Emma Thompson

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical sees award-winning actress Emma Thompson take on the role of formidable headteacher Miss Trunchbull.

The actress plays headmistress Miss Trunchbull in the adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel, alongside Alisha Weir as the titular Matilda Wormwood.

In an interview with Vanity Fair published on Tuesday (October 4th), Emma Thompson commented on filming a nude scene with Jeff Goldblum for the 1989 film ...

Emma Thompson reveals that Netflix's Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical movie will explain Trunchbull's hatred toward children with a backstory.

Emma Thompson, who played Matilda in "Matilda the Musical," said that a crew of "six people" was required to bring her outfit to the stage since it was so.

Starring Emma Thompson as Mrs Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood – alongside newcomer Alisha Weir as the heroine herself ...

Lashana Lynch and Emma Thompson star in the upcoming movie, based on the Broadway adaptation of "Matilda," which premieres this Christmas.

The London Film Festival opened not with a bang but with an acknowledgment that the effectiveness of this energetic yet uneven Roald Dahl adaptation depen.

Dir: Matthew Warchus. Starring: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough. Cert PG, 117 minutes.

Miss Trunchbull rules this film, adapted from the musical based on Roald Dahl's novel – but 13-year-old lead Alisha Weir is one to watch too.

The starry adaptation of the hit West End stage musical is exactly what you'd expect: a serviceable screen adaptation of a vastly popular stage play.

Supported by Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough, Alisha Weir plays the title role in 'Matilda,' based on the stage musical, ...

With the 66th BFI London Film Festival well underway, the cast of the Netflix musical flocked over to the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday to celebrate the ...

The actress, 63, who plays Miss Trunchbull in the film, cut a stylish figure as she walked the red carpet.

Thompson wears prosthetics underneath a military uniform for her role as Miss Trunchbull. Thompson said she needed "six people" to get her costume to set. " ...

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Emma Thompson Reveals Matilda The Musical Child Stars Were Fearless 'Because They Thought I Nanny McPhee!'

Netflix will release the film in the US and elsewhere on December 25. [Sony](https://deadline.com/tag/sony/) and TriStar Pictures will release the film in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on November 25. Stephen Graham (Venom: Let There Be Carnage), who had larks playing Mr Wormwood, Matilda’s unkind father, was at the lively party with his family, plus dozens of children from the film. The film went down as a treat with an opening night audience that included Sir Lenny Henry and Rishi Sunak, the former U.K. The three creatives reimagined their Tony Award and Olivier Award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company musical for the screen, with winning results. “I was supposed to terrify them.

The 2022 London Film Festival has opened with the world premiere of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical.

and Ireland — on Dec. 25, and Netflix across the world — excluding the U.K. But Miss Honey just does it, she’s able to find the light at the end of the tunnel through young people. “It’s inspiring to see a young Black woman on-screen not be perfect, not be striving for excellence, and not having to adhere to any rules that have been placed around her. and Ireland in cinemas on Nov. [Heat Vision](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/heat-vision/) [T.J. The film will be released by Sony and TriStar Pictures across the U.K. “Because whilst it doesn’t matter, it’s just a person playing her, it is a clear message from me and my childhood self that the black women that bestowed a lot of wisdom in me at school did the right thing, because I’m now able to take that through my career and speak to young people about how incredible you can be even when you’ve come from trauma. Every single thing I’ve done has led me to be able to play Miss Honey.” She just is and for a long time I’ve read scripts whereby black women don’t just get to be on the page.” “It’s really amazing to be able to play someone in charge, to play someone who can handle themselves,” she said. Meanwhile, Lynch, coming off the back of The Woman King and last year’s 007 turn in No Time To Die, discussed her recent spate of roles and being able to play protagonist Miss Honey.