Congrats on your #MTVAward, @milliebbrown 💘 pic.twitter.com/I47TMkiOVp
— MTV (@MTV) May 8, 2017
Stranger Things was the surprise hit of last summer, but more specifically, Millie Bobby Brown’s nosebleed-heavy character Eleven stole the show. At only 13 years old, Brown’s intense role earned her a Screen Actors Guild nomination, but tonight, she won her first acting award at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. She was rightly thrilled and emotional. It also reinforces the fact that the ragtag bunch of troublemakers in Stranger Things really have developed one of those special “TV family bonds” that you see materialize every few years. Kind of like a creepy, synth-filled Freaks and Geeks family, but a family nonetheless.
https://twitter.com/bestofsthings/status/861382464719265792
Get a bunch of goofy kids to look at you like the guys from Stranger Things look at Millie Bobby Brown. You can tell that this crew is tight, and it’s a beautiful thing to see. She thanked her family, her second family, and the fact that she got the role of a lifetime to kick off her career as she wiped away tears:
“I want to thank the cast and crew for being my second family, you guys I love you.
I want to thank the Duffer Brothers because they’ve created a badass, female, iconic character that I’ve got the honor to play.”
My nose isn’t bleeding and I’m not crying! You are!
Congrats to @milliebbrown for winning Best Actor in a Show at the #MTVAwards! pic.twitter.com/vp0SpgSNnN
— MTV (@MTV) May 8, 2017
Just about everyone loved the fact that the newcomer won, and she solidified her winning over of every heart in the room with her emotional speech. Let’s go to the overwhelmingly positive tweets:
https://twitter.com/bestofsthings/status/861377191980019712
aw millie brown is so cute i'm proud of her
— louis (@xxhappydays) May 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/rydudenhoeffer/status/861376447646224384
holyyyyyyyy millie brown 😍😍😍
— ashley (@xcx_ashley) May 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/wokerapp/status/861376200916193280
https://twitter.com/rickymendoza/status/861376258516627456
Emma Watson and now Millie Brown, this is the best awards ever #MTVAwards
— 🍌 (@bananainsweats) May 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/hedanagem/status/861375892538494977
https://twitter.com/lthoes/status/861389287387877376
https://twitter.com/courtsnicole/status/861376766400770048
Me watching Millie Bobby Brown crying at the #MTVAwards RN : pic.twitter.com/m4jBSAQgE2
— Refinery29 (@Refinery29) May 8, 2017
The Stranger Things cast is all of us after Millie Bobby Brown's acceptance speech. 👏👏👏 #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/kWoSczcP3b
— E! News (@enews) May 8, 2017
And here’s a picture of Millie geeking out over meeting Emma Watson just because it’s so damn heartwarming.
https://twitter.com/thhesmiths/status/861387459137073152
Now we wait for Stranger Things season 2…