{"id":2506153,"date":"2026-07-17T15:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506153"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:07:26","slug":"stranger-things-star-millie-bobby-brown-surprises-adorable-nyc-kids-with-acting-lesson-shes-so-british","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stranger-things-star-millie-bobby-brown-surprises-adorable-nyc-kids-with-acting-lesson-shes-so-british\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; star Millie Bobby Brown surprises adorable NYC kids with acting lesson: &#8216;She\u2019s so British&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F07%2F134621278.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>She brought the West End to the Upper West Side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStranger Things\u201d superstar Millie Bobby Brown surprised a crew of lucky second graders with an acting lesson that not even the little students could believe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 main character, I saw her in person today. I know that she\u2019s not real \u2026 right?\u201d one boy named Prince questioned after his once-in-a-lifetime class.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Millie Bobby Brown surprises the students of PS 84 on New York City\u2019s Upper West Side with an unforgettable lesson in the art of acting for film.  <span class=\"credit\">Youtube\/Celebrity Substitute<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brown swung by PS 84 as part of the hit web series, Celebrity Substitute, which has superstars playing teachers on skills like music video filming and developing a fashion sense.<\/p>\n<p>The ten students had no idea they would be meeting the \u201cEnora Holms\u201d star \u2013 and erupted in screams when they walked through the door to find her near the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi Ms. Millie!\u201d the children roared.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The actress, 22, began her lesson by asking the youth if they knew the basic jargon that is used on an acting set. <\/p>\n<p>Cycling through terminology would take a twist as Bobby Brown\u2019s English accent made it difficult for the young actors to understand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s so British I can smell her accent,\u201d quipped little Harley, who has a few paid acting gigs under her belt, and offered her own advice to the movie star.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress, 22, began her lesson by asking the youth if they knew the basic jargon that is used on an acting set. <span class=\"credit\">Youtube\/Celebrity Substitute<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The ten students had no idea they would be meeting the \u201cEnora Holms\u201d star \u2013 and erupted in screams when they walked through the door to find her near the stage. <span class=\"credit\">Youtube\/Celebrity Substitute<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The small star described her knowledge of acting as pretending to do something rather than actually doing it, as she followed up with an impromptu demonstration of how to \u201cfake\u201d riding a rollercoaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brown taught the class improv, scene building, and offered pointers on how to show more emotion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers came up and gave hysterical facial expressions as the English actress hid her smile behind her clipboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brown swung by PS 84 as part of the hit web series, Celebrity Substitute, which has superstars playing teachers on skills like music video filming and developing a fashion sense. <span class=\"credit\">Youtube\/Celebrity Substitute<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the nosy kids seemed more interested in Brown\u2019s marriage to Jake Bongiovi, the son of music legend Jon Bon Jovi.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why one would like to be happily married in the future, a rowdy red-haired child named Joseph exclaimed, \u201cI want to be married because I want to have someone I can hang out with all the time!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The star\u2019s visit wasn\u2019t the only jaw-dropping surprise \u2013 the children\u2019s eyes filled with glee when brand new stage equipment for the students\u2019 drama department was rolled into the room.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brown taught the class improv, scene building, and offered pointers on how to show more emotion.\u00a0 <span class=\"credit\">Youtube\/Celebrity Substitute<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Louis Partridge (from left) Millie Bobby Brown and Himesh Patel in a scene from \u201cEnola Holmes 3.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Netflix via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The school was gifted by Amazon rehearsal mirrors, sets, costumes, lights, and other filming equipment.<\/p>\n<p>A few teachers came out at the end of the lesson as their hearts welled with joy at being able to witness the happiness on the faces of the kids enjoying the brand new equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThey\u2019ve been working so hard, so they deserve this. This is for them,\u201d Ms. Toni Ann, one of the teachers, said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She brought the West End to the Upper West Side. \u201cStranger Things\u201d superstar Millie Bobby Brown surprised a crew of lucky second graders with an acting lesson that not even the little students could believe. \u201cThe \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 main character, I saw her in person today. 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