“Damsel,” Millie Bobby Brown’s latest movie, premiered on Netflix on March 8. While it quickly gained popularity among the public, many were left with some doubts about its origin and ending. We explain to you.
Is Millie Bobby Brown’s ‘Damsel’ Movie Based On A Book?
On screen, we saw the story of Elodie, a young woman who agrees to marry a handsome prince to save her people, but, once the wedding is over, she realizes that in reality her husband and her brothers-in-law were using her as an offering .on a dragon There, the protagonist must use her ingenuity and strength to find a way out.
A curious fact about the Netflix film is that it goes in the opposite direction of the trend of film adaptations of books: it is based on an original screenplay by Dan Mazeau, whose author Evelyn Skye made a novelization. That is, the book is inspired by the movie. This resulted from an agreement between Netflix and the author.
“The easiest way to think about it is this: Dan Mazo wrote the original script. I was able to read a first draft and was given the freedom to write my own version of the story, which eventually became a novel,” Skye explained in October 2022.
Details on the book ‘Damsel’, based on the film by Millie Bobby Brown
At the time, Evelyn Skye also explained that although “the book and the film share the same origin, each is a unique work of art.”
The Damsel book was released in the spring of 2023, so some fans were able to learn about Elodie’s story long before the movie premiered on Netflix. This also led to confusion as to which had come first.
The novel has been translated into several languages and is approximately 366 pages long.
It is worth noting that Evelyn Skye is a New York Times bestseller with titles such as “The Crown’s Game”, “The Crown’s Fate”, “Circle of Shadows” and “Three Kisses, One Midnight”.
The Meaning and Ending Explained of the Movie “Damsel”
In English, the film’s title means “girl”, in a clear reference to the archetype of princesses in distress waiting to be rescued by a prince. The story attempts to challenge these roles by presenting a young woman who, despite ‘doing the right thing’, is betrayed and must not only save herself but also other young women from a fatal fate.
Millie Bobby Brown herself explained on “Tudum” that Elodie “is a girl who doesn’t need saving. She saves herself in many ways. It subverts what you expect: you expect the prince to come back and save her, and… no. “Don’t wait for the prince.”
This is exactly what we see at the end of the movie “Damsel”: after an intense confrontation, Elodie manages to hurt the dragon in the cave, but, realizing that she was also a victim of lies, he decides to “free” her. from her past.and tell him the truth. Together, the two seek revenge for the horrors they suffered at the hands of Aurea’s kings.
Millie’s girlfriend Bobby Brown makes her “happily ever after”, albeit in a different way than traditional fairy tales: she returns with her stepmother, her sister and the dragon to their homeland to reign with the money they won for the supposed their wedding.
Have you seen the movie ‘Damsel’ yet? Did reading the book grab your attention? Tell us your impressions in the comments.
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
