Millie Bobby Brown wants to play Britney Spears, but does she agree?

Millie Bobby Brown has set her sights on the role of a lifetime. After starring in five seasons of Stranger Things and two Enola Holmes movies, she now wants to play the 2000’s icon Britney Spears. 

In a recent interview on The Drew Barrymore Show, she shared that her dream role would be to star in a documentary about the pop diva.

“I think her story, first of all, resonates with me, just growing up in the public eye, watching her videos, watching interviews of her when she was younger.”

– Millie Bobby Brown, The Drew Barrymore Show

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Documentaries are for the dead

However, the “…Baby One More Time” singer did not react well to this statement. 

In an Instagram Post, Britney seemingly responded to Millie’s interview, saying, “I hear about people wanting to do movies about my life. Dude, I’m not dead!”

Millie has not reacted to this post on social media as of posting this article.

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Celebrity Documentaries

In recent years, there has been an influx of celebrity documentaries in memory of celebrities who are gone.

For example, Netflix released The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes, a documentary about actress, Marilyn Monroe, who passed in 1962.

However, there are also documentaries for artists that are still well and alive.

Singer-songwriter Beyoncé has two: an autobiographical documentary in 2013, Life is But a Dream; and another in 2019 titled, Homecoming.

In 2020, the film Miss Americana, told Taylor Swift’s story. This year, Selena Gomez will also release her own documentary, My Mind and Me.

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Britney Biopic

Social media users were also quick to comment on Britney’s post. Many defended Millie, and several also took to Twitter to justify Britney’s response.

not once did millie compare her life and experiences to that of britney and drew’s. she just said britneys story resonates with her having been in the public eye from a young age. acting like millie hasn’t experienced extremely fucked up things since becoming famous is weird

— s (@CAPTlVEHEART) November 9, 2022

i understand why britney doesn’t want a biopic to be made about her HOWEVER some of you are being unnecessarily nasty to millie when you know for a fact she had good intentions. you can disagree without attacking an 18 year old who made a very much innocent comment idk like!

— s (@CAPTlVEHEART) November 8, 2022

Britney brings up a great point. I don’t think she was trying to shade Millie? Biopics just shouldn’t be made without consent/involvement bc then it becomes exploitive. That’s why that Pam and Tommy show was disrespectful bc it was abt Pamela’s trauma w/o her participation. https://t.co/xa5dxI25fT

— villianous wench (@witti_indi) November 8, 2022

Nonetheless, Britney’s story is important to tell. Especially in the age of social media where there are so many teens who are aspiring to make it in the industry. It can be the right wake-up call to better protect young creatives.

Although, with Britney’s whole life already being discussed 24/7 — from tabloids to social media — it’s quite understandable if she opts out of making a film too.