I flew out to LA. And this is kind of the weird part.

Speaker 2 Like, and I said this in my speech like on the last day of filming, but like

Speaker 2 we got on the plane. And at this point, I knew that my character's name was 11.
And I was on row 11.

Speaker 2 And then we got to the hotel. I was on floor 11.

Speaker 2 And everything just seemed really, really weird. Like everything felt way too.

Speaker 2 real and kind of positive and optimistic for the first time

Speaker 2 in kind of like years.

Speaker 2 And then, you know, I went in and I and I met with them. And I remember it was really weird.
They didn't have any lines for me. They just were like, here's a box of clothes.

Speaker 2 What would you do if you weren't like human? If you didn't know who you are, like you weren't like, you know, a normal regular girl, what would you do with this?

Speaker 2 And I just like kept like putting the clothes like on my head and then like just kind of feeling them and like putting and and I think they were like

Speaker 1 shit

Speaker 2 like she's crazy.

Speaker 1 We found her. Oh, sorry.

Speaker 1 Oh, sorry. We found her.
Yeah. Yeah, we found her.

Speaker 2 That too. I don't, they didn't realize that then, but I think they do now.

Speaker 1 You probably had Sean Levy saying, well, she's wrinkling those clothes. What is she doing?

Speaker 1 Yeah, I know. But what would you do if you took these up?

Speaker 1 The great Sean Levy. You're so lucky you had him shepherding the whole thing.
Don't interrupt my Sean Levy and Brad. Greatest guy.

Speaker 1 It was very good.

Speaker 2 It was very good.

Speaker 2 And then the next day, I got a call in the hotel room as I was leaving back to Heathrow. And then it was the directors, and they said,

Speaker 2 Do you want to be R11? And can you shave your hair off? And I was like, Yes and yes. And then literally three months later, I was shaving my hair off.

Speaker 1 That's crazy. Wow.

Speaker 1 By the way, we've all had those moments.

Speaker 1 We've all had people say stuff to us in our career where they go, You're not right, you're never going to be right, or you're not going to all that kind of stuff. But

Speaker 1 to say, yeah, and Scotty says that a lot too, and rightfully so. You've got very little talent, but

Speaker 1 what is particularly repulsive is when an adult says that to a 10-year-old. And I know it's a professional environment,

Speaker 1 but in that moment, to think that it's okay to say something like that to a 10-year-old, to me, is absolutely

Speaker 1 way out of bounds.

Speaker 1 I think.

Speaker 2 You know what, though? I just feel like growing, like even grow, like that to me, like doesn't even really scrape the surface. Like it, it's like

Speaker 2 growing up in the industry, I,

Speaker 2 you know, it can get like that. People see you as an adult.

Speaker 2 And because you

Speaker 1 forget that you're a kid because you're coming.

Speaker 2 Well, you're hired. You're hired.
So you're like, you, you're, you're hired like an adult. Yeah.
You don't work the hours as an adult, but you're expected to be there like an adult.

Speaker 2 Like you're expecting

Speaker 1 an adult job. You're expected to be a lot of people.

Speaker 2 Yeah, same responsibilities. Like pretty much everything is the same, you know, except you got to do school three hours a day, really.
Like that's really it. And so

Speaker 2 I was so lucky because like for me, and I guess that maturity really paid off because I was really able to understand the weight of what I was doing.

Speaker 2 So I was never like, yippity dooda, like, what am I doing next? Like, I was always very like, okay, like, I have my cool time is tomorrow. I need to get eight hours.
Like, I was so strict with myself.

Speaker 2 My parents were always like, you know, they always kind of knew I was like that too. Like, I, I loved school, would really prioritize school.

Speaker 2 Like I was just kind of like annoyingly one of those kids that just like loved work. Problems.
Loved school. Just loved really like being on set.

Speaker 2 Like I was so excited to be done with school so I could have more hours on at work because I just said just I loved it. I love that.

Speaker 1 You know what I noticed, by the way, this is, hopefully you don't think this is something bad, but like I've noticed

Speaker 1 you're in the States right now, United States.

Speaker 2 My accent.

Speaker 1 Yes. I was just going to say you go in and out.
It's really cool, actually. Well, because she spent a lot of time here and spent a lot of time there.

