Millie Bobby Brown returns as Sherlock Holmes' detective younger sister in "Enola Holmes 2." Netflix's 2020 crime novel sequel finds Enola (Brown) once again solving mysteries in 19th-century London as she tries to launch her own detective agency. Based on the book series by Nancy Springer, the “Enola Holmes” franchise also stars Helena Bonham Carter, David Thewlis, Louis Partridge and “Dune” star Sharon Duncan-Brewster. The film will air on November 4.
"Stranger Things" star Brown is serving as a producer on the film, directed by Harry Bradbeer and written by Jack Thorne, with both returning for the sequel. The franchise "may be the biggest moment of my career so far because it's something that I developed," Brown told Entertainment Weekly. "It's rewarding," she added. “My age and gender have never defined [my job], so everyone on set really respected me and listened to me. It was such a nice atmosphere to be able to experience.”
Director: Harry Bradbeer
Writers: Jack Thorne, Nancy Springer, Harry Bradbeer
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter
Director Bradbeer hinted that Enola's next adventure is a "gristier" story focusing on "working-class girls in a working-class world" that puts Enola "further out of her league" as a detective and young adult. Bradbeer also praised Brown's "tremendous instinct" for the character, giving his input on each draft of the script.
Brown previously revealed that she was once told that she was "too mature" to become a child star before she booked "Stranger Things."
"Even when she was young, I always felt like she didn't belong in every room she was in," Brown shared earlier this year. “I also struggle a bit with loneliness. I always felt quite alone in a room full of people, like I was the only one, like no one really understood me. So I liked [playing] characters that people understood that people could relate to because I felt like no one could relate to Millie.”
Those traits, however, have only added depth to Enola's role. IndieWire's Kate Erbland wrote in the first film's review that “'Enola Holmes' doesn't just use her heroine as a cute nod to progressive thinking; It completely encompasses a story that is, at its heart, profoundly feminist.”
Erbland concluded, "Along the way, it establishes Enola and her evolving world as one both entertaining and instructive, a glimpse of a town and a place on the cusp of something bigger and better, and willing to follow every clue to get there".
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