Millie Bobby Brown Reveals the Part of Motherhood No One Prepared Her For

As she put it, "I was like, 'This is the last time I ever fly any of his equipment.’”

But despite putting her foot down on some high-flying adventures, the Enola Holmes actress detailed what it means for her to be able to do so many stunts herself, highlighting the aspects of Hollywood that have made it safer for actors to give it a go.

"I really want young girls to think they can, you know? You'll always hear an older actor say, 'Don't do your own stunts,' and I get that,” Brown explained. “But back in the day, they might have been throwing you against a wall. And now, if you get a really great stunt coordinator and you learn how to land and you learn the whole technique of it, we as actors should know how to do certain things.”

At this point, Brown—mom to a baby girl with husband Jake Bongiovi—joked that she tries “to do 90 percent” of her own stunts, although the final 10 percent is “in my contract that I'm not allowed, even though I beg."

And though they now count themselves as good friends—and presumably someone whom Brown can call for stunt-related advice—the Damsel star likened herself to Cruise before, while admitting she was sometimes shocked the crew actually lets her take part in the action. 

"You're just like, ‘Am I really gonna do that stunt?'” Brown recalled on The Drew Barrymore Show in 2024. “And then that day they're like, ‘Yep, put the harness on,’” she said. “And I just did the stunt as if it wasn't Tom Cruise–level stuff. I felt like Tom Cruise." 

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