Millie Bobby Brown Sings Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are" | Screen Tests | W magazine

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown sings one of her favorite karaoke jams - the Bruno Mars song "Just the Way You Are" - and talks about her audition process for the role of Eleven on the hit Netflix show. The multi-talented actress also confesses her love for "High School Musical", Amy Winehouse, Rihanna, and reveals her crush on Leonardo DiCaprio and James Franco. Millie Bobby Brown, the saucer-eyed breakout star of Netflix’s explosive hit series "Stranger Things," exudes both hyper-precocity and age-appropriate innocence, a juxtaposition that has allowed a 12-year-old girl to become the obsessive fixation of peers and adults alike. Brown’s easy toggling between old soul and youthful sweetness is not unlike the appeal of Eleven, the enigmatic character she plays in "Stranger Things," whose second season, pegged for a 2017 release, was announced the day before our tête-a-tête. For those who have somehow not yet seen it, the show melds sci-fi freakiness with government conspiracy and a healthy dash of The Goonies's childhood friendship (the initial reel Brown was sent for her audition was a mash-up of Stand By Me, Poltergeist and E.T.). Set in Indiana in 1983, it stars a trio of young boys who band together after the mysterious disappearance of their best friend, Will, one night. As Will’s mother (a sensational Winona Ryder) flirts with supernatural explanations, they befriend Eleven (Brown), a young girl with a shaved head, limited vocabulary and immense powers, w