Millie Bobby Brown Details ‘Terms and Conditions’ of Her ‘Adult Relationship’ With Henry Cavill
05.11.2022 - 07:13
/ usmagazine.com
A mystery she can’t solve! Millie Bobby Brown opened up about working with costar Henry Cavill – and how the two have managed to maintain a mature friendship.
“With Henry, it feels like a real adult relationship,” Brown, 19, told Deadline in an interview published on Wednesday, November 2. “Like a really healthy one. One that we have terms and conditions. I know Henry. He has terms and conditions with me.”
The Godzilla actress and the Superman star, 39, first worked together on Enola Holmes in 2020 before reconnecting to shoot the sequel one year later. On Wednesday, Brown got candid about the pair’s “really good” dynamic — which differs from the “schoolmate” like friendship she has with her Stranger Things costars — revealing that she is “not allowed to ask [Cavill] about his personal life.”
“It’s like, ‘Millie, shut up. No.’ And I’m like, ‘Understood.’ Whereas with the Stranger Things kids, it’s different,” she explained. “There’s no boundaries because it’s like we’re all siblings. But with Henry, he’s very strict with me, which I appreciate.”
Enola Holmes 2 director, Harry Bradbeer, sees the relationship from a more playful lens. “They’re always poking at each other,” Bradbeer told Deadline on earlier this week. “And Millie tickles him up a little bit and surprises him. And he goes with it.”
To craft a believable on screen relationship — in which Cavill plays Brown’s older brother Sherlock Holmes – the Florence by Mills founder drew on her own family interactions.
“I have a sister, a brother, and an older brother. So, I’m very much used to that kind of dynamic,” Millie said, noting that The Witcher alum doesn’t have any sisters of his own. “I had to implement a lot of that into my relationship with Henry offscreen and