How Did Millie Bobby Brown Perfect Her American Accent? Hannah Montana!

Bringing Millie Bobby Brown and Miley Cyrus with each other gives us the ideal of both worlds once it comes to showbiz.


As it turns out, the Stranger Things star has habitually been an enormous fan of Cyrus, who invited Brown to appear on her new Instagram talk show Bright Minded: survive with Miley Cyrus. On Monday (March 30), Brown joined a host of visitors, including Selma Blair and Alicia Keys for several very insightful chats.


Brown made sure to let Cyrus know exactly how essential the Hannah Montana actress was to her career while growing up in a way that felt oddly cyclical, given Cyrus's gushing over Hilary Duff in a previous episode.


"Growing up, I just have to mention, the only way I got my American accent was by watching Hannah Montana," Brown told Cyrus. "I watched Hannah Montana and I was obsessed with it. I was actually just going through my camera roll and I seen a video of me in a cowboy hat. I was learning 'Hoedown Throwdown.' Full-on, knew almost every dance move. I was obsessed." Cyrus echoed what several of you are probably thinking, surprised that a nation accent didn't come from all those hours of Hannah.


"Now, thinking back on how obsessed I was, I just knew I wanted your job," Brown reflected on her career's eventual trajectory thanks to Cyrus. "I didn't know how to get your job, yet I was like, 'I hope to be like Hannah Montana yet I don't know how to do it.' Then I realized it was an actual job and I was like, 'Oh, I'd like to do that! That sounds fun. I didn't even know you can get cash for it. I was like, 'I'll do it for free.'"


The pair continued to share a number of fun anecdotes about growing up, including being called by the incorrect names (Millie for Miley, hilariously enough). It was an especially pure conversation, and that's sort of what we need now. You could check out the interview in its entirety by way of the Miley's Instagram.