{"id":373325,"date":"2026-04-10T18:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/373325\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:23:07","slug":"netflix-drops-millie-bobby-browns-perfect-after-she-exits-olympics-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/373325\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Drops Millie Bobby Brown’s ‘Perfect’ After She Exits Olympics Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNetflix\u2019s Olympic gymnastics drama \u201cPerfect\u201d is no longer moving ahead at the streamer after Millie Bobby Brown<\/a> exited the project due to creative differences, two sources with knowledge of the project have confirmed.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrown was set to star as Kerri Strug, a member of the 1996 \u201cMagnificent Seven\u201d USA gymnastics team with Gia Coppola directing and Ronnie Sandahl as screenwriter. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe project was announced last September. Brown had been set to produce under her PMCA shingle, which Nik Bower of Riverstone Pictures and Thomas Benski for Magna Studios as lead producers. <\/p>\n

\n\tAt 18 years old, Strug helped her team win the gold medal after she performing the vault on an injured ankle. After she landed perfectly and her ankle gave out, her coach had so carry her off the mat, which became a landmark moment in Olympic history. Her team insisted she join them for the gold medal ceremony, and again her coach helped carry her to the podium. She became a heroic figure with appearances on talk shows, a \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d parody and her photo on the Wheaties box. After her gymnastics career, Strug went on to work as an elementary school teacher and in several positions in the White House and Justice Department.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrown just completed five seasons of Netflix\u2019s \u201cStranger Things,\u201d which she started at 12 years old, and has \u201cEnola Holmes 3\u201d premiering on Netflix this summer. She has also wrapped production on the streamer\u2019s upcoming rom-com \u201cJust Picture It,\u201d in which she stars and also produces, co-starring Gabrielle LaBelle. She\u2019s also working on another Netflix project, \u201cNineteen Steps,\u201d which will adapt Brown\u2019s debut novel for the screen. <\/p>\n

\n\tSpokespeople for Netflix and Brown declined to comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s Olympic gymnastics drama \u201cPerfect\u201d is no longer moving ahead at the streamer after Millie Bobby Brown exited…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,10716,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-373325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-millie-bobby-brown","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}