Millie Bobby Brown has found her next role and it’s a biopic!
The 21-year-old actress is reportedly signed on to play Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug in the upcoming movie Perfect, which she will also produce, according to Deadline.
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Ronnie Sandahl penned the script and Gia Coppola is on board as director. Nik Bower for Riverstone Pictures and Thomas Benski for Magna Studios are also serving as producers. Netflix is also circling the project.
Perfect is actually based on Kerri‘s book, “Landing on my Feet, a Diary of Dreams,” and has been in the works for several years.
The upcoming biopic is described as “an intimate and unflinching portrait of grit and determination. Perfect charts the story behind Kerri Strug’s historic Olympic vault to secure America’s first ever gymnastics team gold.”
Kerri competed at the 1996 Olympics with the US Women’s team, and led the team to winning the country’s first team gold in gymnastics. During the final day of vaults, Kerri was the last on her team to compete, and when she first landed, she fell and injured her ankle.
But, the next person to compete after her, for Russia, caused Kerri to need to perform a second vault in order to ensure the gold for the team. Her coach insisted she needed to do it, and she limped up to the runway and completed her vault, landing on both feet for just a moment before falling.
She was then carried to the podium by her coach to join her team, and was later treated at a hospital for a third-degree lateral sprain and tendon damage.
Back in 2021, it was reported that Thomasin McKenzie was going to star, with Olivia Wilde directing.