Speaker 2 That was such a huge thing for a minute. Like my whole, like,

Speaker 2 I actually call it the accent gate because it's like so frustrating because that was like everywhere. Like, like for a second, like everyone.

Speaker 2 was talking about my accent and they had a real problem about it. And I was like, guys, like I'm married to an American.
When I'm around his family, I immediately go into like an American accent.

Speaker 2 But then I was just in England and then I'm the second I hear my mom and dad's accent, I just go right back into the world.

Speaker 1 It's really cool.

Speaker 2 And I'm like, you want me to be an actor, you want me to play these characters, but you expect me not to morph into people. What I hear is what I do.

Speaker 2 I do that, you know, and it's like, it's all part of it.

Speaker 1 Yeah, wherever you are, you're going to be influenced by your location. Just like you are.

Speaker 2 You're doing it right now, Will. Yeah, of course.

Speaker 1 And Sean's.

Speaker 1 Sean's about to move on to Old Queen Road, and then he's going to morph into that. So, like, everybody.

Speaker 1 There's a nice flat over there that I'm really eyeing. eyeing what are you doing

Speaker 1 what are you doing yeah billy if so closing the loop on the on the childhood start thing what what would you say to that 10-year-old starting out now now that you know you know a lot um since then what do you think you could you could say to that 10 year old that would uh help her kind of cut some corners

Speaker 2 You know, like,

Speaker 2 I'll be honest, like, I really think that, like, I am so glad, like, everything happened to me.

Speaker 2 Like, even the shitty stuff that I know kind of was hot at the time that I was going through, like, I needed to go through it. Like, cause I am, I really am like a different person from it.

Speaker 2 And, like, I, I, I know it sounds silly, but I started this when I was eight years old and I'm turning 21 next week. And I.

Speaker 1 Happy birthday.

Speaker 1 Same. Thank you.

Speaker 1 We're all, we're all 21. We're all 21.
We're all 21.

Speaker 1 Yeah, like, what is the one, what, like, to Jason's, like, what is the, looking back now, What is the one thing or several things that you wish you knew that you wish you knew like that that you go you know what happened to me when I was 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 I'm gonna make sure that never happens again

Speaker 1 or that I didn't need to worry about this as much or or conversely to think so you don't focus on a negative I wish there was something I did more of there there's you know what I mean

Speaker 2 right yeah no totally I think for me honestly like the only thing I would say to her is like you're like your parents like, you're good. Like, don't worry.

Speaker 2 Like, they, they, they, like, they got you, like, no matter what. Like, lean into that as much as possible.
Because when you're a kid, you try and, you know,

Speaker 2 you want to do everything on your own and you're trying your best. And like, but, like, no, like, I am so reliant on my family.
And, like, that's nice.

Speaker 2 Honestly, like, they have, they have kept my feet on the ground. And I just would probably say, I would probably say to them, like, or say to her that like

Speaker 1 because I know she's she was maybe a little bit scared about growing up and making sure well she's gonna be scared that you're there in the first place because you're appearing out of nowhere right as your older self

Speaker 1 that's true she would be terrified give her a little space okay but no what I was like I feel like absorb all that

Speaker 2 I feel like I feel like what's cool though is that when I was younger I was so afraid of becoming those infamous child stars that just go

Speaker 1 die, right? Those exactly, Jason.

Speaker 2 That's a huge story that I know is a cautionary tale, we call him.

Speaker 2 Exactly. No, but you know, and it's like it's a deep fear because it happens.

Speaker 2 And by the way, you're constantly reminded of it in an interview at like 12, 13 years old, people would be like, what do you think about this person and their journey?

Speaker 2 Do you feel, do you feel like you can relate to that? And trying to trick me.

Speaker 2 And And I would

Speaker 2 go home and think,

Speaker 2 what if that happened to me? Like, what if I lost touch of reality? And, you know, that's so scary. And it really was a deep fear.

Speaker 2 And, like, honestly, like, I just, again, would tell myself, like, you're not going to be like that. Like, you have your family.

Speaker 1 You can anchor yourself into your family and the things that matter.

Speaker 2 Yeah, but everything else, I think I'm so grateful I went through. Cause like,

Speaker 2 yeah, you know, and you would, I, I know that there are some things I wish I could maybe change and stuff, but honestly, like, I'm happy I've, I went through it and, like, now I can just use that as reference.

