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Meanwhile, Brown found happiness playing into the ’90s style with her character Michelle.
“I love the ’90s, so I was very excited,” theStranger Thingsstar tells EW.
“I love the makeup, the hair, the style.
Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, ‘The Electric State’.Paul Abell/Netflix
I am obsessed with it.”
“So she begins a cross-country road trip through the American West looking for her brother.
They become partners in crime, so to speak.”
Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, ‘The Electric State’.Netflix
The unlikely duo are both “broken characters in a broken world,” Joe adds.
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Pratt says thatThe Electric Statewas “one of the best scripts” he had ever read.
The directors tease that both actors bring something new with their performances while also playing to their strengths.
Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci, ‘The Electric State’.Netflix
“Itypically stick to the script,” she says.
“So many times on set, we’d start the scene and just see where it would go.
Hes probably the funniest person Ive ever met…its been really nice going toe-to-toe with him.
Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, and Ke Huy Quan, ‘The Electric State’.Paul Abell/Netflix
Most days, I just laugh from start to finish.”
It also helps that the robots have very familiar faces.
“But they retained that Disney-esque quality to keep them appealing and non-threatening to humans.
“He’s the most intelligent, the most progressive, the most humane.
It’s a large-scale prison that covers several hundred square miles of the American Southwest.”
Brown is most excited for viewers to meet her favorite robot, Mrs. Scissors.
“She made me so happy,” the actor says.
“The movie is then very much about how all of these characters deal with that complication.”
“He has a wonderful and surprising arc.”
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“It’s exactly the kind of movie we love to make,” Joe says.
The Electric Statepremieres March 14 on Netflix.
