'STRANGER THINGS' STAR MILLIE BOBBY BROWN CALLS TRIP TO PHL 9 YEARS AGO AN 'EYE OPENER'

Millie Bobby Brown was 12 years old when she first came to the Philippines to promote Season 1 of 'Stranger Things.' But when she flew into Manila for AsiaPOP Comicon in 2016, she was not yet aware that playing Eleven — a girl with psychokinetic powers — would help turn the series into a global phenomenon. It was that trip that made her realize how huge the show was becoming. Photo (above left) shows the British actress as Eleven in Season 1 and in the current fifth and final season of 'Stranger Things.'

- By NATHALIE TOMADA

NEARLY A DECADE AFTER MILLIE BOBBY BROWN FIRST VISITED THE PHILIPPINES for "Stranger Things," there's still one thing that she cannot forget.

"My favorite thing was the breakfast," she said when The STAR spoke to her during a virtual roundtable interview ahead of the global release of the fifth and final season of the series.

"Do you know what I'm talking about? The steak? What is it called? Tappy...Tapsilog! That's it! I loved the breakfast there. I had the same thing every morning," she added.

The British actress was only 12 years old then, but already a breakout star from the success of the Netflix supernatural sci-fi series. She traveled across the world to appear at the AsiaPOP Comicon Manila in 2016.

At that time, Millie harbored no expectations about “Stranger Things,” where she plays Eleven, a girl with psychokinetic abilities, becoming the global phenom that it is today.

But it was the Manila trip that made her realize how big of a show it was becoming.

“No, I didn’t know the show was gonna be this big,” she said. “But to be honest, when I went to the Philippines, it made me think, wow. The show is big because the fans there are so passionate and lovely. Yeah, it definitely was an eye opener.”

Now, five hit seasons later, if she could give her Season 1 self any message, Millie quipped that she would have appreciated some advance notice of what was to come.

“Oh, my goodness!” she started, saying she would tell her younger self that “the season gets renewed for four more times. I don’t think we thought that was gonna happen at all.”