Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is exceptional in new Netflix fantasy Damsel, says director
Exclusive: Damsel director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo gives us the lowdown on Damsel
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The Stranger Things star plays a young woman set to marry a handsome prince, only to find out their union is a trap. As she’s thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon, she must use her wits to survive. Speaking toTotal Film in our new issue, which featuresDune 2on the cover and is out this Thursday, director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo tells us that Brown is breathtaking in the role.
“She was exceptional,” he says, speaking to the way she approached the film’s brutality, as well as the emotional demands of the tough shoot. “She understood that this needed to be an extreme survival experience. And in order to make that believable, you have to convey suffering and pain.
“This is a movie about a transformation – about a girl becoming a woman – and you need to really feel the intensity of it. We didn’t want to cheat any …