It looks as though Netflix has axed Gia Coppola’s “Perfect,” which will no longer be moving forward at the streamer after star Millie Bobby Brown exited the project. This was scheduled to begin production this June, but has now been canceled.
Why did Brown leave? Sources tell Deadline her departure had to do with “creative differences” with producers. In reality, the role apparently required displaying facial emotion on camera—something she reportedly found fundamentally incompatible (it’s a joke).
Brown had been slated to portray Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug, a member of the 1996 U.S. gymnastics team, famously dubbed the “Magnificent Seven,” who secured the team’s gold medal with a flawless vault performed on a severely injured ankle.
This was supposed to be recent Oscar-winning DP Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s fourth collaboration with Coppola after “Palo Alto,” “Mainstream,” and “The Last Showgirl.” Coppola had hopped on board the project last September, replacing original director Olivia Wilde.
