BURNING QUESTION

‘Stranger Things’ Star Cornered on Whether Character Is Really Dead

The actress was pressed on Eleven’s fate but kept the show’s biggest secret intact.

Millie Bobby Brown is refusing to settle fan debate over Eleven’s fate following the finale of Stranger Things. During a live recording of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Brown revealed that series creators the Duffer Brothers instructed her not to reveal whether Eleven survived the show’s final battle. “They were like, ‘Do not tell anyone. Because we made it a secret kind of pledge,’” Brown said, adding that only she and the creators know the truth. “No one else knows. It’s just us three. And what we do with that information, it’ll be up to them,” she said. The actress said even her castmates disagree about what happened, with some believing Eleven died while others remain convinced she survived. Brown herself encouraged optimism, telling fans, “Believe! Let’s have some hope in here.” When pressed again about Eleven’s fate, Brown declined to provide a definitive answer. “All people say now is, ‘Do you believe?’” she said. “And of course I believe.”