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Netflix’s Enola Holmes 3 preview sparks anachronism backlash

4/29/2026

Summary

Brown mocked

Netflix released early Enola Holmes 3 visuals showing Millie Bobby Brown with a gel manicure.
Social-media users noted that gel nails did not exist in the Victorian era of 1885.
Commenters mocked the apparent lip filler and other modern styling choices in the preview.
Netflix has not responded to the online criticism.
Enola Holmes 3 is set for release on July 1 with Brown, Partridge and Cavill returning.

Summary

Barantini Directs

Philip Barantini (director) will direct Enola Holmes 3, replacing Harry Bradbeer (director), and Jack Thorne (screenwriter) returns to write script after co-writing Adolescence.
Aaron May and David Ridley (composers) will score the film, replacing Daniel Pemberton, while Joshua Grode, Jake Bongiovi (husband), and Isobel Richards are executive producers and Millie Brown produces, with Legendary Entertainment co-producing.
Story is set in Valletta and Mdina, Malta, with Himesh Patel as Dr. John Watson.

History

Historical Context

In 1995 Mel Gibson wrote, directed and starred in Braveheart, a biopic of Scottish patriot William Wallace that won Best Picture and Best Director and received ten Oscar nominations, reviving the historical-epic genre. The 2024 Netflix teaser for Enola Holmes 3 provoked comparable online criticism of costume anachronisms, illustrating how viewers repeatedly demand greater historical accuracy from period-drama productions.

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Brown mocked

Netflix released early Enola Holmes 3 visuals showing Millie Bobby Brown with a gel manicure.
Social-media users noted that gel nails did not exist in the Victorian era of 1885.
Commenters mocked the apparent lip filler and other modern styling choices in the preview.
Netflix has not responded to the online criticism.
Enola Holmes 3 is set for release on July 1 with Brown, Partridge and Cavill returning.

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