Speaker 1 You know what? I'm just remembering. We met when you were a kid.
We were at some thing. Do you remember this? You were like, you had just started doing stranger things.
You were like 12.

Speaker 1 You were with your mom and we were at like some

Speaker 1 event. She's got no idea what you're talking about.
I know, she doesn't. Hey, no, no, no.

Speaker 2 I will say this. And actually, it's so interesting because Ariana Grande, I think, just talked about it.
But like, it's, I feel that I can't remember a lot of my child.

Speaker 1 Yeah, especially when Will Arnett's a part of it, you know,

Speaker 1 just as you were talking about, where was the game? I don't know. It was at some, like, some professional engagement.

Speaker 1 But, but, I, but, you know, because out of the gate, um, Stranger Things was such, so massive

Speaker 1 right away. Yeah.
And I'm sure, I don't want to put words in your mouth, but I'm sure all of that, then you get like all this attention, everybody wanting to get interviews and people meeting people.

Speaker 1 It's just like becomes a whirlwind and like a fog.

Speaker 2 Yeah, sometimes people will say things to me, and I'm like,

Speaker 2 oh, yeah, like I did meet that person. Like, I forget who I've met.

Speaker 1 Yeah, you can't remember at all. I'm forgettable.
I'm very forgettable. I will give you that.

Speaker 2 But no, no, no, no. But like, seriously, like, I, and like, I know people forget things when they're like, you know, older because they have kids, like, or when they're a kid, they forget things.

Speaker 2 But I.

Speaker 1 Jason doesn't remember who we are.

Speaker 1 I'm the one who's,

Speaker 2 but I think you're right, Sean.

Speaker 2 Like, I, I definitely, you know, I, I, I went on a vacation right before Stranger Things came out and I had 25 followers and like I don't even remember like what my fucking username was but like I remember I didn't even really know what like Instagram was and I just had it I think just to post like videos of my dog and then

Speaker 2 the next night so I like we were driving to I think Palm Springs or something and then I woke up from the nap and I woke up and I had a million followers. And

Speaker 2 my phone broke. And I like looked at my dad and he he was driving.
I was like,

Speaker 2 what happened? And he's like, I think this show is going to be really, really big.

Speaker 1 And I was like,

Speaker 2 and like, I remember I like turned my phone. I was asking my mom, like, can you turn this off? Like, I don't know how to even work this.

Speaker 2 And we got to the Palm Springs Hotel to which the whole staff started freaking out because I still had like a shaved head and like I still looked like 11. And like people were freaking out.

Speaker 2 And I was like, oh my God. Like, so it was like actually over the course of like a drive.

Speaker 1 63 63 million followers. You have 63 million followers?

Speaker 1 On what platform? Instagram. Is that Instagram?

Speaker 2 Look at that. On Instagram, I think.

Speaker 1 Good lord.

Speaker 1 Wow.

Speaker 1 You're looking good.

Speaker 2 Looks nothing like what I'm showing right now.

Speaker 1 No, but wow, you look amazing.

Speaker 1 Thank you.

Speaker 1 Well, now, so, so then growing up with all of these sort of

Speaker 1 interesting pressures, to put it kindly,

Speaker 1 as Stranger Things was was exploding was it helpful to have other kids on the show that you guys could sort of go through that together

Speaker 1 and and and and now that it's it's over are is there a

Speaker 1 how do you that's like those are brothers of yours that you have to like

Speaker 2 say goodbye to like is it is it strange is it hard it is strange I think you know I'll I'll be honest like you know the kids because there's so many boys,

Speaker 2 it was so great because I know that they had such great camaraderie in their kind of brotherhood of growing up and being teen boys, you know, in this huge hit show.

Speaker 2 For me, my journey was a little bit different. Like, you know, I feel like as a woman and as a young girl, I just went through it a bit differently in terms of like.

Speaker 2 The things that I was wearing and the kinds of, you know, things I was kind of not

Speaker 2 subject to experiencing, but just a bit more like people would ask me very different questions than they would ask them or you know they would i i would kind of yeah it just that's the way it felt it was very much like

Speaker 2 they could just be them and i kind of had to put some like put a show on a little bit more right right yeah which was just a bit it was just my different experience but again not like a bad experience but just different and i i was i i am so close with the boys like i love them and i have been really lucky again to have that experience with them and saying goodbye to them was really really emotional yeah I saw that I saw that last day on this set it was I

Speaker 2 started crying it was incredible your speech was great thank you I it was a lot longer than what I put on Instagram but I I really wanted to

Speaker 2 you know I love I love the boys and I love the cost but the crew like I grew up with these people and

Speaker 2 most of them like my parents.

