Millie Bobby Brown was extensively involved behind the camera for the shooting of her stunts and choosing the locations in her latest Netflix film Damsel for which she is both the star and executive producer, the actress said in an interview with social media personality Kusha Kapila on Tuesday.
“Just two damsels here to take your day from moye moye to OKURRR 💃🏻✨. Damsel, now streaming only on Netflix,” Kusha wrote on Instagram alongside a recording of their interview.
Kusha kicked off the interview by teaching Millie the popular Indian slang phrase “Moye moye”, which went viral on social media recently. “It just means disappointment,” the Thank You For Coming actress said, while Millie repeated the phrase after her.
Damsel revolves around Millie’s Elodie who agrees to marry the prince of Aurea in exchange for gold to save the starving people of her kingdom. However, the royal family of Aurea have an ulterior motive behind the marriage as they single out Elodie as a sacrifice for a fire-breathing dragon to repay an ancient debt. She is thrown into a labyrinthine cave ruled by the dragon where she must rely solely upon her wits to find her way out alive.
For the most part of the film, Millie is the sole focus as she is trapped in the gigantic cave with the dragon trying to hunt her. Being both the lead actress and the executive producer helped Millie immensely as it enabled her to “understand what her days would look like, the logistics of things, locations and stunts”.
The opening line of the Juan Carlos Fresnadillo-directed film, which says “This princess does not need a knight in shining armour,” was not the hook for Millie to take up the role of Elodie, the actress reveals in the interview.
“Unconsciously, we are always kind of rooting for the prince to come back and save her. But, it’s nice to just watch a woman go on a journey on her own and fight for herself,” the Stranger Things star said in the video.
Just like Kusha taught her the “Moye moye” slang during the interview, Millie also showed the former how to ace the iconic “Okurrr” which she picked up from watching the popular American reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
Penned by Dan Mazeau, Damsel is a modern take on an old story, according to a statement issued by the makers on February 1. “As a filmmaker, one of the things I always want to do is surprise the audience with a new take on a story,” said Fresnadillo, adding that traditional stories need to be modernised with “new takes, more modern and real ways” in order to connect with the audience.
Also featuring Angela Bassett, Robin Wright, and Nick Robinson in key roles, Damsel is currently streaming on Netflix.
