For the dragon adventure Damsel, Millie Bobby Brown had to subject her princess love to a brutal reality check

Last week, Netflix released Damsel, an entertaining anti-fairy tale and fantasy survival adventure that sends Millie Bobby Brown into the dragon’s den as an unsuspecting princess. Because after her wedding to the king’s son, the noblewoman unexpectedly finds herself in the position of a sacrifice.

But instead of accepting her fate as the titular “damsel in distress,” she faces the monster in battle. Just like how the Stranger Things star confronted her ideas about fairy tales in Damsel and took number 1 in Netflix’s top 10 most streamed films.

Princesses in reality check: Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown feels challenged by Damsel

Netflix’s fantasy film Damsel by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intruders) turns the classic fairy tale of the kidnapped king’s daughter who has to be saved from the evil dragon on its head and prefers to give his princess a sword herself. Millie Bobby Brown revealed to InStyle that the role linked to her love of fairy tales and at the same time reflected her own experiences:

I think there is something beautiful and magical about fairy tales, and I grew up loving fairy tales. Princesses and unicorns helped me relax. But as you get older you realize, ‘Oh, I’m getting my period and that’s bad. Cars sometimes don’t start. Wait a minute: not everything is perfect.’ I think that’s what the film is about [Damsel] truly embodied. You feel the fairytale, but then things go wrong.

For Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix’s Damsel symbolizes the moment in life when you reach your lowest point and realize that not everything is always peace, joy and pancakes. She explains: “I love films that make me think and myself really question my values, morals and ideas let.” Or their fairytale love.

Podcast for Netflix’s big fantasy remake Avatar: Lord of the Elements

There is currently even more fantasy on Netflix with the series remake Avatar: Lord of the Elements. But can Avatar’s live-action adventure live up to high expectations after the failure of the first big-screen adaptation of the fantasy adventure?

We look at the strengths and weaknesses of the new Avatar series as fantasy entertainment and, as fans of the original, we also go into detail about changes, hidden details and Easter eggs in the second part of the podcast.