Stranger Things fans got a shock on Thursday when the series’ star Millie Bobby Brown reunited with her costar David Harbour at the season five premiere — despite filing a harassment and bullying claim against him.
The Daily Mail exclusively reported this month that the 21-year-old British actress filed ‘pages and pages of accusations’ against David before filming began on the sci-fi series’ final season.
The revelation arrived amid the ongoing drama following David’s separation from his estranged wife Lily Allen earlier this year.
Despite the unexpected harassment complaints, there wasn’t any hint of bad blood between David, 50, and Millie when they beamed while posing together on the red carpet for the premiere, which was held at the iconic Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
The two had their arms around each other affectionately as they posed for the cameras, and both flashed wide smiles.
On Instagram, Netflix posted a video of the two arriving together at the premiere which showed them coming together for a hug in front of cheering fans outside the theater.
Stranger Things fans got a shock on Thursday when series star Millie Bobby Brown, 21, reunited with costar David Harbour, 50, at the season five premiere — despite filing a harassment and bullying claim against him
On Instagram, Netflix posted a video of the two arriving together at the premiere which showed them coming together for a hug in front of cheering fans outside the theater
Millie put on a stunning display in a busty black lace off-the-shoulder gown featuring a plunging neckline of long black feathers.
She complemented the revealing sheer outfit with her dyed-red hair, which was styled up in a bun with delicate curled strands dangling to frame her impeccably made-up face.
The Enola Holmes star completed her look with tall heels and dangling diamond earrings.
David wore a black pinstripe suit, though he gave the outfit a tacky touch with a tie in the same striped pattern as his suit.
He paired the suit with black leather derbies and a white shirt, and he boasted a thick salt-and-pepper walrus mustache.
As if to signal that Millie and David’s work conflict was just water under the bridge, the two stars were joined on the red carpet by Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and CCO Bela Bajaria.
Millie’s husband Jake Bongiovi, whom she wed last year, didn’t appear to join her on the red carpet despite supporting her at the premiere of her Netflix film The Electric State in February.
Millie stars on Stranger Things as the supernaturally gifted Eleven, who is adopted by the police chief of fictional Indiana town Hawkins, Jim Hopper (Harbour), after she escapes from a secretive government facility that conducted experiments on her as a child.
Millie put on a stunning display in a busty black lace off-the-shoulder gown featuring a plunging neckline of long black feathers
She complemented the revealing sheer outfit with her dyed-red hair, which was styled up in a bun with delicate curled strands dangling to frame her impeccably made-up face
The Enola Holmes star completed her look with tall heels and dangling diamond earrings
David wore a black pinstripe suit, though he gave the outfit a tacky touch with a tie in the same striped pattern as his suit
He paired the suit with black leather derbies and a white shirt, and he boasted a thick salt-and-pepper walrus mustache
As if to signal that Millie and David’s work conflict was just water under the bridge, the two stars were joined on the red carpet by Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and CCO Bela Bajaria
Last week, The Mail on Sunday revealed that Harbour faced an internal inquiry as a result of Brown’s complaints against him.
Crucially, the complaints did not include any allegations of sexual impropriety.
So far, the outcome of the investigation is unknown, though it hasn’t prevented the two actors from making their public reunion at the season premiere in Hollywood.
A source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Millie Bobby Brown filed a harassment and bullying claim before they started shooting the last season. There were pages and pages of accusations. The investigation went on for months.’
Netflix declined to comment on the revelation.
Despite the cheating allegations that have swirled around Harbour in recent weeks amid the release of his estranged wife’s new album West End Girl, which was released late last month, a source said she had stood by him in the wake of the bullying claim.
‘Lily supported him throughout it all. It was a brutal time,’ the source said.
As a result of Brown’s complaint, she was accompanied by a personal representative on set for the final season, which will release its first four episodes on Netflix on November 26.
Millie’s husband Jake Bongiovi, whom she wed last year, didn’t appear to join her on the red carpet despite supporting her at the premiere of her Netflix film The Electric State in February
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A source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Millie Bobby Brown filed a harassment and bullying claim [against Harbour] before they started shooting the last season. There were pages and pages of accusations. The investigation went on for months’
Despite the cheating allegations that have swirled around Harbour in recent weeks amid the release of his estranged wife’s new album, West End Girl, a source said she had stood by him in the wake of the bullying claim; pictured in June 2024 in NYC
As a result of Brown’s complaint, she was accompanied by a personal representative on set for the final season, which will release its first four episodes on Netflix on November 26
The streamer tends to release show seasons in their entirety in a single drop, unlike several other streaming services that have lately returned to a traditional one-episode-per-week format in order to spread out audience excitement and interest over a longer timeframe.
However, Netflix appears to have changed up its usual approach, as it will release a second batch of three episodes on Christmas day, followed by a final feature-length finale to be released in simultaneously in theaters and on the streaming service.
‘It will be a theatrical event,’ a Netflix source told The Mail on Sunday. ‘Nothing is going to overshadow this, not even the leading man’s private life.’
The source added that it was ‘unfortunate’ that Harbour’s personal woes had hit the headlines just as Stranger Things fans were looking forward to a global celebration to mark the end of the groundbreaking series.