Speaker 1 Now, what about, let's get to David Harbor. I'm about to start a project with David Harbor.
Any hints, any tips, anything to

Speaker 1 get ready to enjoy? Anything to watch out for?

Speaker 1 It's just you and I talking. Here we go.

Speaker 2 David, so David and I, he played my dad in the show. And like,

Speaker 2 I, like, he and I had, I would say,

Speaker 2 I would honestly say this, the most real relationship.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 1 Like, I hear he's fantastic.

Speaker 2 He and I, like, had like a really, really transparent relationship where we're very, very honest, can be brutal with each other, but like really

Speaker 2 good friends. Like, and he, I think, what is so amazing about him, he like everything's about your heart.
Like, he sees your heart, he knows what you want.

Speaker 2 He wants to find like the beauty in everything and the beauty in the scene. And he wants to find it.
And he always gave me that platform.

Speaker 1 Good luck with JB.

Speaker 1 Yeah, I'm all heart.

Speaker 1 Good luck in finding any beauty in that heart. You know what I mean?

Speaker 1 We'll be right back.

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Speaker 1 You know, it's so amazing, Millie.

Speaker 1 I'm sorry, at the beginning, you said Millie or Millie, Bobby, Mill.

Speaker 2 You can call me Mel.

Speaker 1 Whatever you want.

Speaker 1 You got to call her Millie, Bobby Brown. I think you have to play the fool.
Miss Brown. And then Bon Jovi.
Miss Brown Brown.

Speaker 1 What's really cool is that a lot of people with your success at such an early age would probably feel like, great, I did it. Now I don't have to, whatever, I can rest in my laurels and whatever.

Speaker 1 But you just keep going with incredible work. And like Jason said at the beginning, with this new line of products that you have.

Speaker 1 And it's really impressive that you still have a drive and a curiosity and a

Speaker 1 you got a big movie coming up this year too. Don't you have a big movie? Oh yes.
Yes. Let's talk about Electric

Speaker 1 State. State.
Oh,

Speaker 1 yeah,

Speaker 1 and Pratt's in that, too, right? Yeah, yes.

Speaker 1 And then you had

Speaker 1 those upstart directors, the Russo brothers, I believe. I know.

Speaker 1 Like, oh, how did you get through that? Oh, these guys.

Speaker 1 I was terrible. These guys.
These

Speaker 2 guys. I honestly like.

Speaker 2 You know, I walked onto that set and it's like a well-oiled machine.

Speaker 1 It's like

Speaker 1 no, I'm not

Speaker 1 that guy.

Speaker 2 No, I mean Pratt's a different story.

Speaker 2 Pratt is like, I don't even understand, like his thing, which I love, is like he, he always says, and I, and I love this, he'll go, like,

Speaker 2 if you come to set in a bad mood, like, what are you having a hard time living your dream? And like, I'm always like, I love that.

Speaker 2 Like, he comes to set, and he is truly so grateful and honored to be there and to like fulfill that role and he taught me a lot because like I love you listen I love work but like you know you go through your days where you're like for fuck's sake like I'm having a bad day but he saw and he brought sun every day it was always positivity it's always funny it was always like just so and and the Russo's also are so great at that like keeping such a great spirited like set I saw the movie it's it's really good Thank you.

Speaker 2 Thank you. I love, yeah, I mean, the movie, like immediately, I was so excited to do it because I had never done anything like this.
And also, my dream was to walk with the Russo brothers.

Speaker 1 So, like, I, you know, what did Joe Russo call you? You know, he calls everybody by their last name, or he'll go, like, hey, hey, Brad, go sit down. Hey,

Speaker 1 move to the. Did he call you Brown?

Speaker 2 He didn't. He calls me Mills.
That's it.

Speaker 1 Mills.

Speaker 1 Mills.

Speaker 1 Like, he sometimes he doesn't even bother to get up out of his chair. He'll just go yellow for me.

