After Stranger Thing's star Millie Bobby Brown said she wanted to play Britney Spears in a movie, Spears seemed to nix the idea.
On Instagram, Spears posted:
"Dude, I'm not dead!"
The 18 year old teen star gushed on The Drew Barrymore Show about how much Spears meant to her growing up.
"I think her story, first of all, resonates with me."
"Just growing up in the public eye, watching her videos, watching interviews of her when she was younger ..."
"I don’t know her, but when I look up pictures of her I feel like I could tell her story in the right way, and hers only.”
\u201c@FilmUpdates @DrewBarrymoreTV best actress in a leanding role millie bobby brown britney spears biopic\n\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1667860817
In 2008 Spears was put in a conservatorship under her father. In 2021, the conservatorship ended after 13 years of court cases, trauma and stress.
Spears has been emancipated for almost a year and since then she has taken a much more direct approach to dealing with things on social media.
This is seen in her Instagram post where she appears to lash out at Brown.
“I hear about people wanting to do movies about my life … dude I’m not dead !!!
"Although it’s pretty f'king clear they preferred me dead.”
Spears' die hard fans took to Twitter to defend her.
\u201c@FilmUpdates @DrewBarrymoreTV uhh unless this is somethin that Brit wants then ima have to say hard pass. If Brit isn't the director/producer and have a say in casting then I sincerely would NEVER support it. Her life has been played w/ enough by media that it really would be unjust to not get her blessing.\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1667860817
\u201c@FilmUpdates @DrewBarrymoreTV Britney has survived a lifetime of domestic violence, coercive control and human trafficking, I feel like Millie does not know the facts. Has she consulted Britney to see how Britney feels about people making money from minimising her horrific story of abuse, without her consent?\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1667860817
\u201c@earthma23 @FilmUpdates @DrewBarrymoreTV while i agree, if there\u2019s something being made for britney spears i\u2019m sure they have her consent. what bothers me is the amount of abuse britney grew up dealing with. it\u2019s horrible. it\u2019s a shame millie bobby brown thinks she can just say she \u201crelates to her story\u201d.\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1667860817
While others brought up a good point about Spears' so called "clap back."
\u201c@PopCrave she didn\u2019t mention anyone\u2026 she just said she doesn\u2019t wanna have to relive her trauma through some cash-grab movie when she\u2019s very much still alive and can tell her own story when she\u2019s ready\u201d— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1667946962
\u201c@pearl_eevee @TheQueenofKush @PopCrave ^^^ genuinely confused as to why ppl thinks she's being SO RUDE when all she is saying is that she doesn't want a movie made \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\u201d— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1667946962
Others were excited by the idea of a Spears biopic staring Brown.
\u201c@FilmUpdates @DrewBarrymoreTV we already saw the similarities\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1667860817
\u201c@FilmUpdates @DrewBarrymoreTV and it\u2019d be a hit\u201d— Film Updates (@Film Updates) 1667860817
It's clear Brown meant no disrespect to Spears when she said she feels she can relate to her story and the internet is torn on if they believe Spears' reaction was warranted or not.
Although Spears didn't specifically name Brown as the focus of her anger, it is clear she isn't ready for anyone to be playing her in a biopic.
You can watch the full Millie Bobby Brown interview here:
Millie Bobby Brown and Drew Barrymore Bond Over Growing Up In The Spotlight | Drewberyoutu.be
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