Netflix scraps Millie Bobby Brown’s Olympics movie after actor exits over creative differences

Actor was set to play US Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug in ‘Perfect’
Netflix has scrapped Millie Bobby Brown ’s latest film following the actor’s exit over creative differences.

Brown, 22, had been due to star as real-life gymnast Kerri Strug in Netflix’s Olympics drama Perfect .

The project – which was announced last September – will no longer be going ahead at the streaming giant after the Stranger Things star left due to creative differences, two sources have confirmed to Deadline .

Brown was set to portray Strug, a member of the 1996 “Magnificent Seven” USA gymnastics team.

At 18 years old, the Tucson-born gymnast helped take her team to first place after she performed the vault on an injured ankle.

The moment has become a touchstone of Olympic history after Strug’s coach had to carry her off the mat when her ankle gave out – but not before she landed perfectly.

Her coach had to once again carry her to the podium for the gold medal ceremony.

Strug has since gone on to become a figure in popular culture, appearing on talk shows and cereal boxes.

Following her athletic career, she went on to work as an elementary school teacher and has held several positions in the White House and Justice Department.

Her story was due to be put on screen by screenwriter Ronnie Sandahl and director Cate Shortland , who replaced original director Gia Coppola, granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola and niece of Sofia Coppola, after she left the project.

The Independent has reached out to representatives of Netflix and Brown for further comment.

Brown will have plenty on her plate still, with a third sequel to Enola Holmes premiering on Netflix this summer in which she reprises her role as the teenage sister of the famous Victorian-era detective.

Also with Netflix, the actor has wrapped production on the forthcoming rom-com Just Picture It , on which she also served as a producer.

She is also working with Netflix on a subsequent project titled Nineteen Steps , a movie adaptation of her debut novel.

Published in 2023, Nineteen Steps was inspired by her grandmother’s experience of the 1943 Bethnal Green tube disaster.

Its publication sparked some controversy, however, over the fact that the cover of the book features only Brown’s name despite being ghostwritten by author Kathleen McGurl.

The release reignited the debate over ghostwritten celebrity books, such as those penned by Katie Price, Naomi Campbell, and Zoë Sugg, the influencer known as Zoella.

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