According to Millie Bobby Brown, the focus of Enola Holmes 2 shifts away from “self-exploration” and toward straightforward investigative work. The breakthrough Stranger Things actress discussed what’s changed this time around, with the titular detective developing her talents, ahead of the sequel’s Netflix premiere next week.
“Since the first movie, we’ve increased the stakes. The first movie dealt with self-discovery and personal development: a young girl searches for her mother after losing her, has highly sexist brothers—one of them, Sherlock, is still a work in progress—and loses her mother “She remarked, quoting from the production notes for the movie.
With the help of a moron named Tewkesbury, she is on the road to self-discovery. “That strategy for the first movie was terrific. It truly provided everyone with a close-up look at Enola. But Enola isn’t the subject of this movie. Detective Enola Holmes is the subject.
“I am very motivated by the thought of these young women confronting the system while having very little power. Additionally, it is congruent with the film’s central concept of sisterhood. The way that Harry Bradbeer and Jack Thorne integrated Enola into the movement was quite ingenious.” Of course, there wouldn’t even be an Enola Holmes 2 if the original film, which debuted two years ago, hadn’t been such a smashing hit.
The Godzilla vs. Kong actor spoke to Total Film earlier this month on the response from viewers: “I truly didn’t anticipate it would be as successful as it was. Of fact, it spoke to me so deeply that I did it. “There’s so much promise here, I thought. I was unaware of so much potential, though. I received messages from people like Blake Lively telling me that their daughter wants to be Enola Holmes. The extent to which it was felt by everyone else began to dawn on me.
On Friday, November 4, Netflix will release Enola Holmes 2.