[Enola] Dr. Watson, what case were you working on here?
[Watson] No case. We're here for your wedding.
[rocks clattering]
[Watson] Off we go.
[Millie Bobby Brown] This third film feels romantic. It feels scary at times. There's different colors. There's different tone. There's more landscape. There’s more culture. So it's different in every way, including Enola.
[Ali Mendes] It’s an evolution of the franchise that we've been building toward for three movies. It feels like a real privilege to get to tell the story over time and see seeds that we planted six years ago coming to fruition. It goes to darker places than we've gone previously, while still retaining the essence of what's made people love Enola.
[Millie Bobby Brown] We find Enola in Malta, which I think is quite a shock.
[Enola] I was surprised too.
[Ali Mendes] She is on her way to the wedding, and she's interrupted, of course, by fate, by plot, by, uh, Dr. Watson coming to say that…
[Watson] Sherlock has been kidnapped.
[Ali Mendes] So what was supposed to be a trip to Malta to get married becomes the most important case of her life, because she's fighting to save Sherlock, and she's fighting against the clock.
[Millie Bobby Brown] She doesn't know if she's making the right decision, and she's really conflicted.
[Enola] The bride in question is having doubts about what it means to become a lady.
[Philip Barantini] The characters and the style of the whole movie has shifted slightly to make it feel darker, just in terms of the camera movement and how we approach it.
[Millie Bobby Brown] Phil's take on this movie has been nothing short of remarkable. He has brought this sense of energy, this passion, and this excitement. Seeing Enola be put into more danger, putting her more in the firing line, that has been so vastly different from anything I've ever done before. And visually, I think this is just the most cinematic version of Enola that I could have ever imagined for these movies.
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Aah!
Oh dear!
Ah!
Tewkesbury!
Ah! Good grief, Enola!
Oh! Oh my!
[Louis Partridge] The film is focused on Enola and I and our relationship.
[Millie Bobby Brown] They do want to get married, but I think it's more about the titles and the society that she doesn't fit in. She does fit in his heart, and he does fit in hers, but they don't fit into society, and she doesn't feel like she can.
[Ali Mendes] Enola has grown up believing that freedom is the highest value. Freedom is the most important thing you need to hold onto in your life.
[Eudoria Holmes] There are two paths you can take, Enola. Yours, or the path others choose for you.
[Ali Mendes] And marriage, especially by societal standards, feels like a collapse of that.
[Louis Partridge] They're not just kids anymore. They're making big decisions and seeing that next step in their relationship where it's not all like fun and laughter.
[Millie Bobby Brown] Louis and I did a lot of work on figuring out what that looked like in terms of establishing their love. Ultimately, we found that their relationship's really matured.
[Louis Partridge] Tewkesbury might want to go down the more conventional route, but Enola's anything but conventional.
[Millie Bobby Brown] [American accent] Oh my God, is that a camera? Go away. But get a close-up if you can.
[laughs]
[Jake Bongiovi] Enola is so inherently Millie, and she really dives into the character every time she plays it. A lot of what you see in the movie is Millie's brilliance just coming up with things on the day.
[Louis Partridge] I'm still as baffled as I was the first time I worked with her. How she can wear the producer hat as well as the acting hat, and be in the room and be adjusting because she knows that you're gonna use a certain part of that scene and that take. I feel really comfortable throwing something at Millie, knowing she'll catch it and throw something back at me even stronger. With a bit of spin. It's fun. There's lots of joking around on set, and it's very much sibling-like in an environment like this. She's coming along in leaps and bounds, and I think it's wonderful how she's building her career beyond just acting. I'm proud of her.
[Helena Bonham Carter] It's kind of remarkable. A lot of young girls just love this character. I think Millie is central to it.
[crew member] And action!
[Helena Bonham Carter] Her energy was right at the root of it. She's kind of a phenomenon.
[Philip Barantini] She knows this character better than anybody, so she'll know what Enola will think and want to do and feel, you know? I don't think I've got on with an actor better than I have with Millie. That bond that we've got is really special.
[Millie Bobby Brown] Woah. It's every time.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Ali Mendes] Enola is such a special character. You don't find characters like her often. What's beautiful about her and what can sometimes get lost in a big movie with adventure is you sort of lose the nuance. You know, where is she flawed? She's very flawed. Where is she strong? She's very strong.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[Millie Bobby Brown] Enola's name spelled backwards is "Alone," and I think you're really able to have a full circle moment and really see that she's supported by such strong people, men and women. She embraces their help. She allows them to push her forward. It's the most we've ever explained that she isn't alone in these stories before.
[Ali Mendes] We are on this journey with her. She's bringing us along. She's talking to us.
[Enola Holmes] Those were the best times of all.
[Ali Mendes] She's our friend. There are moments in this movie where she looks at us and she wishes we would go away. There are moments when she really needs us, but at the end of the day, as is the theme of the movie, she comes back to us because people need each other. They need connection. That's how all of us are our best selves.
[Tewkesbury] I missed you.
[Enola] Me too.
[inspiring music playing]
[Millie Bobby Brown] We want to give people mirrors. We want them to feel like they can see beyond the limits that they've imagined. Enola is a really good example of that. She's fierce and adventurous and flawed, and I think she's a great role model for young people to feel like there's so much more that they're capable of. "Actually, I can strive for more," and don't settle. There will be times you don't believe in yourself, but if you give yourself the support and the love and the grace that you need, you're capable of anything.
[Enola] Hyah!
[inspiring music continues]
[music fades]