In March 2019, a group of journalists and I got to visit the set of Godzilla vs. Kong.

Millie Bobby Brown and Julian Dennison Tease Their Craziest ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Scene
BY MATT GOLDBERG
PUBLISHED 4 HOURS AGO

They also talk about working with Kyle Chandler and Brian Tyree Henry.

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In March 2019, a group of journalists and I got to visit the set of Godzilla vs. Kong. In the climactic battle of Legendary and Warner Bros’ “Monsterverse”, the two titans go head-to-head with the fate of the planet on the line as the organization Monarch works to restore balance against the evil corporation Apex. Check out our set visit coverage to find out what we learned about the upcoming film.

During our visit, we got the chance to sit down and talk with Millie Bobby Brown, who reprises her role as Madison from Godzilla: King of the Monsters and co-star Julian Dennison, who plays her friend Josh. During our conversation, they talked about how Madison has changed since King of the Monsters, what it was like screen testing together, how Dennison and co-star Brian Tyree Henry teased Brown about her British accent, the craziest scene they had to film, and more.

Check out the full interview below. Godzilla vs. Kong arrives in theaters and on HBO Max on March 31st.

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

So, we were told it's been five years since King of the Monsters in the timeline of this. What is your character dealing with in terms of the fallout from that movie?

MILLIE BOBBY BROWN: Okay, awesome. So, five years have gone by and Madison has grown up. It's definitely a coming-of-age story for her. Her storyline has definitely evolved greatly in the way she deals with things, her attitude towards life, how much more stronger of a person. Really trying to follow in her mother's footsteps as well as strength wise she's becoming more strong, more independent and understanding what she needs to do. Five years are gone by and she's basically a badass.

How would you describe her in connection with Godzilla?

BROWN: Yeah. I mean, the first movie King of the Monsters, her relationship with Godzilla was pretty distant. It was only really like what talks about him. And she was, I'm sure, very curious. There are moments in King of the Monsters, where she gets to have amazing scenes with him, but definitely this movie, Godzilla versus King Kong, it's much more about the technical side of it, learning more about his, the data of him as a Titan. It's much more technical and she's becoming more knowledgeable of him.

Do you guys speak to each other's dynamic in this movie, play off each other?

JULIAN DENNISON: I think because my character, Josh, he's kind of a nerd. He doesn't really have a lot of friends and Madison's kind of is his only friend and he's kind of always trailing behind her and she's always very direct. And because over the last five years...As she's become such a strong character, such a badass. He's kind of the realist in the duo, and he kind of brings it, "Oh, we shouldn't do that because we'll die." And she's, "No, it will be fine." So, I think they play very well. And they're a very good mix of just craziness.

Where did Josh come from?

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BROWN: Yeah, but he's a perfect fit because he is the realist and he's also just absolutely, utterly adorable. Everybody is going to fall in love with him because Madison has, and you can tell—He's taken her in after such a tragedy after the first movie. He's taken her under her wing and much as she's a force of nature and she is very direct and she does feel this vulnerable side when she's around him. He takes care of her in a silent way. And I mean, even the scene we were doing today, we had to just share a look. And I felt so uncomfortable because I was like, Madison never feels like this. And it was like, Oh God, I don't know what to do...

DENNISON: She was trying not to laugh.

BROWN: Yeah. Well, he always makes me laugh. I think we're a really good match. I made a beautiful friendship, on set Madison and Josh are best friends and we really work well together and then off set, we hate each other. That's why we need the table in between us.

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There's so much that goes in this movie with explosions, destruction, we have Kong, we have Godzilla. What was the craziest scene that you guys got to film that you're really proud of?

DENNISON: Well, we don't really see anything. It's kind of Adam going, "Action!" And then it's... that thing. There was this...

BROWN: Are you talking about the pier in Hawaii?

DENNISON: Yeah, we shot in Hawaii and there was this pier and there was this giant, probably the biggest explosion I've ever worked with.

BROWN: Crazy. Actually, it wasn't the biggest explosion. The King of the Monsters was really crazy for me physically, but that was because... You know what was funny? We kept reacting.

DENNISON: Because I've been set on fire and stuff.

BROWN: So, they would go, "Three, two." And Me and Julian would both look and then it would explode. And then-

DENNISON: Then she's like, "Julian." And I'm like, "You'll be fine." And she was like, "Yeah."

BROWN: I was freaking out. I don't like loud noises.

DENNISON: It was fun though.

BROWN: We had to keep doing it because I kept anticipating it. It kept being like,"boom"!

DENNISON: "Just don't, it's not there."

BROWN: And then it'd be "one, two, three, boom!" And he was like, "Millie, Oh my God, why did we hire her?"

DENNISON: And it was a lot of people. Yeah, so it's crazy.

BROWN: A lot of people. And I'm claustrophobic so it's really bad. I was like, "Oh! Get out my way!"

It seems like Madison is obviously sort of the leader of your guys' duo, but is she also the leader over Bernie when he kind of comes into the mix?

BROWN: 1000%? No man can tell her what to do.

DENNISON: And I feel like Josh kind of gets really upset, because when Madison meets Bernie, they have this thing with where they're, "We should do that." "Yes," and they kind of leave Josh behind and Josh kind of feels lonely.

BROWN: But then, you come back.

DENNISON: It's totally okay.

BROWN: And then he cries.

DENNISON: I have this micro-scene where I spill all the tea.

BROWN: He spilled all the tea.

Of course in this movie Kyle Chandler plays [Brown’s] dad. I read.

DENNISON: It was scary the first time I met him. Not even going to lie.