‘I nearly collapsed’: Millie Bobby Brown on starstruck lift encounter with Michelle Pfeiffer
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown nearly collapsed in a starstruck elevator run-in with Hollywood icon Michelle Pfeiffer — a hilarious meltdown that turned an ordinary ride into pure fangirl chaos.
Turns out even Eleven short-circuits sometimes. Millie Bobby Brown went on Hot Ones and told a very relatable story: she ran into Michelle Pfeiffer in an elevator and nearly melted into the floor. The reason? A lifelong Grease 2 obsession that suddenly had a face… and cheekbones… right in front of her.
The elevator moment
Brown says her Pfeiffer fandom goes way back to childhood, when she was singing along to Grease 2 on repeat. So when she unexpectedly saw Pfeiffer in an elevator, her inner kid freaked out in real time.
"One time I saw her in an elevator and I almost collapsed on the floor because I was like, that was my childhood growing up."
Yes, this is a person who grew up on red carpets and monster movies, and she still had the classic starstruck reaction. Same, honestly.
The Grease 2 of it all
The whole thing came up because Sean Evans asked Brown why she thinks Grease 2 tops the original. She did not hesitate. According to Brown, Pfeiffer is the reason the 1982 sequel lives rent-free in her head, and she still knows those songs cold. She called Cool Rider the best track in the entire Grease universe and fully admitted that is a hot take. In the spirit of scientific inquiry, she even made her husband, Jake Bongiovi, watch both movies. He sided with the original. Marriages have survived worse.
Wings, chaos, and a pop-quiz curveball
Because it is Hot Ones, the interview also included Brown trying to form sentences through the last, cruel wing while Evans randomly quizzed her on marine life. She roasted him mid-sweat, jokingly telling him to shut up and asking if he had ChatGPT write the questions. It was unhinged in the best way and very watch-this-clip-with-the-volume-up energy.
Where Brown is at right now
Beyond Stranger Things, Brown has been steadily building the rest of her career: producing, running her beauty and lifestyle brand Florence by Mills, and generally toggling between film sets and business meetings. She has also been settling into married life with Bongiovi, which, per the Grease debate, includes the occasional pop-culture stalemate.
On the franchise front, she and Louis Partridge recently hinted they are not shutting the door on more Enola Holmes. And she has talked about the roles that almost happened for her, a reminder that even for someone with a packed resume, there are always a few what-ifs in the rearview.
Bottom line: Brown’s Pfeiffer story is a nice reminder that no matter how famous you get, the person you were as a kid still shows up sometimes — especially when your childhood hero walks into your elevator.
What’s your ruling: Grease or Grease 2? And have you ever actually kept your cool in a surprise-celebrity encounter?