Millie Bobby Brown Says She’d ‘Be Interested’ to See “Stranger Things” Character Later in Life: ‘I’m Not Finished with Eleven’

Angelique BrenesFri, July 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM UTC

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Millie Bobby Brown attends the world premiere of "Enola Holmes 3" at The Plaza HotelCredit: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic -

Millie Bobby Brown says she's "not finished" with Eleven after the end of Stranger Things

The actress said she'd "be interested" in revisiting the character in her 30s — if Eleven survived

Brown previously opened up about the emotional toll of saying goodbye to the role she played for more than a decade

Even after saying goodbye to Eleven, Millie Bobby Brown isn't quite ready to leave her Stranger Things character behind.

While discussing Enola Holmes 3 on The Playlist Podcast Network'sThe Discourseon June 30, Brown, 22, was asked whether she had ever thought about what Eleven's future might look like after the events of Stranger Things.

The question came from host Mike DeAngelo, who said his 7-year-old son wanted to know what really happened at the end of the hit Netflix series.

"Millie, my son's favorite, favorite, favorite show in the world is Stranger Things," DeAngelo said. "What actually happened at the end of Stranger Things?"

Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Stranger Things: Season 5Credit: Courtesy of Netflix

Brown admitted that the answer remains something of a mystery — even to viewers.

"I mean, honestly, I don't even know. I mean, objectively, she looks like she's dead, but then there's this ending that potentially opens the door, and maybe she's smarter than everyone thinks, and she got out," Brown said. "Me and the Duffer Brothers are the only ones who know the real truth."

DeAngelo then posed a hypothetical, asking what it might be like to revisit Eleven years later.

"Let's say Eleven did survive… How fascinating would it be to see her at 30 years old?" he asked.

"Oh, I would love that. I'm not finished with El. I love her so much," she said. "I was very pleased at the ending, but it was a hard pill to swallow."

"I would love to see what she could be doing in her 30s. I'd be interested to see that. I hope everyone else would be, but that's if she's alive," Brown added.

Brown has previously been candid about how difficult it was to close the chapter on the character she began playing at age 12.

Appearing on Kylie Kelce's Not Gonna Lie podcast on June 11, Brown said she cried for nearly the entire month of January after the final episode of Stranger Things aired.

"I had a bit of a lull in who I was," she said, adding that learning Eleven's ending before the rest of the cast made the experience even more emotional. According to Netflix's Tudum, creators Matt and Ross Duffer "have left it up to viewers to decide what they think happens to Eleven."

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Brown also revealed that she wore black throughout the show's press tour as a symbolic "funeral" for Eleven.

What affected her most, she said, was seeing her castmates process the ending.

"Feeling everyone else's grief ... it was too much. And then I just immediately started calling every cast member [saying], You're still going to be in my life, right?" Brown recalled.

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She previously spoke about the emotional farewell during a March appearance on Today, where she admitted she tried to convince herself she'd be okay once filming ended, only to become "so emotional."

Brown also remembered walking onto set for her final day and realizing how many "lasts" she was experiencing.

"[I] was like, 'Oh my gosh, this is my last day. This is the last coffee I'm going to drink, the last mark I'm going to stand on,'" she said on Today on March 11. "It all kind of came head-on, really fast."

The actress is now celebrating the release of Enola Holmes 3, which premiered on Netflix on July 1 after nearly four years between installments.

Millie Bobby Brown attends the "Stranger Things 5" UK Special ScreeningCredit: Kate Green/Getty

In the latest film, Brown reprises her role as the young detective Enola Holmes, who takes on "a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before," according to the film's official synopsis.

Ahead of the film's release, Brown also teased that Enola's relationship with Lord Tewkesbury, played by Louis Partridge, continues to evolve.

"The stakes feel bigger, not just in terms of the mystery, but emotionally too," Brown previously told PEOPLE. "And of course, fans of Enola and Tewkesbury … there's definitely more to explore there. Their relationship feels more mature, a bit deeper, and real."

Netflix has not confirmed whether Enola Holmes will return for a fourth film.

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