Millie Bobby Brown to Play Olympian Kerri Strug in Gymnastics Film PERFECT From Gia Coppola With Interest From Netflix
Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown has signed on to star in the upcoming Olympic gymnastics pic, Perfect, in which she will play gold medalist Kerri Strug. Gia Coppola (Palo Alto, The Last Showgirl) is on board to direct the film, and while a deal isn’t closed, sources say Netflix is in negotiations to land the package. Ronnie Sandahl is writing with Brown producing under her PMCA banner.
Brown will get the opportunity to tackle not only one of the great Olympic stories of all time, but one of the great sport stories of its era. A member of the 1996 USA gymnastics team dubbed “the Magnificent Seven,” Strug played a huge role in clinching the gold after performing the vault on a badly injured ankle.
The image of her landing it perfectly and then having that ankle give out, only to have her coach carry her off the mat, is considered one of the more memorable moments in Olympic history. Sources say the plan is to shoot the movie next spring.
Next up for Brown is the final season of Stranger Things, which Netflix will release over three volumes with the first four episodes bowing over Thanksgiving weekend, the next three on Christmas Day, and the final episode released on New Year’s Eve.
She also has Enola Holmes 3 and is about to start filming the Netflix pic Just Picture It opposite Gabriel LaBelle.
via: Deadline