Before Millie Bobby Brown became the powerful Eleven in Stranger Things and Netflix’s ultimate franchise starter with Enola Holmes, she nearly walked away from acting altogether. The reason: Losing out on the role of Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones. During a chat on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Brown admitted that the rejection hit hard. “I think I was just very disheartened by the rejection… this industry is just full of rejection 24/7,” she said. “I then auditioned for Game of Thrones, and I got a no for that, then that’s kind of when I was like, ‘Oh, this is really difficult.’ I guess I really wanted that role.”