- Hi, "Vogue", it's Millie Bobby Brown here,
and I'm at The Plaza getting ready for my "Damsel" premiere.
Let's go. [relaxing jazz music]
I am so excited about tonight, and very...
Jake just waved to me, he goes...
It's been a long time coming to think that, like,
I filmed this, gosh, over a year and a half ago.
And, yeah, I was in a very different place in my life,
but I am very excited for it to finally come out
and for everyone to watch me fight a dragon.
I'm gonna go get my cozies on,
and then we're gonna go do some glam.
Okay, [Millie trills] let's go.
[chillhop music]
Buster always gives her a nice facial,
and I felt jealous, so she's getting a head massage today.
Gotta relax her after a stressful day, you know?
- And I'm wearing a lot of extensions tonight.
- Yeah, so I'm being kind, 'cause it's gonna be
a little bit torturous for her.
- [Millie] Yeah.
- We are going really long and dramatic.
Just a nice kind of soft, fresh wave.
- It's 4:18 right now,
and I have to hit the red carpet at 6:00?
Oh, 6:30, so then...
The math's not mathing. [crew laughs]
- [Jake] Two hour and 10 minutes.
- Two hours and 10 minutes
- Glam look is like classic, romantic,
old Hollywood but with a modern twist.
There's one little detail that really ties into the dress
but that's like the finishing touch that you'll see.
- It means a lot to me that we're able
to pay homage to the film, you know, through my costumes.
So the dress symbolizes dragon scales,
which is kind of what I was wanting to go for,
and I feel like the whole film, she's a victim,
and to be able to turn up to my premiere
and be the dragon is pretty cool.
[lofi music]
Since we're getting along,
we're getting to the next stage in our relationship.
- [Jake] Getting up there.
- You can meet my fiance, Jake Bongiovi.
Jake Bongiovi, everyone.
[everyone cheering]
- Hello.
- [Millie] Jake... - How are you?
- [Millie] What are you excited about most for tonight?
- I'm very excited to see Millie on the big screen.
Let's do this again.
I'm really excited to see Millie
on the big screen tonight for "Damsel".
- And what do you like most about my look?
- Right now, I like how much heart and soul has gone into it
from the wonderful Pete and Buster.
- Aww. - Yeah!
- And Ryan, and Ryan. - Sucker!
Oh, and Ryan, okay.
Jake, would you mind ordering me
and everyone food, and including yourself?
What are you gonna order, quesadilla?
- No, I'll probably have something more sophisticated.
What do you want?
- An iced coffee with almond milk, please.
- One iced coffee with almond milk.
- What was your main, what did you want for your...
- [Millie] Oh, a penne.
- One Penne-
- [Millie] Pomodoro. - Pomodoro.
- [Millie] Chicken breast, please.
- With...
They have a similar shape pasta.
It's all the same thing, different shapes.
- [Millie] Oh that's fine, then-
- We'll that then, sir.
- [Millie] Which one did you agree to?
- Yep, we'll have what you've suggested
with the chicken breast, please.
- [Millie] And Pomodoro, linguini?
- I don't know, I don't know.
- Three and then can I also have one quesadilla, please?
[Jake and Millie laughing]
- [Millie] Who's that for?
- The adult one.
- Tonight I am wearing a custom Louis Vuitton look,
Ryan and I collaborated together
on bringing this idea to Louis Vuitton,
and Nicola delivered a beautiful dress.
His sketches were amazing.
- As you can see, the dragon scales
are moving kind of in a bias pattern on here.
In effect, the design is pretty simple.
The real magic of the dress is the pattern and the fabric.
- It's all about the altering
and like even when we were doing that,
Ryan was like, "I want it to barely touch
and kiss the ground."
All those details actually matter,
especially when you're on a carpet.
[chillstep music]
My best friend is five minutes away, I'm so excited.
She is the most spectacular, wonderful human being.
I just love her, she like makes me laugh so hard.
And I think sometimes in like
the seriousness of it all, she grounds me.
Oh my gosh, okay.
Do you guys wanna sneak peek at something?
On the first day of filming "Damsel",
I had to be covered in green slime
and this was my reaction to it.
[crew laughs]
Just sadness, pure sadness.
I only get into the zone the second they say action.
Just I'm like that kind of...
I'm that kind of gal.
I usually take the time in hair and makeup
to just like be myself.
I think so much of my career has been
me playing other characters
and especially growing up in such a formative time,
like many months of the year I was playing other people
and it's been hard for me to find myself.
So I think being in hair and makeup,
I wanna try and be the most myself
and give myself that like grace to have fun and to enjoy it.
And then the second they say action, I can turn it on.
[chillstep music]
Gia's here?
Gia!
[gals screaming]
We actually became friends
because Gia's younger sister Olivia
was a huge fan of "Stranger Things"
and like really resonated with Eleven
because Eleven had a shaved head
and at the time Olivia was going through
chemotherapy for leukemia and...
Oh God and Olivia passed away
and I became best friends with Gia through Olivia,
so I think that was meant for a reason.
"Stranger Things" specifically, brought me
really meaningful experiences.
I had actually many experiences with cancer patients,
specifically, because of my shaving of my head.
You know, it meant a lot to people
and it was really humbling and grounding
to get that at 12 years old,
to meet people like that.
Especially in the height of my success, you know?
When "Stranger Things" came out,
I was doing so many exciting things,
but then I got those moments of real life
and meeting people that were truly going through hardships.
And I think that really, you know, helped me.
The food is here, which means I get to find out
what pasta Jake ordered me.
- Some type of cylinder?
- Yeah.
- Enjoy it.
- Thank you, babe.
I'm gonna go eat some dinner and watch "Love is Blind".
See you guys, soon.
[Millie kisses]
What are we up to now?
- [Buster] We're gonna put a little twinkle in the eye
to go with the dress.
Look up for me.
- [Pete] This is a secret.
- [Buster] This was the secret.
- And actually what I love about this sparkle in the eye
is that in the movie the dragon's blood is sparkly.
So I kind of like this element that we're implementing.
Half an hour and we are gonna be on the red carpet
at the world premier of "Damsel".
Yay!
[chillhop music]
[Millie sings]
Am I a damsel in this dress?
Altogether, I envision it
months and months before this happens
and these guys always seem to surprise me.
It always looks so unbelievable,
looks better than my imagination and I'm very lucky.
I have to go to my red carpet.
Toodeloo!
[upbeat music]
[fans cheering]
- [Paparazzi] Millie!
You look so beautiful.
[paparazzi screaming]
[upbeat music]