Speaker 2 I love when he does that. So he'll be like, you know what? Once he said to me, I come into his tent and I'm like, hey, guys, like, did you?

Speaker 2 tent and I'll be like hey like did you did you see that and he's like yeah and then he uh he goes we're getting cannolis if you do this take you get a cannoli and I was just like fuck yeah and I and because he's so Italian

Speaker 2 and I just remember like he gets like his his assistant their assistant comes in with just like basically a box of cannolis and everyone's just eating his name is Anthony No, not

Speaker 1 ant.

Speaker 1 Ant.

Speaker 1 Ant. Hey, Ant.
By the way, way, you go in there and you'd be like, you'd be like, hey, Joe, what do you think? And he's like, hang on a second. I'm just doing my fantasy football.
I'm like, what?

Speaker 1 Yeah, Joe's doing his fantasy lineup and Anthony's actually.

Speaker 2 On Electric State, he was addicted to TikTok. And we actually had to have a sit-down talk about it.

Speaker 1 Of course, did you teach him any dances?

Speaker 2 No, I don't have TikTok. I do not like TikTok, so I am not a fan of TikTok.
So I, because I'm not sure what that is.

Speaker 1 Interesting. Interesting.
Walk me through that a little bit. We've made some news right there.

Speaker 2 I

Speaker 2 just, I have a hard time with social media. I don't like social media, which is actually bringing up.

Speaker 1 This is the girl with 63 million followers. It's not her fault that you're in.
I don't have Instagram. I don't have Instagram on my phone.

Speaker 2 Someone else does it for me. And I'll take a picture and then I'll send it to someone and then they'll post it for me.

Speaker 1 I love this. I think that's really healthy.
I think that, you know, I've been, I've been a proponent of everybody taking a pause on social media. I think it's really dangerous.

Speaker 1 But, and I think it's really good for you.

Speaker 2 But I'm not like, it's not like just TikTok. Like, TikTok, I think, is a platform platform where I see, I used to see more negative than I did positive.
So I was like, okay, I'm out.

Speaker 2 I don't want to be a part of that.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 2 So I felt the same thing with Instagram. So I deleted that.

Speaker 2 So now I have no social media on my phone. So I don't get notifications about what's happening in the world, who's dating me, who's

Speaker 2 like, I don't, and I just don't enjoy it. So I am out of the loop.

Speaker 1 However, Joe.

Speaker 1 He's not. Joe has a problem.

Speaker 2 He's not. He had a problem and I had to bring it up to him.
He knew that his scrolling for hours was becoming a huge issue and his algorithm was so weird.

Speaker 1 Would he forget to yell cut?

Speaker 2 No, never that bad.

Speaker 1 But like it was like I would like we would be setting up a shop and he's just like in there in his amazing chair that I'm just scrolling away chuckling to himself and I was just like And Anthony's out there set in frames Anthony's not more responsible than Joe Joe's just scrolling cannolis shopping for a wheelchair so he doesn't ever have to stand up.

Speaker 1 All right, let's get back into this interview. Yeah, let's get back into it.

Speaker 1 Millie, you've got so much going on.

Speaker 1 I want to talk about the children. I want to talk about your 10 children.
What are their names?

Speaker 2 So, okay, so basically, I have Bobby,

Speaker 2 Marley, Max, Winnie, Agnes, Rigby, Pookie, Juno.

Speaker 2 Did I say Dorothy yet?

Speaker 1 Nope.

Speaker 2 Nope. Dorothy,

Speaker 2 and I'm missing one, Jimmy.

Speaker 1 Sweet.

Speaker 2 So I have 10 dogs, but then I have.

Speaker 1 You've got a couple of turtles and a donkey.

Speaker 2 So I have, so I live on a farm. So I take care of, I have a horse,

Speaker 2 four ponies,

Speaker 2 two cows,

Speaker 2 five goats. Yeah.
I mean,

Speaker 1 are you in the UK? I'm in Georgia. Oh, come on.

Speaker 1 Wait, but did the dogs, did the 10 dogs stay in the house or out of the house?

Speaker 2 Yeah, so the 10 dogs are in the house. And then I have, so I have the farm animals, but the farm animals, I didn't, I only got farm animals really.

Speaker 2 I only got a donkey because I had a coyote problem and coyotes are terrified of donkeys.

Speaker 1 Wow. Is that right?

