Though many know her for her breakout role in “Stranger Things,” Mille Bobby Brown’s first leading role was in a different television series. The BBC America and BBC Two series “Intruders” featured the actress, then only 10 years old, as Madison O’Donnell.
The paranormal drama series follows Jack Whelan (John Simm), a former Los Angeles Police Department detective who gets caught up in a conspiracy about a secret society. The society is trying to become immortal by taking over the bodies of other individuals with their souls. One of their followers takes over the body of his wife, Amy (Mira Sorvino). Madison is a 9-year-old girl whose body is also taken over, this time by the spirit of a serial killer. She continually fights to regain control of her body from the other spirit, eventually forcing him out after her body is injured.
At the time, Brown was going by Millie Brown. In a promotional piece by BBC America, Simm proclaimed, “Millie Brown is a superstar. You heard it here first.” Other members of the cast and crew are also complimentary, including director Daniel Stamm. Despite reservations about working so much with a child actor, Stimm said, “She blew me away. She was just so natural, and she could just switch on that creepy side that you needed for that character.”
