Millie Bobby Brown Says She Tapped Her “Inner Tom Cruise” for Stranger Things Finale

Millie Bobby Brown says she “channeled [her] inner Tom Cruise” while training and performing action for the final season of Stranger Things, describing months of preparation led by creators Matt and Ross Duffer. “The Duffers have been training me for this moment,” she said during recent press for the Netflix series’ closing chapter, signaling a more physically driven turn for Eleven as the story concludes. The comments arrive as Netflix builds anticipation around the last run of episodes, with the cast emphasizing scale and intensity as production wraps and promotion ramps up.

Brown’s comparison to Cruise tracks with a thread in her recent work. While promoting Damsel in 2024, she said she completed her stunts “from start to finish,” likening the experience to the action star’s reputation for practical stunt work. That appetite for doing the heavy lifting herself appears to carry into Stranger Things season five, which the cast and producers have teased as high stakes from the opening minutes.

The actress has also been encouraging patience from fans eager for the finale, promising the payoff justifies the long wait and praising the Duffers’ decade of worldbuilding. In recent days she echoed that optimism again, saying audiences will “lose their minds” when the final episodes land, a message that aligns with the series’ marketing push and the creative team’s public statements about delivering a decisive endpoint.

Speculation around the season has included everything from potential cameos to how the show will balance spectacle with character closure. Brown’s remarks point less to surprise casting and more to physical performance and scale, underscoring how Eleven’s arc will be expressed through action as much as dialogue in the 1980s-set conclusion. A new trailer and premiere-event appearances have reinforced that message, positioning the finale as a capstone to one of Netflix’s signature series.