Speaker 2 So I got a donkey. Then I basically started rescuing farm animals.
So basically, like there would be a farm, like, and here in Georgia, like there's like goats on the side of the street.

Speaker 2 And you're like, what the hell? Like, who can take these? And I would just basically take these animals and then I bottle fed them.

Speaker 2 So I would bottle feed like these farm animals that a goat came onto set of electric state every day. I had to bottle feed my goat Eminem

Speaker 2 for like

Speaker 2 every four hours.

Speaker 1 The candy or the wrapper?

Speaker 2 The wrapper because he's the goat.

Speaker 1 Okay.

Speaker 1 Hence the name. Love that stupid Will.
Okay. Sorry.
I want to add that. Can we just get back for one second to the donkeys

Speaker 1 are some sort of a coyote

Speaker 1 tonight. Now,

Speaker 1 is that true? Because, you know, we've got massive coyote issues here in Los Angeles.

Speaker 2 It is true.

Speaker 1 Well, that's why people often ask Sean to come over because they recognize what a jackass he is.

Speaker 1 What about horses?

Speaker 1 The coyotes,

Speaker 1 they don't care about the horses.

Speaker 2 No,

Speaker 2 actually, it is a donkey. A donkey, they actually are quite aggressive, which sounds kind of weird, but if a donkey saw a dog,

Speaker 2 the donkey would try and kill the dog. Like, it is very, very much like, if you Google it, like, you will see that like, donkeys, like, are

Speaker 1 very serious. I'm going to get on a YouTube wormhole here and watch Donkey

Speaker 1 fights. Donald has a donkey.

Speaker 1 He does. I'm pretty sure.

Speaker 1 He does, right? Yeah, who does? So, like, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yeah.
Schwarzenegger's got a donkey. Yeah, he has it in the house.
Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 2 But Jake had to kind of draw the line at some point because we were bringing in these goats that sleep in our bed and they were in diapers.

Speaker 1 You got a diapered goat in the bed?

Speaker 2 Yeah, they sleep with with me at night.

Speaker 1 Because I have to take care of

Speaker 1 you crazy.

Speaker 1 They were basically babies.

Speaker 2 And so I would sleep with them. And Jake, they would be in the middle.
And they are so cute. And I basically, Jake would get up and do a shift.
And then I would get up and do a shift.

Speaker 2 Yeah, she would do that actually. I had it.

Speaker 2 I had like Norman, Lammy, Eminem.

Speaker 2 I did the same thing with my cows.

Speaker 1 Wait, but they would wear a diaper in the bedroom. You lose yourself.
You own it the moment. You never get it back.

Speaker 1 It's so stupid, dumb, and cheap. You're fired.
Millie, please continue.

Speaker 2 That was, I liked that a lot.

Speaker 1 Wait, but you would have to change their diapers and all that stuff. Yeah.

Speaker 2 Well, and then people started in my community. People started thinking I was pregnant because I was buying bottles and nappies and all the things.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 2 So then

Speaker 2 they reach around like eight weeks old, and then they're, you know, they're full grown and they have horns and they're, they're wanting to go outside. So then I have to put them outside.

Speaker 2 And then we put them outside and then basically.

Speaker 1 It's not a good combo. Horny and a diaper?

Speaker 1 No.

Speaker 1 Speaking of Scotty, do you think.

Speaker 1 All right. So then they're outside and then you move on to another baby animal in the bed.
Yes?

Speaker 2 Yeah, so to go on to, so then I have a, I have 20, okay, you're not actually going to, I have 25 dogs, but I, but on top of the 10.

Speaker 2 So the 25 live outside, but they have, I have a shed, and I rescue dogs off of the street and from highest nationals.

Speaker 1 Jake is on board with all of this nonsense.

Speaker 2 Yeah, I mean, I kind of like, this is like, he knows how much I like love animals. Like, i've

Speaker 1 all those animals

Speaker 2 no so we drew the line actually he said no more but yeah but but i have to obviously have my dog winny in the bed like that's like we're not compromising

Speaker 2 it is a deal breaker but um but he does allow farm animals and he enjoys it as much as i do like we just had two babies two baby baby puppies neonatal puppies come to us right before Christmas and

Speaker 2 their mom got taken away so they they needed to be bottle bottle-fed. They weren't taking to the bottle.
So Jake and I, every four hours, would tube feed these babies

Speaker 1 in an incubation. I thought you were going to say that you had to bird feed them.

