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'Best teacher': Fans praise Millie Bobby Brown for directing younger version of Eleven in Stranger Things 4

Child actress Martie Blair was personally directed and guided by Millie Bobby-Brown in the flashback scenes featuring eight-year-old Eleven

Martie Blair, the young actress playing the character of Eleven in Stranger Things, has labeled Millie Bobby Brown an inspiration. In most of the flashback scenes, Blair was personally directed and guided by Brown, as confirmed by the writers. What this means is that some of this season's most emotionally challenging scenes were directed by Millie Bobby Brown. What's more, the writers took to their social media to express gratitude for Brown's helping hand.

Blair shared an image of her with Brown on set and captioned it, "Thank you @milliebobbybrown for being such an inspiration to me, when I showed up on set, you came right up to me. You made me feel so comfortable and welcomed. Thanks for spending time with me and helping me make my scenes awesome!”

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On May 31, the writers of the show also gave a shout out to Brown by sharing an image of Blair and Brown captioned, "Shout-out to Martie Blair, who played young Eleven, and to Millie, who directed her every step of the way."

Blair clearly does not shy away from appreciating her senior co-star. She shared another image of the two captioned, "Cheeky ladies!!!! MBB + MMB #milliebobbybrown #martiemarieblair #011 #youngeleven Thank you @milliebobbybrown for being such a great role model, I will be forever grateful"

Brown who is now 18, was just 11 when she started working on Stranger Things. This means that when the Duffer Brothers’ record-smashing sci-fi show first aired back in 2016, she was half as tall as she is now. 

Season four of the show takes viewers back to the Hawkins National Laboratory, where Eleven was experimented on as a young girl. For this season’s flashbacks, Brown’s face was superimposed using CGI onto Blair’s, who played Eleven at the age of eight. Viewers shared their opinions, one said, "Mille definitely should get into the coaching biz if she wants to step away from acting after this"

Another could not really believe and said, "Damn, I thought it was a form of de-aging!"

A hopeful user expressed their wish saying, "A future director right here. I hope she will direct an episode of Stranger Things"

Another complimented the young girl saying, "Great job martie !! You’ve got the best teacher !!"

"I swear, I love her even more now," said another.