Millie Bobby Brown directs Enola Holmes 3 — a surprise debut behind the camera

Millie Bobby Brown is not just the Stranger Things kid anymore. Between starring in and producing the Enola Holmes movies and running her beauty line Florence by Mills, she has been quietly angling toward something else: calling the shots behind the camera. And with Enola Holmes 3 now streaming on Netflix, she revealed she actually directed a piece of it.

The reveal (and the scene)

In a new chat with ScreenRant, Brown was asked point-blank if she would consider directing an Enola Holmes movie down the line. She played it modest at first, but after some nudging from the host and her co-star Louis Partridge, she let it slip that she already did a little of that on Enola Holmes 3.

"I never thought it would really make the cut, and in the first cut, it didn't. And I was like, hilarious, and then the last cut it did, and it's in the film. "

The scene in question: Enola trying to convince people to attend her wedding. Brown says she picked the spot and literally grabbed the camera to shoot it. That is a very specific bit of filmmaking trivia you do not usually hear an actor admit in a press stop, but it tracks given how much time she has spent on sets the past few years. ScreenRant even flagged it as a 'secret' directorial debut in a July 8, 2026 post. And yes, Enola Holmes 3 is up on Netflix now (Movie Coverage flagged it July 1, 2026).

• Brown is 21, and beyond acting she produces the Enola Holmes films and runs Florence by Mills.
• She says she directed a scene in Enola Holmes 3 where Enola tries to persuade people to come to her wedding.
• She chose the location herself and took the camera out to film it.
• Initially, that shot did not make the first cut, but it survived the final pass and is in the movie.
• Louis Partridge and the ScreenRant host encouraged her when asked if she would direct more in the future.

This was not her first time calling the shots

Enola Holmes 3 is the first time she has directed something that ended up in one of her features, but Brown stepped behind the camera at 18 for a Samsung short film (Teen Vogue covered it at the time). She also starred in it. The whole thing was shot on a Galaxy S22 Ultra using its Nightography tricks, which is a very brand-campaign way to make a movie, but it still counts: the short follows a young girl, played by Honey, who gets encouragement from her older self, played by Brown, and it features a poem she wrote and performs.

Where this could be heading

After working with a pile of directors and producing her own films, it is not exactly shocking that Brown is edging toward directing. If she is already scouting a spot and rolling camera on a wedding invite scene, the next step is obvious: doing it on purpose for more than one scene. For now, the takeaway is simple — if you watch Enola Holmes 3 on Netflix, keep an eye out for Enola hustling up wedding guests. That moment is Brown testing out life on the other side of the lens.