Speaker 2 Jason, Jason, no, I actually wouldn't do that at all, but I would do a lot for animals, but that is where I would have to do it.

Speaker 1 Jason, do you.

Speaker 1 I'm just thinking about Jason. He can't walk on a hotel carpet unless he's got slippers on.
He's got socks and slippers. He's got a.
Can you imagine being in that?

Speaker 1 Yeah, I mean, you're there for two weeks. I would bring my slippers too.
It's not crazy.

Speaker 1 But Jason, the thought of these animals in their bedroom. No.
Yeah.

Speaker 1 There's too many exposed bacteria ports on an animal

Speaker 1 to rub on your pillow or where other parts of your body might. It's just, it's not.
It's not.

Speaker 2 No, do you know what? It's really, I just have like, no,

Speaker 2 I do not think that. Like when I think of an animal, I am just like,

Speaker 2 like I get in my car

Speaker 2 and I'll go on Facebook because I have a fake Facebook of a different

Speaker 1 while you're driving.

Speaker 2 No, right before I drive, I go in and I see in my community if there are any stray dogs that have been left, been dumped.

Speaker 2 And then I go and I pick them up and I put them in my car and then I take them to animal control and get them registered.

Speaker 2 Then I bring them back to my house and I microchip them myself and I vaccinate them myself

Speaker 2 and then groom them. I give them usually their first night will be in in my house.
And then I build kennels outside and I have a full staff. And recently I just got my rescue license.

Speaker 2 So now I'm actually a rescue.

Speaker 1 Wow. That's incredible.
I love it.

Speaker 2 But now we've found over 250 dogs homes.

Speaker 1 Oh, that is lovely. That is lovely.

Speaker 1 That's incredible.

Speaker 1 It breaks my heart that there is 250 dogs to be found. Yeah.

Speaker 2 Actually, like, yeah, like in the rural parts of Georgia, it's really, really bad. And there's a lot of dog fighting rings.
And I have a lot of that situation. I see that a lot.

Speaker 2 But Jake is amazing. Like, he loves, he loves seeing the animals come in and out.
Like, he'll be like, Mil, like, this one comes in for 24 hours and then gets adopted the next day.

Speaker 2 Or sometimes the longest, you know, some of them have been with us is like around two years.

Speaker 1 So people are aware that they can go to your whatever to adopt.

Speaker 2 Just, yeah, just the website.

Speaker 1 Like, if you want to go on the website,

Speaker 2 what's the words? It's joey'sfriends.com and you can view the available dogs we have, all of them.

Speaker 1 J-O-E-Y?

Speaker 2 Yeah, J-O-E-Y, Joey'sFriends.com. And they, they're all vaccinated, microchipped, fixed, house-trained, leash trained, and crate-trained.

Speaker 1 So that's like our, yeah. Wow, I love that.
But what about if you grow too attached to one of these?

Speaker 2 I never do.

Speaker 1 Because she's grown attached to 10 of them.

Speaker 1 Yeah, well, all of my own.

Speaker 2 Like, I would never get rid of any of my own. But the ones I bring in, I realize, like, if I don't find you a home,

Speaker 2 I cannot find the next one a home.

Speaker 2 So it's like the faster I find you an amazing home, the quicker I can get in my car and go and pull from another animal control and basically lower the euthanasia list.

Speaker 1 Can I go to the natural next question, which you're welcome to say I'm not answering that?

Speaker 1 I'm sure the desire to maybe have a child

Speaker 1 yourself one day

Speaker 1 burns bright.

Speaker 1 Question mark. Yeah.
Yes.

Speaker 2 I, I mean, I, that is like, that is.

Speaker 1 You're still very young.

Speaker 2 I'm still really young, but I

Speaker 2 my mom my mom actually had

Speaker 2 her first child at 21 and my dad was 19. Wow.

Speaker 2 And they

Speaker 2 you know, I

Speaker 2 has been my thing since before I met Jake.

Speaker 2 Like I've, since I was a baby, like I told my mom, like baby dolls, like I wanted to be a mom just like the way my mom was to me and my nan, like my grandmother is like a huge, she was a huge part of my life.

Speaker 2 And so, yeah, I mean, Jake knows how important it is to me. And like, of course, I want to focus on really establishing myself as an actor and as a producer, but I

Speaker 2 also find it's so important to start a family for me personally. Like, it's a, it's a huge thing.
Jake was like, we cannot do that until we get married. So, that was his thing.

Speaker 2 And my thing was, I really want a family. I really want a big family.
Like, I'm one of four. He's one of four.
So, it is definitely in our future.

Speaker 2 But, um, for me, like, I don't see having your own child

Speaker 2 you know as as as really any different as in adopting so i feel like anything's out because for me like my home is full of love for anyone and anything and so that is like what kind of we stand by jake and i is like our energy in the house is like the door is always open and we we want everyone to feel really comfortable i'm headed there in two weeks to start this thing with

Speaker 1 more than welcome

Speaker 2 so uh yeah the door is unlocked no uh and so yeah so that's that's kind of that's kind of where we're at.

Speaker 2 We're very much like we are always going to be, you know, wanting to start a family and just doesn't really, it doesn't matter in what way or when, but it will happen for sure.

Speaker 1 That's so great. Well,

Speaker 1 Millie, one more time with the, with the website. What's it called?

Speaker 2 Joey'sfriends.com.

Speaker 1 Joey'sfriends.com. That's amazing.
Yeah, good for you. Well, you're absolute delight.

Speaker 1 Yeah, you are a dad.

Speaker 1 Again, please tell dad hello.

Speaker 2 I will. I'm going to call him right now.
He's going to be very pleased to hear that you even remembered him, to be honest with you.

Speaker 1 This man, totally unforgettable.

Speaker 1 Well, have a great rest of your day. Go bottle feed.
I will. And rescue more.
Thank you very, very much for doing that. Thank you guys so much for me.
It was really, really cool to meet you.

Speaker 1 I've been a fan ever since.

Speaker 2 Thank you so much, guys. It's been really nice to be able to talk to you guys.

Speaker 1 Great to see you again, even though you don't remember. No.
No, it's okay. It's okay.
It'll come back to her soon.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Thank you, guys.
I hope to see you in person.

Speaker 1 I'll be there in two weeks.

Speaker 1 All right. See you there.
See you there. Exactly.

Speaker 2 Bye, guys. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
Bye.

Speaker 1 Bye. Bye.

Speaker 1 This is a good person. You know, this is her.

Speaker 1 That was really cool

Speaker 1 for me. I don't know if you guys are as big of a fan as I am.

Speaker 1 By the way, she's done tons of stuff, but I'm a massive Stranger Things fans. The last season's coming up.
I'm super excited.

Speaker 1 you know, I love it. Is there something, is there a spoiler that you were dying to ask her that she probably wouldn't have been able to answer

Speaker 1 about this final season? Well, no, you just want to know, like, how, how did they feel?

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 1 Yeah. Like, why, why did it all

Speaker 1 happen?

Speaker 1 What was the thing in the, what's it called? In the underworld?

Speaker 1 Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 What was it called? The, the, the, it's the upside down.

Speaker 1 Yeah, the upside down. Oh, did you watch it too? I've seen it, yeah.
It's a fantastic show. I love how cinematic it is.
Oh, those kids are such great actors and

Speaker 1 great actors. Yeah, she's amazing.
Uh, Gayton Matarazzo, too. He's great.
He's the one of the kids in the show. Oh, they're all great, by the way.

Speaker 1 They're all great. But,

Speaker 1 you know, Gayton Matarazzo was in Les Miz on Broadway as a kid. Uh-huh.
Yeah. What else, Sean? Yeah, what did he do there?

Speaker 1 Oh, he's happy with this one. Go ahead.
Take your time. I don't have one.
You actually don't have one. I thought you did.
I thought you were leaning.

Speaker 1 Oh, no, I got one. I got one.
Oh, do you?

Speaker 1 It's going to be bye-bye birdie.

Speaker 1 No, no, no.

Speaker 1 But Will nailed it. One of the greatest things about Stranger Things is the upside,

Speaker 1 up by

Speaker 1 down.

Speaker 1 You're an idiot. That wasn't very good.
That wasn't very good.

Speaker 1 What about...

Speaker 1 Well,

Speaker 1 she's got dual citizenship, right? Yeah. Oh, God.
This one. And so she's,

Speaker 1 what would you call that?

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